He had suspected that something was definitely wrong with him the second Valery's face changed that day. She wouldn't let anyone close to that lotus unless it was crucial. He was afraid of asking the real reason why she did it but it seems as if she read his mind.

"You were dying and I had to stop it," she told him.

"What does that mean?" Xavier asked as he stopped massaging her.

"That night when I took you out of the inn, you were affected by the lotus's magic. I only ...