Chapter seventeen

Nathania’s POV

Nana felt her heart missed a beat as she turned sharply to Xavier. Her eyes spoke of her fear and she found herself praying that he didn’t see it or even associate it as something important. She knew she needs to act and fast and so she tried her best to swallow her fear and think of a good answer. She laughed half nervously and glanced at Xavier like he was speaking nonsense, “bleeding? Why on earth should I bleed when I feel no pain?”

She saw Xavier gulped and she knew instantly that he was thinking of an answer too. “Well, are you sure you are not hurt? I mean,” he licked his lips and avoided her gaze. “Is that really not blood?”

Nathania pretended to check her body, “I don’t see any blood, where do you see it?” she looked up. She could see the difficulty in his eyes and if it was on a different circumstance, she would have loved seeing him like that and would probably humor him some more but too bad she really has to get out of here as soon as possible. She knew alr