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Genre- Romance/general

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"Village secrets"

Midnight Raven 666

Chapter 3

"Talk of Towns and Noah"

It was later that evening, the sun had begun to set in the horizon. Lucius sat in bed while sipping at the soup his mother had brought him. He glanced over at Ivy who was still sitting in the chair next to his bed, looking as if she were in deep thought.

"Ivy?"

"...Yes?" She asked snapping out of her trance like state.

"What are you thinking about?"

"Oh, of many things. Mostly of my journey."

"...What were they like...?"

"...Who?"

"The people in the town... What were they like?" He put his empty cup on the night stand and waited intently for her answer.

"I spoke only to one. He was named Kevin. He was...kind, I was not expecting that."

"Based on your knowledge...Do you think the towns and their people are as bad and corrupt as we were led to believe?"

"Well...It is hard to say; perhaps I was just lucky to have found a good hearted person...or perhaps there are many."

"Yes. I see what you mean..." He nodded as he reached over to hold Ivy's hand. He stroked it gently with his thumb as he laid back and sighed. Lucius smiled and relaxed for a while then suddenly sighed unhappily. "I am tired of being confined to this bed..."

"Give it some time, you were badly injured you must be patient." Ivy advised as she gave his hand an affectionate squeeze.

"I will try..."

"You will be walking again soon, I am sure of it." She smiled.

"Yes, you are probably right." He replied still stroking her hand.

The sun had now completely sunk and the shade of night had fallen upon the small village.

"Well, Lucius it is late, I think I shall turn in now." She sighed tiredly as she got up from the chair.

"...Alright, sleep well...I love you." He blushed slightly.

"And I love you." She smiled as she picked up her cane and slowly walked out. "Goodnight."

"Goodnight..." He replied, really wishing she would stay.

Ivy had been correct, a few days after, Lucius was walking again, although at times it did cause him pain. Slowly but surely he was getting better.

Lucius sat on the porch, next to Ivy, silently as he watched the children at play in the field. The fresh air was very pleasant after being bedridden for a week.

"...It is so strange..." Ivy remarked as she rested her head on Lucius' shoulder.

"What is?" Lucius questioned turning his head to look at her as he placed an arm around her shoulders.

"It feels odd without...Noah. I still feel anger towards him, but deep in my heart I... miss him in many ways." She sighed.

"Of course you do. I understand. Noah loved you and you loved him."

"He depended upon me for many things; he was like an overgrown child... I still can not believe what he did to you. I would never have expected that of him...ever."

"He did it for the love of you, he believed I would be taking you away from him...Before he stabbed me I tried to explain to him that there are...different kinds of love but he was too upset to hear me out." Lucius explained feeling some discomfort in discussing the subject.

"I feel responsible for what happened to you... I am the one to blame for Noah's actions; he knew no better, it is my fault... for loving you. One love to sacrifice another is not right... I cannot even follow my own rules..." She said sadness in her voice.

"Don't say that, you are not in any way responsible for what happened and you were not sacrificing your love for Noah, you would never do such a thing as that. You mustn't keep dwelling upon this. It is not healthy..." He tried to sooth her. Lucius knew this had been tormenting her ever since she found out; she had killed Noah and not one of the so called creatures. Who could blame her though; she is blind and knew not of what she was doing at the time and how frightened she must have been. He only wished he could take away her pain, but nothing he said seemed to help.

"It is so hard to forget such a thing..."

"...I know, you won't feel this bad forever." He placed a soft kiss on her forehead.

"Thank you. Thank you for being so understanding."

"......" Lucius was about to respond when he abruptly stopped as a figure in red moving through the woods caught his eye.

There was silence for a moment.

"What is it Lucius...?" Ivy asked in bewilderment.

Lucius kept his eyes on the woods as he replied. "I am... not sure..."

I had a hard time with this chapter. I am sorry it took so long. Major writers block. I don't think it turned out to great but I promise the next chapter will be better. Please review and state your opinion and feel free to leave me suggestions for improvement of this chapter, I would really appreciate it.

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Midnight Raven 666