Finally, they reached their destination at the meadow, they stepped down and Hazel beamed with excitement as it has been long since she last visited one.
"Its wonderful" she said
"That's not all"
"There's more?"
"Yep"
Xavier ordered the carriage man to set the picnic table while they went further into the meadows, he also told him not to come back to pick them up.
"You need to close your eyes this time" he said
"Okay" and she did as told
He guided her as they walked some distance and stopped, he told her she could open her eyes and the moment she did, a wide smile made it's way to her lips.
The sight was beautiful, in this part of the meadow, was an open ground with little grasses and different species of butterflies, each species has its own radiant colour capable enough to catch a person's attention.
She took steps closer to have a closer view while Xavier just stood admiring her reaction. After some minutes of admiring the view, she turned back and walked closer to Xavier, tiptoed and gave him a kiss, more like a peck on his lips
"If I knew this will do the trick, I would have brought you here a long time ago" he smirked
"Thank you" she said ignoring his statement
"For what?"
"For bringing me here, its been a long time I came to the meadows"
"My pleasure"
"How did you find out about this place?"
"During the time you were sick, my wolves found it and I thought you would like it too"
"You thought right"
"I didn't let you finish your food then, so let's go eat"
They walked back to where the picnic mat was, the carriage was no longer there and to replace it was his wolves instead. Hazel wasn't fond of them
"What are they doing here" she asked
"Who?"
"The wolves of course"
"They had always been there"
"Meaning"
"If it weren't for them, wouldn't know the exact place those butterflies were"
"How then did I not see them"
"I don't know, maybe you were too focused on giving me a kiss" he grinned
"Well, I won't sit on that mat until they are gone"
"We would stand then"
"What?"
"You said you won't sit so we'll stand"
"Just send them away"
"Nope, I wont"
"Why"
"Cause..."
"Then I'll send them away myself" she said interrupting him. She went further and swayed her hands indicating them to leave "shoo, shoo away, shoo away from here"
"They aren't chickens, you know"
She kept moving closer to where they were and when she reached a particular distance from them,they growled at her. Hazel ran back and jumped on Xavier holding him tight
"They aren't chasing you, they just growled" he said but Hazel wasn't having that, she buried her face in his chest "they are just guarding us, rabbit" she still didn't move, so he had to carry her to the mat and sat
"I'll send them to most be a lit bit far but not away entirely" and she slowly lifted her head from his chest "see they are farther from here"
"Why can't you chase them entirely"
"Cause they are guarding"
"Guarding against what?"
"Eat first, I'll tell you later"
"No, tell me now"
"Okay, we are both in danger or let's say you"
"How?"
"As you know, you're the only girl that can threaten my life and you were once a dark witch but dark witches can't kill a demon so I guess that was why you lost those abilities and became a white witch"
"Okayyy? But how does that relates to me being in danger"
"You know about the witches trying to open the dark magic"
"Yes"
"They need a demon for their last sacrifice and I'm the only demon within reach now, but since they can't harm me, they need you"
"How do you know all this"
"I work with them"
"You work with them even when you know they're after you?"
"I get to know what they are planning and they are on the search for you. Since you're in safe hands, they found someone that can draw you out, and this your dad"
"They know about my dad!" she shouted
"Calm down, that's why I've sent Lucas to bring him to Borreve, they'll be back in four days time, you'll see him then"
"I can't wait"
"So you're not to leave the mansion without my permission cause they know you are at Borreve and are on the search"
"So I'm under a home arrest"
"Not really cause from now, you'll be going to the church"
"The church? Why?"
"You need to learn how to use your powers as a white witch and that includes having elemental abilities. You'll need a white witch who can teach you"
"All white witches are dead since a long time now"
"Not all, rabbit"
"…"
"You know the priest of the church here at Borreve, Connor"
"Yes?"
"He's a white witch. I saved his life and he's in hiding as a priest. You'll be going there to learn"
"Alone?"
"I'll be dropping you up and picking you up and days where I'm very busy, Lucas will. But you'll make sure you don't talk to anyone apart from Connor cause you don't know who are witches and who are not"
"So how is he able to hide his scent from people especially the dark witches"
"That's why he's a white witch, he deals with potions and spell also, very soon, I'll be the one asking you that"
"I'm sure learning all that will take a lot of time"
"Practice makes perfect"
"So when am I starting!"
"When I decide"
"It will be fun learning"
"You're not learning for fun, you are learning to defeat the dark witches"
"…"
"You're a special person, not just that, I think you're also special among white witches. I believe that since you were once a dark witch, you still have some abilities of them even though you're a white witch now. With the two, we can defeat them"
"So what will you be doing with the witches when I'm learning"
"Doing what I've always been doing, getting information from them"
"Don't you think they'll get to know that I'm with you"
"For now, no, maybe later but by then, you would have learnt some things, so you can defend yourself against them"
"Ohh... so why do they want my dad?"
"He'll be used as a bait"
"And you said, the wolves were to guard us, right? Is it against the witches? But you said, they don't know about your plans, why will they follow you?"
"They don't know doesn't mean they aren't suspicious"
At the mansion, Elliot was given a room and Xavier had told Collins to get clothes for him since he didn't have any. He strolled around the mansion, to places where he had been when he was still in the rabbit. He was outside when he caught sight of a carriage, he waited to see who it was and it was Councilman Jordan.
"Good day, Sir" Elliot greeted
"Good day" Jordan replied as he stared at had m questionably
"You may be wondering who I am, I am Hazel's cousin, Elliot and you must be Councilman Jordan Smith"
"Yes I am. Where's she?"
"She went out with the Lord"
"Out? Lord?" A frown appeared on his face
"Yes, they left some hours ago"
"Did she leave a message for me?"
"No, none I've heard of"
"Have she packed her things"
"She did but later stopped" this time the frown on Jordan's face deepened
"She didn't say anything like shell be leaving?"
"I think she changed her mind"
"Why?"
"You can come back later and verify from her"
Jordan was lost in thought for a while as he tried to figure out why she changed her mind or maybe this cousin of hers isn't saying the truth, sh can't just change her mind over something like this, an offer to be his housekeeper and the wages were good
"I'll check back later"
"Okay, I'll tell her you came around"
"Hmmn" and he left in his carriage. Elliot went into the mansion and he met with Lady Dorin by the way
"Elliot" she called and he turned to answer
"Hmmn?"
"You can't answer with respect?"
"Was I meant to"
"Anyways, was that Jordan who left"
"Yes, it was"
"What did you say to him"
"I said what I had to"
"You didn't tell him that Hazel wasn't coming to his mansion right?"
"I don't know if I did as I have a habit of talking, you find out yourself"
"You have some guts, trust me, you and your cousin will find yourself back where you came from, your just a visitor for a limited time"
"Yeah, I am but I never said anything wrong"
"You did, intact you and that maid has summoned my wrath and you won't Luke it when it comes, so quickly advice her to leave this mansion"
"The Lord loves Hazel and not you and even if she were to leave, he wouldn't still notice you. So why fight for something that has never been and will never be yours?"
"Were you referring to me?"
"There's technically no one besides or around us now"
"Watch out your backs cause I'm coming for you both"
"We'll be waiting" and he left her as he kept strolling around the mansion. Dorin bit her lips hard, she was angry at the way he walked out on her and she ran back to Mrs Decron
"Don't worry dear, everything will be back to normal"
"When? Cause I can't wait to throw that maid and her stupid cousin out"
"I told you some time ago that Xavier will be leaving to Rivelle for a meeting among the four Lords"
"Yes"
"And it will be next week. Between that period he's gone, we'll force her out"
Dorin let out a wicked grin afterwards