Chapter 18
Rovin opened the door to her room and peeked in on Daniel. She saw him sitting up in bed, staring out the window. She opened the door wider and walked in, startling Daniel.
"Sorry," she whispered softly closing the door behind her and leaning against it.
"That's fine." Daniel replied turning towards her in the bed and leaning his head against the wall. "I'm glad it's you, and not your father again."
Rovin gave a small laugh and looked at him, which made her go weak in the knees. How could he put such a spell on her like her did? Never before has she felt this way for any man, except… "What's wrong with my father?" Rovin asked pushing away from the door and walking towards him.
"Nothing, he's a very nice man, but he's a healer and…" Daniel trailed off pointing to his head, where there was still a rather large wound.
"and, healer's tend to hurt when they're healing people." Rovin finished for him kneeling on the floor and resting her arms on the bed beside him. Daniel moved his right hand, and took her left one in his, squeezing it gently.
"I'm sorry." he said looking at her
"For what?" she whispered breathless, not allowing herself to speak
"For not being there. I was terrible at guarding you against that Spidren." he replied with a small smile wincing at some unforeseen pain.
"Your were great, you did everything you could do," she replied squeezing his hand in return and smiling at him.
"I was so worried something had happened to you, and then I woke up in here, and I thought the worst…" he said looking around her small room.
"Everything was fine…"
"I don't care about everything, I care about you." he said sending a blush through Rovin's face. Rovin stood up from where she kneeled, as Daniel moved over, she sat next to him on the bed, taking his hand and again squeezing it.
"Daniel, I…" Rovin started about to tell him something. She soon forgot when he leaned closer and kissed her. Rovin loved it when he kissed her. She kissed him back, and felt his hand moving towards her waist, as she slid her arms around his neck. His body sank into the bed with Rovin's on top of him. Suddenly, the passionate moment was ruined, when Daniel cried out in pain.
"Shit," Rovin yelped jumping off of him and sitting on the side of the bed looking down at him. "What's the matter?"
"My side," Daniel whispered taking deep breaths. Rovin moved the blanket that was over him down, and lifted him shirt. What she saw was horrifying. A chunk of Daniel's skin was missing, and where it should have been, was a large wound, purple, black and red from healing. Rovin stared at Daniel in shock.
"How could my father have missed this?" she asked
"He didn't." Daniel replied with a small laugh sitting up again, much to Rovin's distress, and looking down at his side. "You should have seen it this morning. Your father has done wonders on it."
"Oh Mithros," Rovin whispered "Daniel…"
"Don't worry, I'm fine." Daniel replied before she could continued. He kissed her gently again, before leaning back against the wall.
"I spoke to Emily," Rovin said twirling a loose thread on his sleeve.
"Really?" Daniel responded with his eyes closed. "What did she have to say?"
"Well…to tell you the truth she was pretty ticked off." Rovin said with a small laugh.
"I bet, what did you tell her?"
"I just told her you were injured and wouldn't be returning home for a few days, and she started blaming me and saying my father wasn't a proper healer, and so forth." Rovin said blankly staring at her hands, which were starting to shake from her anger.
"On the contrary, your father is one of the best healer's I've ever met." Daniel replied lifting Rovin's chin to look at her, which made her smile and blush. "So I'm going to be staying here for a few days,"
"Your to weak to be moved." Rovin replied smiling
"I think I'm strong enough to walk," Daniel replied looking out the window. Hearing this Rovin's spirits fell, she had hoped she could spend some time with Daniel, to get to know him better.
"Oh," she muttered no knowing what to say
"Of course," Daniel said looking at her again "If I had a reason to stay, then I would."
Rovin smiled and looked at her hands, afraid she may to something drastic.
"Do I?" Daniel asked
"Do you what?" Rovin said teasing him
Daniel laughed before replying "Do I have a reason to stay?"
"That depends," Rovin said
"On what?" he asked
"On whether your going to kiss me again!" she said leaning towards him
"With pleasure," he whispered before their mouths met.
*~*~*~*~*
Christian leaned against the wall of the back ally, and looked at his little brother, sitting on a crate with his hands in his chin. Christian crossed his arms and looked at the hurt expression on his brothers face, one that only he could tell he wore. Noah had started wearing that expression a few weeks ago. Christian bet that was when he started actually seeing Rovin as more than just a friend. Although Christian hadn't been around much lately, he still thought his brother had a better chance with the girl, than the noble. The life of a noble isn't something Rovin is cut out for. She would hate the rules, and having to run an entire household on her own. Christian knew all about that, he had been a noble once. Once…
"You okay?" Christian asked stopping what he was about to think about.
"She doesn't want me," Noah whispered angered
"Listen, Noah…you knew she wouldn't of picked you." Christian replied not meaning to be rude, but wanting his brother to understand.
"I had hoped,"
"Hoping is good enough," Christian said
"What is good enough these days?"
