[RPOV]
Apparently, a small walk for humans means disappearing for a few hours and to come back with glittering eyes. "We need to talk." I said to Neelia. "Okay," she said, turning to a serious mode almost immediately. But let me feed Lissa and Christian first, I've found a town of/for humans at southwest. A half an hour walk should get us there." I agreed, Lis and Sparky were awake anyway, and besides, the weaker she gets, the harder it'll be for her to lie. "A woman offered us dinner and a one-night stay at a spare suite for two in her house," said Neelia, drawing blood on her wrist. How did she managed that? Getting us a place to crash and taking the pain almost unnoticeable besides a little wince? It's two forty in the afternoon for humans and the sunshine is getting mild. "Lis, Sparky, get your lazy asses out here, drink some blood, and start packing!" I said, loud enough for Moroi to hear but too quiet enough to wake a sleeping Dimitri. "Neelia," I said, starting the conversation, "I think we have to work out some trust issues." Ugh, I so not good at talking like this! "I trust you unconditionally because I've read quite a lot about you guys but not the other way around, I understand that and will try my best to gain the chance to prove myself trust worthy, and hopefully, your friendship, but I wouldn't count on that." Neelia said solemnly, too solemn for an average fifteen year old. But again, getting kidnapped and watch human beings die in every brutal way is nowhere near average teen-life. "But please, don't leave me here," she added, which came out as a plea. Now, this is a line that I will not cross. Lissa put a comforting arm around her shoulders. "Give her some time." Lissa said, only loud enough for a Dhampir to hear. "But I still don't trust her enough to let her have my back." I stated. Being the guardian of the ex-queen and my personal experiences before and after that does not allow me to trust easily, not that it's a bad thing or anything. Lissa nodded, so I decided to end this topic, for now. "Sparky, wake Dimitri and let's get packing." I said. I then saw Lissa trying to heal Neelia. "Just stop the bleeding, I could keep the scars." said Neelia. "Why?" Lissa asked. "Save your magic." Neelia replied. So she knows about the spirit darkness, but I got a feeling that that's not all. "How did you get us dinner and a place to stay, anyway?" Christian asked. "I met a girl who was bullied because she is highly intelligent and rarely speaks and freed her from being tied to a tree. I offered to walk her home and she just drag me across town straight to the biggest house. She is obviously mommy's girl and asked her mother to let me stay. Her mother, is not happy that her daughter invited a stray teenager to stay but complied. A good meal guaranteed I drew quite some blood. Maybe you can make some calls in town?" The last question came out more like a statement. "I'm going to leave the calling thing to Lissa. Thanks, by the way." Christain said, emptying the cup of blood. Neelia just waved her hand in dismissal. We followed Neelia (to wherever she's taking us) in slience. "Did you guys really referred me as a god back at the academy?" Dimitri asked suddenly. Lissa and Christian looked at me confused. Neelia smiled. I burst out laughing. "It's a novice thing." I explained, then I saw something. "Hey, Neelia! Isn't that your jacket over there on the tree?" I grabbed the jacket and handed it to her. "Yes, thank you. Now we head west." Just before she finished the sentence, I caught a faint smell that can only be described as human civilization (it's quite easy to tell after god-knows-how-long in wilderness). I picked up my pace and they followed, looks like I'm not the only one eager to get rid of the wilderness. Seriously, when we get out of here (wherever where we are now), I really need to talk to the queen, or maybe the whole council, preferably something about the location of the f*cking arena.
Finally, we reached the outskirts of town. A young girl ran right at us, or Neelia, to be exact, and jumped into her waiting arms, which knocked Neelia on the ground. The young girl giggled. "This is May," Neelia said to us, "May, these are my companions." she said to May. May looked up at us. I tensed, realizing that May is a Dhampir. I looked around to find Lissa, Christian, and Dimitri staring at May. Neelia noticed and said, "May," she then forced a smile, "Why don't you go home first and tell your mama that I've got four companions with me?" The little nodded eagerly and ran happily to the other side of town, not aware of the tension. "What happened?" the fifteen-year-old asked with concern. The four of us (excluding Neelia) looked at one another, should we tell her.
A/N: Eleventh chapter and I still type slowly. Anyways, enjoy the story and here's a pre-Happy Labor's Day! It's in 5/1 in my country and most workers and get a day off. I personally respect labor as I would respect anyone else but sadly not many think so.
Wanting to get my summer vacation for more typing already,
Demonife
2017.04.29