Chapter 89 | The Odds

Violet

Everyone freezes seeing the position that Xavier has my mother in. He stands tall, a smug smirk on his face knowing that no one here is going to risk her life. My mother’s blue eyes find mine and they widen upon seeing me. Xavier’s eyes roam around the room, trying to assess the damage and when his eyes land on his daughter, still unconscious on the ground, his eyes narrow and he growls out, “Who?”

Phoenix surprises me as he moves forward and states, “Me.” He pauses for a moment, looking at his father’s position and he crosses his arms as he asks, “Do you intend to hide behind that gun forever, father? Or will you fight like a real man?”

My head snaps to Phoenix, my eyes wide. He does realize that Xavier has my mother, right? And that he has a gun and who knows what kind of bullets could be in there. They could be laced with wolfsbane or enchanted with some other kind of poison.

Xavier growls, angered by his son’s words, and he moves the gun from my mom’s head and waves it a