Chapter 5 Best Friends
Neal and Merric came over to hug her and tell her they were with her. Neal did his best healing her of her physical wounds but he knew the mental wounds would be there forever. Every time they were to point at the sky or pat her head or something she would flinch away. It was as if she expected a blow that would never come. When they reached the border they camped. The guys had brought tents, but Kel had brought no supplies with her. "Kel, you can sleep in my tent," Dom said longingly. Kel nodded and went to fish out Dom's tent. "Is Kel going to be alright?" Merric asked worriedly, "she hardly eats and she's not getting any better."
"She'll be alright I'll talk to her tonight." When it was completely dark outside they went into their tents. "Kel, I love you more than the sun that shines. I need you, I can't live without you. Do you feel the same way?" he asked unsure. "Dom, I have loved you ever since I laid eyes on you. If I die tell Lord Wyldon, I'm sorry I couldn't live isolated up." "What makes you say you're going to die?" "Dom, I'm not as strong as I was two months ago. You see it I know. Dom, I want to marry you, I do, but after we survive." Dom nodded and they discarded their clothes.
Kel felt better than she had two months ago, she felt better than she had two days ago. "Kel are you sure you want to do this?" Kel nodded eagerly as they began. They heard a knock on the door of their tent about three in the morning. They got dressed and opened the door. In front of them stood Joren looking straight at Kel with longing. "Neal, Merric come here now it's Joren!" Dom yelled out as fast as he could. Neal and Merric fully dressed walked out of their tents and toward Joren with such hate that Kel could feel it come off of them. "What do you want Joren?" sneered Kel hatefully.
She lunged forward only to feel her mind explode. She grabbed her head and fell to the ground at Joren's feet. "What did you do to her you son of a crow?" Dom yelled angrily. Joren laughed and kicked Kel over to Neal's feet. "I had my fun with her now I'm just tormenting her should I kick her Neal?" Joren asked menacingly. When Neal didn't answer Joren started kicking her in the legs, back, and arms. Neal stood there frightened and petrified. Before any of them could so much as hit him he vanished.
Neal immediately stooped down and started to heal her. "Neal why didn't you do something?" yelled Dom instantly. "He's in shock can't you see?" Merric started uneasily, "we have never seen her get beat up that bad in front of us. It scared even me to see it happen Dom, it must have scared Neal even more, he is Kel's best friend." Dom hadn't though of that and now it made him feel guilty. "Neal, it's okay, she'll be alright," Merric said hoarsely.
"I won't do this again, I can't stand to see her hurt. I the past two weeks she has been hurt more than any of us has been in our whole lives. It's not fair!" Neal yelled. "Neal, I didn't want to see you or Dom or Merric hurt. I couldn't stand it, for the past two weeks I have woke up to more nightmares about him than you can imagine, and I couldn't scream or cry or recuperate in any way for fear of hurting you guys even more. Neal, please you must understand it's better this way than my winding up seeing you guys hurt." Neal hadn't thought about that.