Villains also get Second chance

"When everyone wakes up, we will leave for the village after getting some fruits, since it is too late to hunt and we can not go empty handed." said Kai and then looked back at the distance again.

The man was queer. He was the strangest man i ever met after that dumb Philip. But what affected me most was Marianne, her reactions were too strange.

"Does your clan live in a village too?" I asked and the man nodded.

"We live in the outer borders of the village. We sell meat and fruits there if needed and live livelihood, few of our men work there too. You will get a local carriage from there that will get you to your destination." he informed.

"Tell us, and we will directly leave for there.'' I deadpanned as I did not want to spend even one more moment with them. It was as if something was suffocating me, hurting me from inside.

The man turned towards me again and then looked at Marianne who was no better than me.

"You are a man and maybe feeling proud to be bare chest. But I didn't think your wife wanted to travel like that. She needs clothes. The village is not that safe as you are taking it. Beautiful women like your wife may suffer a casualty if she walks on the road like this." said the man and Marianne held the bottom of her gown as if trying to stretch it to make it further long.

"Fine, but no more smartness" I added and held her hand as I walked out of there.

I did not want her to be further embarrassed.

"Where are we going?" she asked and i finally realised my speed is a bit fast for her injured body. I looked around and we were in the dense part of the woods. There are many trees around.

"Are you not hungry?" I asked and she pursed her lips. We hardly had fruits last afternoon and it had already passed a day yet here we were.

"I am not hungry" she said and as if in line her stomach grumbled in protest.

"Just sit here, I will look around for some fruits." I said with a chuckle but she did not reply.

I sighed as I moved further. It was so difficult to gain her trust. Why could she not tell me what was on her mind? She was behaving strangely since Kai had started speaking.

I looked around and thankfully found an apple tree. But since she was not with me, I had to look for stones.

I collected a few stones and started throwing them into the fruits hoping to get a few proper fruits and luckily it was easier than I had thought. 

It took only a few minutes before I collected a dozen apples and walked back. She was sitting there again lost in her thoughts. 

"Here, have some fruits.'' I said and rubbed the apple with my handkerchief which was the only clean cloth we had.

"We need some water too, Marianne. Do you trust them enough to stay with them and travel to the village? I think the knights of marquess would also be looking for us." 

"I know Cassius but I did not know how far we are from them. Would they even look in this area? It seemed to be some hidden area only known by the locals who inhabit it." her doubts were not wrong and i sighed.

"So you want to go with them. Is this the only reason or is there something I should know about Marianne?" I asked and she looked at me. There was some hesitation in her eyes and at last she closed them.

"Did you forget about the statement they said about marquees? I want to know about it. And I can not move further in these clothes, Cassius. It's embarrassing" she added and i nodded, 

So her hesitation was because of clothes! Was I over-thinking just a while ago?! 

We sat there silently as we ate apples but this time the silence was deafening.

"Cassius, last night.. You told me about the poison! Who do you think had done that?" she asked, finally breaking the suffocation.

"I always thought that it was for me, so I always assumed that it was done by someone who would get benefits by killing me. But if it's for you then, it could only be Marquees Wiltshire, but the question was if he had tried to kill you once, then why did he not try it again in the whole year?`` I asked and she blinked.

"Maybe they have thought that my living is more beneficial for them in some way? Or they have not found another chance to do so? Or.. they want you to do it for them?" she said in the last sentence with so much confidence as if it had already happened.

"Why would I kill you? Yes, it was true that I did not like you in the past but I have never thought of killing you. U just wanted to give you divorce over time.'' I told her honestly before she thought further. I did not want more misunderstanding to be there.

"'That id only because I changed, if not you and Killian would have killed me. And we are still having divorce, aren't we?" she said and my frown deepened.

Only last night we were this close, and now she was thinking about divorce was this change not enough for her to change her views?

"Marianne, I would not have killed you and so would Killian. He is a soft hearted child, even if you have continued to stay cold to him, he would have just ignored you. You are thinking too extreme. And.. and after tonight, i thought we are not going to take divorce.'' I replied and she looked at me as if I was insane.

"How would I know? Why are we even getting divorce in the first place?"

[you all could see that comments are not replied properly and chapters are getting late. I apologise for my mistakes. I am adding new tiers to the book for which I need 38k extra, and I am not able to manage so much. I will load 8-10 chapters daily but it still may take 4 days to get new chapters out of privilege, hope you can understand. 

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