Obsession: the Lycan king's Human Mate

He entered the room after leaving Adaline in the room adjacent to them. Xavier did not turn back to look at her knowing that if he did he would not be able to pull himself away. 

"When I said that we shall meet again I meant when you would be ready for your meeting ceremony not meeting you here." The priest said in a dry voice yet humour twinkle in his eyes. "So, what is it that I can help you with?" 

Xavier scoffed. The man always got on his nerves. "I need you to help me win my mate back." 

The priest of the temple was no ordinary man in his devotion to God. There was something about this man. A connection that he shared with their goddess. 

This priest named Vinay, had been there when his uncle had passed on the Crown to Xavier as the new king and he had also been there to carry out the last Rituals for his uncle after he died. 

"You are stating it the wrong way," Vinay moved from the corner of the room and came to sit in front of Xavier. In between them was the table and at the other end was a seat meant for the young King to sit. 

Once seated comfortably the priest started to talk again. "You cannot win someone over especially when they are your mate. The voice of every criminal that has been blessed with one could force his way into the bond."

That shit was there too. 

"Then what do you suggest I do?" Xavier moved and walked ahead to the end of the table, opposite of the priest, and sat comfortably. "Because I really have no idea what I am supposed to do." 

"I am not making fun of you," the priest warned ahead, "but I know you to be an intellectual young man. So I would like to know why you have no idea?" 

"When you say you're not making fun of me it does seem like that." Xavier threw it out and once it was there he began to talk about the matter at hand. "I don't know where to begin. When I look at her I know she is hurt and that just makes me step back." 

"Step back. ." The priest nodded to himself, "why does it make you step back? If anything, as her mate you are the first person to comfort her." 

The guilt surfaced and he could see himself circling around the topic instead of answering the question asked. 

Everything came back to him at once and it made him much more sick than he was earlier. The stress and guilt missed him up so much that he knew she had to be pushed away from him again. 

Fuck, he hated to be in the state of mind but this was where everything had landed him. No matter what kind of answer he was looking for, at the end of the day, he was the one solely responsible for it all. 

"Leave it be." He said instead. 

Vinay chuckled. "I would not know until you tell me and until you tell me the problem will not be solved. So the choice is yours on what you want to do." He laid his hands out with his palms facing upwards. "Everything is in your hands." 

Xavier huffed slightly before letting a growl escape him. It was harder than he thought. "I am responsible for everything and looking at her suffering makes me want to. . "

". . . Push her away? Forget about the mate bond? Forget her entirely?" Vinay completed.

Xavier nodded. "Yes, that." He said, agreeing to the words said. 

Vinay hummed. "I am going to be blunt with you because I know you can handle that. You feel you are responsible and to some extent you are but there are some other factors responsible here more than any of you could have contributed." 

"Nathaniel." 

Vinay gave him a sharp nod. "Witchcraft can do wonders and witchcraft can destroy lives within seconds. Here is the latter and it will do It again." 

Xavier's eyes snapped to the priest in an instant. "What did you say?" 

Vinay gave a curt nod. "I do not have dreams with the goddess directly but I have received the message."

"What message?" Xavier leaned in slightly. His beast grew closer to the edge. 

Vinay then gave him a shake of his head. "The messages are meant to be between the person the goddess has chosen and her. Unfortunately I cannot tell you anything more than that." 

"If you cannot tell me that, then tell me what am I supposed to do with my mate?" Xavier growled the words. He was fucking tired. "You are doing this on purpose. You are taking me in circles without answering my question." 

Vinay stared at the young King before he broke out into a shit eating grin. "Well," he smiled tooth full, "that is because you are going in circles with yourself." 

"I am not." 

"You are," Vinay said firmly with a stern look in his eyes, "how about I give you a hint?"

"What hint?" Xavier would hold onto anything. 

"Follow her lead." Vinay said. "This time, give her the control she never had." 

***

What kind of shitty advice was that? How was he supposed to let her control any or everything? Adeline did not have any Knowledge like he did, so how in the world was he supposed to let her take control over anything? 

He rubbed his hand over his forehead. Vinay had left a long time ago and he just continued to sit there thinking about everything. 

She could get herself killed within seconds. 

He stopped at the sight of her sitting at the stair. 

Shit, how long had he been there for? 

"Adeline?" He neared her and watched as she looked at him but did not get up. "Are you alright?"

She nodded but did not smile. It irked him. "Are there any portals here?" 

He nodded. "Yes, why?" 

This time she smiled a Little. "I think I found where to begin from?" She gave a nervous giggle as she looked at him with slight hesitation.