Hi ~Sanity
Zoey still hadn't returned, and I assume that she failed in her attempts to stop crying. I take this chance to make sure it is in fact the ender curse i'm dealing with. I grab onto Rythian's mask and pull it down as best I can.
He is, in fact, marked.
The purple marking resembles a star, but the parts that brake away from the main body are thin and wavy. The farther they get from the center the lighter they are. Its advanced a lot farther then I originally thought, and i'd say he only has a few months to live, even if he stopped using magic.
"Do you know what it is?"
I turn to the voice and find Teep standing in the doorway. He looks as though he already knows the answer to his question.
"How is Zoey?" I ask, not wanting to tell Tee that his friend will certainly die.
"Heartbroken. She fears for his life." He pauses before adding, "Is she right to do so?"
I do not answer. But he takes my somber expression for what it is and curses. He grits his teeth, which I notice are fittingly sharp. He begins to pace the length of the room. His tail waves back and forth as he walks.
"Is there nothing we can do?"
"We?" I ask him with a blank face letting him know full well, that I have no intention of saving the life of someone who has spent the last year tying to take mine. Teep snaps his head in my direction. His eyes are full of shock, then anger.
"He Saved your life! It was he who spotted the wolves! It was he who ran them off! He saved you!" I manege to stop myself from flinching, but just barely. An angry Teep is a frightening thing, but I hold my ground all the same.
"Not intentionally. He saved a cat, not me. If he had any idea it was me he would have left me there to die, finally being rid of a nuisance." I look down at my paws genuinely upset that Rythian hates me so much.
Is it really all because of old world? Is he really so willing to kill someone for something that happened so long ago? For some reason I don't think he is. Don't get me wrong. I have no doubt he'd kill me in a heartbeat, just not over old world.
"He knows it's you!" Teep's words snap me out of my thoughts. I jerk my head up to meet his eyes, and see nothing but anger. I am unfazed by it though, to focused on what he had said.
"What?" There was no way that Rythian could know it was me. He made no indication of knowing, and there's no way he would accept me into his home if he did. It's not possible.
"You might take Rythian for a fool, but he is anything but! It wasn't hard for him to put the pieces together! The fact that you've never been seen with, or even mention that you had a cat! You going missing for a week the same day the cat appears! Your name means familiar!"
I stare at him for a bit trying to comprehend this new, rather disturbing information. Teep takes this time to calm himself, while I try and make my brain function properly again. He takes a deep breath and speaks again.
"He reconsigned your eyes, Lalna. It may not have been his intention to save you from the wolves, but he has saved your life countless times by not casting you out. He wont kill you, but if you don't help him..." He glares at me. "I will."
I am unable to stop myself from flinching this time. I can see it in his eyes that he means what he says. My ears lay flat and my tail flicks,
"I'll see what I can do."