"She's good enough,"
"Whatever,"
"You can't just give up this easily Noah,"
"What do you know!" Noah yelled at him angered "You haven't even been here for the last couple of years. You don't know anything about either of us. All you know is what you want to know!"
"Noah!" Christian yelled at his younger brother which immediately stopped him from yelling any further. "You have it all wrong kid! I've been around longer than you think. I just didn't let you see me until this past month. You need to understand Noah, she doesn't know who she wants."
"Yeah, that's why she pushed me away! Obviously she's made up her mind." Noah muttered standing up and pacing up and down the ally with his arms crossed.
"Noah, you've never been through something like this, so don't act like you know what's going through her mind…"
"Like you do!"
"Yeah," Christian said clearing his throat "I have been through this. Why do you think I left?"
"Because you're a selfish person who only thinks about yourself, and left to go fulfill your own needs." Noah replied clenching his teeth together, and glaring at his older brother.
"Noah, I left because I was in love." Christian corrected his younger brother "I had to make a decision, between two girls, both of them I loved a lot, but I made the decision and I left because of it."
"Why would you leave because of it? And how come no one knew about this?"
"People knew, Father and Bobby knew, as well as Dodson, but you and Rovin didn't know, and everyone made sure of it."
"Why?"
"Because no one wanted you two to end up in the same position I was in. You two were, are, suppose to end up tog--" Christian stopped knowing he had gone to far. His brother wasn't suppose to know about the betrothal. Not until his father was ready to tell him. "Anyway… I fell in love and left to live with the girl I chose. I'm back only because she died in child birth, and I couldn't stand to be around her family."
"What about the child?" Noah asked suspicious about the fact that his brother didn't finish his sentence, which is rare.
"He's being raised by my wife's family at the moment, but I'm going back tonight to collect him, I'll be back in a week. I wasn't sure if it would be safe to bring him here until I checked things out, but father says to bring him here. And fathers orders---"
"---are to be followed---" Noah continued
"---or Mithros help you." they finished together.
Christian put a small smile on his face. "Yeah, you'll be fine." he muttered "I'll see you in a week kid."
"Hey Christian," Noah called to his brother's retreating back.
"Yeah kid?"
"Thanks,"
"Your welcome, kid." Christian turned around again and started heading inside.
"Hey Christian!" Noah called again. Christian stopped and turned around to face his little brother again.
"Yeah kid?"
"Don't call me kid!" Noah joked giving his brother a hug before he pushed past him and left him standing in the door way.
"Sure kid," Christian said with a laugh following his brother back inside.
Rovin opened the door to her room and peeked in on Daniel. She saw him sitting up in bed, staring out the window. She opened the door wider and walked in, startling Daniel.
"Sorry," she whispered softly closing the door behind her and leaning against it.
"That's fine." Daniel replied turning towards her in the bed and leaning his head against the wall. "I'm glad it's you, and not your father again."
Rovin gave a small laugh and looked at him, which made her go weak in the knees. How could he put such a spell on her like her did? Never before has she felt this way for any man, except… "What's wrong with my father?" Rovin asked pushing away from the door and walking towards him.
"Nothing, he's a very nice man, but he's a healer and…" Daniel trailed off pointing to his head, where there was still a rather large wound.
"and, healer's tend to hurt when they're healing people." Rovin finished for him kneeling on the floor and resting her arms on the bed beside him. Daniel moved his right hand, and took her left one in his, squeezing it gently.
"I'm sorry." he said looking at her
"For what?" she whispered breathless, not allowing herself to speak
"For not being there. I was terrible at guarding you against that Spidren." he replied with a small smile wincing at some unforeseen pain.
"Your were great, you did everything you could do," she replied squeezing his hand in return and smiling at him.
"I was so worried something had happened to you, and then I woke up in here, and I thought the worst…" he said looking around her small room.
"Everything was fine…"
"I don't care about everything, I care about you." he said sending a blush through Rovin's face. Rovin stood up from where she kneeled, as Daniel moved over, she sat next to him on the bed, taking his hand and again squeezing it.
"Daniel, I…" Rovin started about to tell him something. She soon forgot when he leaned closer and kissed her. Rovin loved it when he kissed her. She kissed him back, and felt his hand moving towards her waist, as she slid her arms around his neck. His body sank into the bed with Rovin's on top of him. Suddenly, the passionate moment was ruined, when Daniel cried out in pain.
"Shit," Rovin yelped jumping off of him and sitting on the side of the bed looking down at him. "What's the matter?"
"My side," Daniel whispered taking deep breaths. Rovin moved the blanket that was over him down, and lifted him shirt. What she saw was horrifying. A chunk of Daniel's skin was missing, and where it should have been, was a large wound, purple, black and red from healing. Rovin stared at Daniel in shock.
"How could my father have missed this?" she asked
"He didn't." Daniel replied with a small laugh sitting up again, much to Rovin's distress, and looking down at his side. "You should have seen it this morning. Your father has done wonders on it."
