Avery’s P.O.V. (Continued)
I didn’t know when I started crying, but I realized that when Marcus wiped my face. “He will be okay…. He must be okay.” He comforted me, but I felt that he was comforting himself too. I looked at him, and saw helplessness, pain and fear in his eyes.
“He will be okay… you said it, right? Yo.. you’re his brother… h.. his king… he.. he must obey your command… command h.. im that he can’t die… he has to pull himself out from this condition,” I said to him while taking hiccups, and he put my face on his chest once again.
I cried silently, holding Xavier’s hand tightly, and listening to Marcus’s heartbeat, which was running a marathon inside his chest. I knew that he loved his brother so much, but his fear showed how deep his love for his brother was.
“The poison
