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"The reason why I didn't tell him your real na was because…" he paused again.
Alicia kept her gaze on him, almost unblinking, refusing to give in this ti until he answers one more question. Right now, Ezekiel's calmness seed to be being tested, by her.
He was still able to keep his expression straight but the look in his eyes was not as blank as before. He had so undecipherable look in his eyes right now. She wondered if he was formulating thousands of different scenarios in his head which was causing that look.
"Because your na will ring a bell." He sounded as though it was already a great struggle for him to tell her that. And Ezekiel… she had never heard him falter before, in words or in actions. This was the first ti. And it shocked her.
The utter misery in her chest was slowly dissipating, the longer she watched him struggle even a little.
"My na will ring a bell? Why? Sebastian is… he had existed for hundreds of years just like you. I have never t him before, nor seen him in any of the mories that the previous witch queens passed down to , much less recognised his face. So why would my na ring a bell if you had ntioned it to him?" she asked again, intent on wanting to get the answer to this at least. And he closed his eyes at her insistence to know.
"I can't answer that question." He finally said after another bout of silence.
"Why." Alicia imdiately threw the word out, her voice hard and stubborn.
Slowly, he opened his eyes then looked at her. The disturbing calmness was now back. It was as though the earlier uncertainty had never been there at all.
"Listen closely, Alicia. There are secrets better left buried. Besides, you are not here to seek answers in the first place. You are here with because you have a goal… and that's to kill , right? So don't you forget that. You're not ant to know about this, about Sebastian… no one knows about him but and Alex. You've learnt about a secret I had been trying to hide for hundreds of years… you, a witch who is trying to kill of all people…" he shook his head, "I can't reveal anything more. You have known more than you already should. I know it's not your fault. I was the one who brought you here after all, and that's why I answered the questions I never wanted to answer. Also…"
His gaze travelled back to her lips again.
"What's the point of you wanting to know more about all these? Didn't you accept your fate already? That as long as you et your goal, it'll be alright for you to be gone now? You aren't even trying to find a way to save yourself. You've long since given up. Anything other than your goal shouldn't matter anymore, is it not?" Ezekiel now bombarded her with questions and statents that were all true, causing her to not be able to retort in the slightest.
That hurt her, so bad. Why did his words always feel so incredibly painful? Was it because he was right? Or was there another reason?
Before a treacherous tear manage to fall from the corner of her eyes, he pulled her against him, tucking her as close as possible to his hard body as he stretched his hand and create another spinning vortex. It was the sa vortex of darkness he had created before that when they teleported.
"If the both of us are still alive after these two weeks, maybe I'll let you find the answers to your questions. For now, forget about what you just saw and heard. Forget about Sebastian… and focus only on your goal." He added in a low voice before he wrapped his free hand around her back and stepped directly into the vortex.
They were back in his luxurious apartnt in seconds.
Ezekiel removed her cloak as they stood there in silence as Alicia kept her eyes trained ahead, as if her mind was sowhere else.
"Alright," she finally spoke once Ezekiel dropped her cloak onto the chair. "I will not ask about what I saw and heard in the dungeons anymore. But…" she looked up and t his gaze and lifted their inseparable hands. "Tell why you're keeping with you, preventing from disappearing like this."
Intently, she watched his grey eyes, as if she was searching for sothing in them.
"After you answer this, I'll shut up." She added, determined.
He stared back at her and she silently wished he would drop his perfect fa?ade again. She wanted to see so emotions in those eyes of his again as he answers her – if he ever answers her.
"Heal that lip of yours first or I'd assu you're deliberately seducing ." He told her bluntly.
That threw her off. Once again. But she managed not to stupidly let her mouth hang open this ti. She knew that he was talking about her blood, not her lips!
"Tell that you'll answer first once I'm done." She needed him to give his word.
"Stubborn." He muttered, clicking his tongue.
Alicia did not give in.
"Fine." He surrendered and Alicia barely stopped herself from sighing or smiling out in relief as his next sentence positively stopped her from having that reaction. "Don't ever think that I will give in to you like this next ti, Alicia. The next ti you make yourself bleed, don't you expect to hold back like this again. Keep that in mind. I only give warnings once."
She could not help but swallow as that warning just sent a little shiver down her spine. But she distracted herself quickly by finally uttering a healing spell.
Once her small wound closed, she returned her intense gaze at him. "Now answer ." she demanded.
Ezekiel's gaze seed to gleam with sothing that she failed to recognize within that split second that she saw it.
"Let's just say that…" he started, the small pause made her heart thud faster in anticipation, "… I need sothing from you, Alicia."
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