Chapter 40 - Love At First Sight

"She's special, and you know that. You said it yourself, coincidences are usually a disguise," Adrian reasoned.

"I know that," Xavier said, lost in thought.

"What do you think of this? What do you suggest we do next?" Adrian inquired, wondering what Xavier had to say.

Of course, even though Adrian was his advisor, Xavier still knew many things he himself didn't.

"That we test this theory and ensure she actually has powers before we jump to any conclusions," Xavier suggested.

"Right," Adrian agreed.

"We don't know if she does have powers yet, so before that we don't do or say anything. This cannot make it to the other wolves."

Adrian nodded, "Understood."

Reading the room, he took his leave.

Xavier sighed, taking a seat, placing his hand on his forehead.

She was driving him crazy.

Back to his old, broody self, Xavier returned to work, picking up the pace as he had loads to catch up on.

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"Bri," Madeline gulped.

"Yes?"

"Xavier and Adrian think I have powers."

Briar stared at her.

"And I have a third arm," Briar said, laughing at her own joke.

"I'm not kidding," Madeline insisted.

The wolf blinked.

"...you're not?"

"Why would I be?" Madeline questioned, frowning at Briar.

"Because, first it was you thinking Xavier wanted to kiss you after you spent a day with him. I leave for an hour or so and when you return from there, you tell me Xavier and Adrian think you have powers."

"This is absurd," Briar crossed her arms in disbelief.

"Tell me about it," Madeline plopped down on her couch, feeling like she was about to faint any moment now.

"So, what happened for them to think you have powers?"

"Care to explain?"

After a quick explanation of the events that occurred at breakfast, Briar pursed her lips.

"Hmm."

"I don't know much about humans having powers."

"But you aren't just any human."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"I'm not an ordinary human because my soulmate's a werewolf?"

Briar shook her head, "That's not what I mean."

"What I meant was..."

"You're not an ordinary human because you could see fine through the veil."

Seemingly confused, Madeline inquired, "The veil?"

"What's that?"

Briar explained that the veil was what kept humans from spotting Eudora. It was a sort of disguise to keep humans from discovering the existence of the supernatural, since who knew what would happen if a human were to discover werewolves weren't simply fiction?

"But I found Eudora," Madeline reasoned.

Briar nodded, "Exactly."

"Not just any regular human can see through the veil. If so, we would've been discovered ages ago. And also, if you were just like every other mortal, you could not have gone past the barrier either."

Madeline took it all in.

"So what you're saying is... I'm special?"

"And not just because I'm Xavier's soulmate?"

Briar sighed.

"Madeline, your value here isn't only as Xavier's mate. You mean so much more, and you know that. You aren't just here because you're Xavier's soulmate. Sure, it has its advantages but I digress."

"I guess you're right," Madeline reasoned.

"When am I not?" Briar joked.

Madeline fought back a chuckle.

"You know I couldn't have made it past the last few days without you."

"Oh, you looked perfectly fine without me."

"Looks can be deceiving," Madeline shot Briar a dry look.

Looking away, Briar lied, "I have no idea what you're talking about."

"Sure you don't."

"Oh? And what's that supposed to mean?" Briar raised her brow expectantly.

"You decide," Madeline spoke.

"I'm going to go look for something to read," she decided.

"Classic Madeline, retreating to books when she has nothing more to do."

"You say it as though it's a bad thing when it's not."

"I never said it was."

"You never said you weren't."

"Arguing won't do anything," Madeline said.

"So, do you know where the library is?"

Briar seemed hesitant to tell Madeline where the library was located for a couple of seconds, but it wasn't long before the hesitation vanished behind her eyes and turned into excitement.

"I do," she nodded.

"Come on, follow me," she beckoned to Madeline.

Madeline grinned.

"Library here I come."

There was nothing like the fresh scent of books to lighten up her day.

Whenever she was down, no matter where she was, the sight of books could always cheer her up or calm her down.

Madeline was a bookworm through and through, and practically everyone she was someone to knew that.

"Welcome to the Eudorian library," Briar showed Madeline around the place.

Surprising, Eudora had a huge library. For a place Madeline hadn't expected much from, the Eudorian library certainly surpassed her expectations.

It had an impressive collection of books, and the building was two storeys high and bright wood arches, it was love at first sight.