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Xander stared back into her face and slowly nodded. The support and encouragement he saw in the depths of her eyes was amazing but suddenly, he looked away and that cold look was back in his eyes, replacing the sober one.

"What do you want me to do about that? You want me to beg her?"

" If it's gonna break the curse, if appeasing her will set you free..."

" Enough. That's enough." Xander replied coldly, his eyes penetrating deep into hers intimidatingly.

Kaylan closed her mouth, stared down at the floor when she couldn't take that hot gaze from the cold man.

She nodded and sighed. "I will go back to sleep, I'm sorry if I crossed my boundary." With that, she turned and walked nervously towards the bed.

Xander stared at her as she walked and cursed under his breath. What has he done?

He followed her immediately, his steps, very light on the floor.

Before Kaylan could get on the bed, he caught her wrist in his hand, twirled her around so she was facing him.

Kaylan's breath increased as X