Neal continued to look over her wound, occasionally using his cool healing
magic.
"You're going to be tired over this again. Eat, sleep and I'll be back to check on you later. And Kel?" Neal said. "Take it easy until this is healed ok? That means no glaive, no Peachblossom, and no, uh other extracurricular activities you may be thinking about."
Kel couldn't help it, she blushed. While she had no intention of giving herself to Dom after only one night, she couldn't deny that it didn't sound exciting.
"Yes motherrrrrrrrr," she drawled.
"Did I hear my name mentioned?" said Ilane of Mindelan as she cracked open the door to Kel's room.
"No, Neal is just giving me a lecture about not playing with sharp weapons at parties."
"Oh well then he shouldn't object to a little mother-daughter time and a bath?" inquired Lady Ilane.
"Not so long as she takes it easy," said Neal as he started to leave. "I'll be back this evening to check on you again. Remember what I said Kel."
When he had shut the door, her mother came over and wrapped Kel in a tight but careful hug.
"We were worried," was all she said.
A maid knocked on the door, bringing hot water for Kel to bathe in. Eyeing the tub and the soap her mother had brought Kel started to undress. Kel took off her dressing gown and was confronted with stitches and swollen skin. Bruises lined her body, the most colorful of all surrounding her wound. Neal had healed the internal damage that the sword had done, but because of the location and severity of the wound he had had to stitch it. She stared in the mirror and ran her hand down her side along the stitches. The swelling was a result of the healing. Tiny stitches stretched from her hip to just below her breast.
"Well, it's at least it goes with the others...."she thought. She eyed it and turned slightly in the mirror so that she could see it together with the scar across her shoulder. "In a few months, it will be pink like this..." she thought.
"Kel I don't think I've ever seen you look at a mirror. You're not getting vain are you?" said her mother?
"No Mama. I was just looking. It's not like anyone is going to see it anyways."
"Are you so sure of that," replied Ilane of Mindelan. "You and that young Sergeant you were dancing with seemed to be getting along well. Especially when he hit that knight over something said about you."
"Mama!" exclaimed Kel. "Dom is...well I don't know what Dom is. We were supposed to talk and then all this mess happened." Neal's treatment had left her both sleepy and grumpy. All she wanted to do was nap, but her mother had insisted she bathe and get clean before returning to her bed.
Ilane of Mindelan helped Kel step into the bathtub. As she was eased into the water with the help of her mother's strong grip she cringed. The water wasn't necessarily too hot, but the feel of it made the skin around her stitches twitch. Sighing, she relented to her mother's bottle of soap and let herself relax in the water. She wanted to talk to Dom. But she was so sleepy... She was half asleep before she had rinsed her hair, and by the time she was changed and in bed she was out.
Next chapter, more Dom! Sorry about the delay!
"You're going to be tired over this again. Eat, sleep and I'll be back to check on you later. And Kel?" Neal said. "Take it easy until this is healed ok? That means no glaive, no Peachblossom, and no, uh other extracurricular activities you may be thinking about."
Kel couldn't help it, she blushed. While she had no intention of giving herself to Dom after only one night, she couldn't deny that it didn't sound exciting.
"Yes motherrrrrrrrr," she drawled.
"Did I hear my name mentioned?" said Ilane of Mindelan as she cracked open the door to Kel's room.
"No, Neal is just giving me a lecture about not playing with sharp weapons at parties."
"Oh well then he shouldn't object to a little mother-daughter time and a bath?" inquired Lady Ilane.
"Not so long as she takes it easy," said Neal as he started to leave. "I'll be back this evening to check on you again. Remember what I said Kel."
When he had shut the door, her mother came over and wrapped Kel in a tight but careful hug.
"We were worried," was all she said.
A maid knocked on the door, bringing hot water for Kel to bathe in. Eyeing the tub and the soap her mother had brought Kel started to undress. Kel took off her dressing gown and was confronted with stitches and swollen skin. Bruises lined her body, the most colorful of all surrounding her wound. Neal had healed the internal damage that the sword had done, but because of the location and severity of the wound he had had to stitch it. She stared in the mirror and ran her hand down her side along the stitches. The swelling was a result of the healing. Tiny stitches stretched from her hip to just below her breast.
"Well, it's at least it goes with the others...."she thought. She eyed it and turned slightly in the mirror so that she could see it together with the scar across her shoulder. "In a few months, it will be pink like this..." she thought.
"Kel I don't think I've ever seen you look at a mirror. You're not getting vain are you?" said her mother?
"No Mama. I was just looking. It's not like anyone is going to see it anyways."
"Are you so sure of that," replied Ilane of Mindelan. "You and that young Sergeant you were dancing with seemed to be getting along well. Especially when he hit that knight over something said about you."
"Mama!" exclaimed Kel. "Dom is...well I don't know what Dom is. We were supposed to talk and then all this mess happened." Neal's treatment had left her both sleepy and grumpy. All she wanted to do was nap, but her mother had insisted she bathe and get clean before returning to her bed.
Ilane of Mindelan helped Kel step into the bathtub. As she was eased into the water with the help of her mother's strong grip she cringed. The water wasn't necessarily too hot, but the feel of it made the skin around her stitches twitch. Sighing, she relented to her mother's bottle of soap and let herself relax in the water. She wanted to talk to Dom. But she was so sleepy... She was half asleep before she had rinsed her hair, and by the time she was changed and in bed she was out.
Next chapter, more Dom! Sorry about the delay!