"Oh Mithros," Rovin whispered "Daniel…"
"Don't worry, I'm fine." Daniel replied before she could continued. He kissed her gently again, before leaning back against the wall.
"I spoke to Emily," Rovin said twirling a loose thread on his sleeve.
"Really?" Daniel responded with his eyes closed. "What did she have to say?"
"Well…to tell you the truth she was pretty ticked off." Rovin said with a small laugh.
"I bet, what did you tell her?"
"I just told her you were injured and wouldn't be returning home for a few days, and she started blaming me and saying my father wasn't a proper healer, and so forth." Rovin said blankly staring at her hands, which were starting to shake from her anger.
"On the contrary, your father is one of the best healer's I've ever met." Daniel replied lifting Rovin's chin to look at her, which made her smile and blush. "So I'm going to be staying here for a few days,"
"Your to weak to be moved." Rovin replied smiling
"I think I'm strong enough to walk," Daniel replied looking out the window. Hearing this Rovin's spirits fell, she had hoped she could spend some time with Daniel, to get to know him better.
"Oh," she muttered no knowing what to say
"Of course," Daniel said looking at her again "If I had a reason to stay, then I would."
Rovin smiled and looked at her hands, afraid she may to something drastic.
"Do I?" Daniel asked
"Do you what?" Rovin said teasing him
Daniel laughed before replying "Do I have a reason to stay?"
"That depends," Rovin said
"On what?" he asked
"On whether your going to kiss me again!" she said leaning towards him
"With pleasure," he whispered before their mouths met.
*~*~*~*~*
Christian leaned against the wall of the back ally, and looked at his little brother, sitting on a crate with his hands in his chin. Christian crossed his arms and looked at the hurt expression on his brothers face, one that only he could tell he wore. Noah had started wearing that expression a few weeks ago. Christian bet that was when he started actually seeing Rovin as more than just a friend. Although Christian hadn't been around much lately, he still thought his brother had a better chance with the girl, than the noble. The life of a noble isn't something Rovin is cut out for. She would hate the rules, and having to run an entire household on her own. Christian knew all about that, he had been a noble once. Once…
"You okay?" Christian asked stopping what he was about to think about.
"She doesn't want me," Noah whispered angered
"Listen, Noah…you knew she wouldn't of picked you." Christian replied not meaning to be rude, but wanting his brother to understand.
"I had hoped,"
"Hoping is good enough," Christian said
"What is good enough these days?"
"She's good enough,"
"Whatever,"
"You can't just give up this easily Noah,"
"What do you know!" Noah yelled at him angered "You haven't even been here for the last couple of years. You don't know anything about either of us. All you know is what you want to know!"
"Noah!" Christian yelled at his younger brother which immediately stopped him from yelling any further. "You have it all wrong kid! I've been around longer than you think. I just didn't let you see me until this past month. You need to understand Noah, she doesn't know who she wants."
"Yeah, that's why she pushed me away! Obviously she's made up her mind." Noah muttered standing up and pacing up and down the ally with his arms crossed.
"Noah, you've never been through something like this, so don't act like you know what's going through her mind…"
"Like you do!"
"Yeah," Christian said clearing his throat "I have been through this. Why do you think I left?"
"Because you're a selfish person who only thinks about yourself, and left to go fulfill your own needs." Noah replied clenching his teeth together, and glaring at his older brother.
"Noah, I left because I was in love." Christian corrected his younger brother "I had to make a decision, between two girls, both of them I loved a lot, but I made the decision and I left because of it."
"Why would you leave because of it? And how come no one knew about this?"
"People knew, Father and Bobby knew, as well as Dodson, but you and Rovin didn't know, and everyone made sure of it."
"Why?"
"Because no one wanted you two to end up in the same position I was in. You two were, are, suppose to end up tog--" Christian stopped knowing he had gone to far. His brother wasn't suppose to know about the betrothal. Not until his father was ready to tell him. "Anyway… I fell in love and left to live with the girl I chose. I'm back only because she died in child birth, and I couldn't stand to be around her family."
"What about the child?" Noah asked suspicious about the fact that his brother didn't finish his sentence, which is rare.
"He's being raised by my wife's family at the moment, but I'm going back tonight to collect him, I'll be back in a week. I wasn't sure if it would be safe to bring him here until I checked things out, but father says to bring him here. And fathers orders---"
"---are to be followed---" Noah continued
"---or Mithros help you." they finished together.
Christian put a small smile on his face. "Yeah, you'll be fine." he muttered "I'll see you in a week kid."
"Hey Christian," Noah called to his brother's retreating back.
"Yeah kid?"
"Thanks,"
"Your welcome, kid." Christian turned around again and started heading inside.
"Hey Christian!" Noah called again. Christian stopped and turned around to face his little brother again.
"Yeah kid?"
"Don't call me kid!" Noah joked giving his brother a hug before he pushed past him and left him standing in the door way.
"Sure kid," Christian said with a laugh following his brother back inside.