I didn't realize eyelashes could hurt. Mine did.

My eyes were so heavy that I thought someone put glue on them so I never open them again.

My arms, hell, all of my body aches. I feel someone sitting next to me and order myself to open my eyes and to not look defenseless.

Blue eyes against green eyes.

"Mac…" My voice sounded strange. Older.

Mac smiled and I thought I would never, ever, get back to see her smile again. Last time I saw her, she had a sword against my back and she only didn't killed me because I found a portal and escaped.

But, now, she didn't look angry with me. My heart beat raced in my chest. Would she kill me now that I was hurt enough to not fight her back?

"I'm glad you're awake." She said.

I tried to raise my body but it was as if I didn't command my limbs anymore. They were glued to the bed and the only thing that moved were my eyes and my lips.

"How do you feel?" Mac asked.

"Like someone run me over." She bent her head and I could swear that her eyes were shinning with tears. Was she crying because of me? Was I dying?

"How long have I been…"

"Four years. You have been in Faery for four years." She looked at me. She was indeed crying. "We couldn't find you. The last time I saw you I just wanted to talk but you needed to stop for a while to listen. And then you just disappeared. I was desperate. Ryodan…" Just his name made my heart beat faster. If I was in Faery for four years I was now eighteen and Ryo probably isn't really happy that I missed work. "Ryodan destroyed half of Dublin looking for you and only Barrons stopped him or else he would… I don't know. I never saw something like that, he was unsettled, furious and I guess the best word is desperate." She said shaking her head. Damn I was in so much trouble.

"And then that bitch Jo released Cruce." Wow, rewind.

"Jo what?!"

Mac rose from the bed and went to the window. The wind shook the leaves from the trees outside.

"Jo was jealous of you. Ryodan didn't want anything to do with her and she was pissed. Cruce was locked in the Abbey and I guess he promised her things and she let him out."

No way, not Jo.

"What happened to her?" I asked. The Nine probably punished her.

"Cruce did. He just wanted out, once he was freed he killed her." Mac turned to me again and her eyes were sad. "I can't say that I wanted her alive but that was no glory way to die."

My mind couldn't wrap around the things Jo had done.

"And Cruce?" If he was out then we were in so much trouble. Cruce and the Crimson Hag, together, they would destroy the world.

"Escaped… We don't know."

I wanted to get up from this bed, I wanted to find Dancer and tell him everything that happened. We needed to start planning a way to capture Cruce again.

"Dani, I know we have a lot to talk… we need to clarify certain things but… What is your relationship with Ryodan?"

Oh no, we so wouldn't go there.

"I saw how worried and desperate he was when he found out you were missing. The rest of them were too but him, he is in love with you."

I couldn't think about that now. I didn't want to think about that now, or ever.

"Mac, I need to rest… I'm sorry." There was so much that I wanted to tell her but I was starting to feel my body shutting down and the last thing I wanted was to talk about Ryo.

She nodded, understanding what I didn't said. She turned her back and left the room.

I closed my eyes and thought that a few minutes of rest would do me good.

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