10 Chapter 10: (1/2)

〰 Xenon/Faye 〰

I weakly walked down the alleyway I was meeting my official at. A grin stretched on my face while I kicked at a piece of trash and making it go all over the alley.

Even though I feel like utter s.h.i.+t, I wasn't going to reveal my weakness to my superior. I had to act like my normal self or else he'd sense something was off about the job and send someone else to finish it.

”Xenon. I've heard quite a lot about you in the last few days.” My official says, sitting on top of a staircase that leads up to a roof. His face clearly hidden away from anyone and everyone, even from me.

His number one.

”I've been having a lot of fun, sir. It's been... Exciting to play with their feelings.” I smirk, my voice a little chirpy and proud of my own handy work. Though the grimace on his face showed me he wasn't particularly happy about this.

Slowly, he slipped off the stairway and dropped to the ground in front of me. His dark red eyes revealing the pure darkness that he's always wanted me to have but there's always been something holding me back.

We've never been able to figure it out, but nonetheless. I was the deadliest killer in the league.

”Where's your partner? Why is he not here?” He asks in a cold voice while I stared back at him and gripped my hands on my side. This was where it got fun.

”I ordered him not to come because he's told me that he will no longer be apart of the league sir. It's just me now.” I told him, not exposing his mate since I don't want him going after her as well.

He stared into my eyes, trying to search through my soul for the answers he wanted while I felt my strength wavering. It was like he was slowly sucking the life out of me.

Before I could realize what happened, I was slammed against the brick wall beside us as he held me against it. His eyes s.h.i.+ning with anger as I tried to pry his hands away from my neck, feeling short of breath.

”Why?” He demands when I chuckled and smiled down at him dangerously.

”I'm sorry sir. I'm not liable to tell you the truth. Clint confidentiality if you must.” I crackle only being thrown against the wall opposite to us. My back and neck flared in pain that quickly turned into numbness when I looked up at his figure who was slowly walking over to me.

”I'm only going to ask one more time. Why?” He gripped my hair, the hood disappearing from around my face as I hissed and clenched his wrist tightly.

My stubbornness was going to be the death of me.

I laughed out loud, feeling like my hair was going to be torn out of my head and feeling anything but happiness. He only seemed to glare at me more dangerously when I bite my lip and answered him the words he didn't want to hear.

”Because I relieved him from his duty. It's all my fault he's g-” He grabbed my jaw before I could finish talking, bringing me closer to his face while he gave me a dark smile.

”Wrong answer.”

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I clasped on the ground in my living room, feeling the fresh marks on my back bleeding still when I looked around and noticed it was broad daylight. Heavy pants left my bruised lips, listening into the house to see if Ajax was still here.

Of course with my luck, he wasn't.

The fresh whip marks that were on my back held me back from standing or doing anything at that. Scratches and injuries littered my body and all the magic inside of me was drained due to using the rest of it to teleport back here.

It would take a lot of time to heal since witches can't heal ourselves and the fact that we heal at the same speed as humans.

How was I going to explain this to Zavier?

Surely he'd have questions.

Using what strength I had, I mind linked Ajax in hopes he can answer me and come help me out this once.

'Ajax...?' I called out, praying that he heard me while I forced myself into a sitting position against the couch behind me. Blood spreading all over the ground but I knew I could clean this mess up once I regained some power.

'Faye! Where are you?! We've been looking for you all morning!' Ajax yells at me, the volume of his voice making me wince a little bit.

'Don't be so loud... I'm back at the house. Don't bring anyone...' I told him, feeling the remaining strength waiver. Even if he did bring someone, it's not like I could stop him.

I was defenseless.

'It's just Alex and I. She knows anyway and she knows some things about medicine so it should be fine.' He says not even caring about the fact that I was supposed to keep my ident.i.ty secret however it's not like she can talk about it anyway.

Though I should just keep that thought to myself.

I sighed, feeling our mind link clasping as I rested against the sofa and the blood slowly running down my arm to the floor. The muscles in my shoulders slowly starting to drop when I heard the door slam open, surprising me on how fast they were.

”Xenon?” Alexandra questions, slightly taken aback by my posture and the blood seeping out of me while Ajax hurried to my side.

”Faye... He did this to you?” Ajax asks, looking completely guilty before I smiled and closed my eyes.

”Yeah... He didn't particularly like the way I was acting.” I coughed harshly and reopened my eyes to face his grief. ”It wasn't your fault... I told you wouldn't be returning and I didn't give him the real reason why.” I inform knowing it would ease him slightly while Alexandra walked over to us and knelt down beside Ajax.

”You didn't tell your boss about me?” She asks, shocked that she was even speaking but at the same time very curious about our lives.

”Yeah. If Ajax and I have to die because of our involvement in the league... I wasn't going to drag you down into h.e.l.l with us. It was our decision to enter the league, I don't want to force that on you...” I explain while Ajax nodded in agreement, whether it was that he wanted to keep his mate out of the league or he wanted to keep her safe at all costs.

”Wow... I didn't think you were so considerate.” She comments making me laugh out loud but the sharp pains all over my body caused me to groan in pain.

”I'm not, but I'd prefer keeping anyone as far away from the league as possible. We may be their number one killers but that only means we are punished and used as an icon to other a.s.sa.s.sins. We are the face of what to do and not what to do. My torture video is already out there to the a.s.sa.s.sins, the lesson being not to lie about our a.s.signments.” I told them as Ajax growled angrily and slipped out my phone that the league contacts me, but I grabbed it from him.

”F”

”You don't want to watch it Ajax... It's not pretty.” I told him seriously and took the phone from him and dropped my hand in my lap again. ”I just need some rest to heal and restore my energy,” I said with a sigh that revealed how exhausted I was.

”Alright. Come on.” Ajax bent over, picking me off the ground while he stood up with his mate. ”Could you go grab some-”

”Yeah. I'll be right back.” She gave his upper arm a soft squeeze before leaving the house for something I wasn't even sure of.

”Alright. Let's get you clean up.” He said, walking over to the downstairs bathroom knowing too much movement could cause me even more misery.

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