Chapter 57: The inviteCaroline pov“Elijah!”Xavier stood in the doorway, eye blazing, and breathing heavily like he had just run through a storm. His eyes flickered to our connected hands, and I saw the way his whole body shook with raw anger like he couldn't wait to do something tragic.My fingers slipped from Elijah's grasp. I didn’t know what else to do, as my face burned with embarrassment, like I have been caught doing something wrong.I desperately wished that the ground would open and swallow me.But Elijah didn’t flinch, not for once. He simply turned around, composed, and spotting his usual smirk, like he had been expecting this.“Xavier,” he greeted coolly, like this wasn’t the most awkward situation imaginable. “To what do we owe the pleasure?”Xavier gazed at his brother for a moment, before he turned his attention to me. His eyes searched my face, for guilt, for betrayal, for an explanation I wasn’t ready to give.“Caroline,” he said, voice low. “Are you okay?”Everyt
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