#Chapter 43 - Please Stay

Eloise’s POV Xavier takes a deep breath and tries to give me a reassuring smile before nodding at Adrian and the other scout. “Please give us a moment.” I smiled at Adrian as he left. I tried to be polite to the scout, too, but when I met his almost familiar “I hope everything’s okay…” Even though I knew it wasn’t. Xavier sighed. “Honestly? No, it’s not. I’m sure you heard about what’s going on while you were out in the hallway.” “I did… I hope Captain Oliver’s okay. And the citizens of Caspian, too. I’m guessing you’ll be heading out to their rescue soon?” Xavier nodded his head. “I’m looking to leave no later than this evening. The S.O.S letter was signed and dated three days ago. I have some faith that he’s alive–he’s not the type to go down without a fight.” Then Xavier turns to me as he leans against his desk. He holds out his hand. “Why were you lurking outside of my study? Is there something wrong?” I bit on the corner of my lip and took