Chapter 50 - No, I Just Passed Out

Madeline shook her head, "No, I just passed out."

Briar stared at Madeline's hand in awe.

'Oh my goodness,' Briar uttered under her breath.

"What?"

Briar began, "There's always been a remedy to getting injured. One that's extremely rare to obtain."

And what was this remedy she was speaking of?

It was none other than Xavier's blood. Yes, blood.

Madeline hadn't gotten injured, and as she said her hand was perfectly fine, but she'd been on the brink of death when Xavier found her. It was a miracle how he got her here without…

Briar realized what he'd done.

Then again, Madeline still didn't know, and she'd always been squeamish at the sight and mention of blood, so Briar decided to keep this to herself.

"I forgot what it's called and how to obtain it though," Briar lied.

Madeline paid it no heed.

"Oh, okay."

She then asked Briar, "Do you know of anyone who can create magical barriers?"

Briar knitted her brows, "I don't think so."

"Why ask?"

"Magical barriers, that's incredibly random," Briar pointed out.

"Was that how you escaped from Emilio?"

"How does everyone but me know who Emilio is?" Madeline asked.

"He was the ex-alpha of the pack, it's common knowledge here," Briar explained.

Madeline frowned albeit it made a lot of sense. Of course they knew about Emilio, how could they not?

She looked outside her room window, gazing outside before her gaze landed at the distant view of Xavier's office.

Was he there at the office with Adrian?

And as it turned out, he was.

"So she can create barriers, proving she has powers," Adrian spoke.

"There's no evidence she can actually create barriers, Adrian," Xavier reasoned.

"You believe Madeline, don't you? Her words should be more than enough evidence, and anyways, you and I both know that humans aren't permitted to leave the cave."

The office turned dead silent.

"I know that," Xavier insisted, seemingly deep in thought.

"She managed to hurt him," he added.

It was something even Xavier found difficult in doing. After all, with Emilio being a direct descendant of the first ever werewolf, that granted him powers.

"So now you believe she's not a human?"

"I'm left with no other choice," Xavier shrugged.

"Could a human do all the things she did? No, unless all of them secretly have powers we're unaware of."

Even Adrian could tell Xavier was clearly in denial.

"So, are you going to keep denying it?"

"I don't deny anything," Xavier said, before realizing he'd just did as Adrian said.

He did deny it. It being everything that had to do with Madeline being special and not just an ordinary human.

Xavier would've been a fool to believe she was just a human. He had a theory which had been confirmed when he discovered who were Madeline's adoptive parents.

Obviously, he hadn't told anyone what this theory was, not even Adrian. It was something he wanted to keep to himself, and besides, he couldn't run the risk of Madeline finding out.

Some things were better kept secret.

"Where did you find her?" Adrian asked, referring to where Xavier had found her when she'd called him.

"In some faraway woods not too far away from the cave."

"There you have it."

"You and I both know that cave was designed to--"

Adrian paused.

Humans weren't meant to enter the cave. The same with exiting. They weren't allowed to leave either. If they managed to enter in the first place, they wouldn't be able to exit, leaving them trapped in a cave with a powerful werewolf that had been starved for centuries.

Now, if humans weren't allowed to enter and leave, did the same apply to werewolves? No. It didn't.

When it came to werewolves, they could leave and enter as they please, all but a few exceptions.

Those born as werewolves had a far greater volume of the first werewolves' blood than those turned into werewolves. Emilio had the blood of the first werewolf. He was born a werewolf.

However, someone like Xavier was unable to enter the cave, but someone who was born a werewolf could. Currently, there was one person who could enter and leave, and he was the man the cave was designed for, so he couldn't leave no matter what.

Xavier remembered Emilio trying to claw his way out or breaking the barrier that separated the cave from the outside world, but nothing worked. He was stuck despite his best efforts at leaving. And there was only one person who was born a werewolf from Xavier's information as it was extremely rare to be born a werewolf. Everyone in his pack were turned into werewolves, none of them were born werewolves. But as it seemed, Madeline managed to do so just fine.

Now, what would that mean?

Madeline didn't possess any special abilities. She didn't have superspeed, super strength, and super hearing. She had said she'd created a barrier. Or at least, he immediately assumed she did.

No one else could've been in that cave but Emilio and her, and there was no way he was capable of creating barriers.

Xavier spent decades learning of Emilio's powers before he challenged him to a duel, Emilio couldn't possibly have been capable of creating barriers, even if the last Xavier had seen of him was centuries ago.

"What we need to find out is what relation Emilio holds with her, there's no way she'd see visions of him for no reason," Xavier said.

Adrian agreed, "I'll see what I can find."

"But…"

"Hmm?"

Adrian chuckled nervously, "So umm, now that Madeline's alright, about your workload…"

"What about my workload?" Xavier raised his brow, wondering what Adrian wanted to tell him.

Adrian hesitated, confused as to how to tell him to take a break for once.

Adrian had gotten to experience what work Xavier had to do everyday. Safe to say, it was torture. He couldn't fathom how Xavier dealt with this everyday. He nearly died for paperwork, and hosting ceremonies, along with many other things.

And to think, Xavier was the same man who had rescued him from death so many centuries ago.