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Chapter 16

After four days of Numair pacing back and forth, he was taken back when a group of people came rushing past him towards Daine's room.

It took him a moment to realize where they were running to, but he soon caught on and ran after them.

Daine had woken up and was panicking. Alanna was currently trying to clear the room of unfamiliar and unfriendly faces.

All that remained in the room were Alanna, Jonathan, Onua, Numair, Evin, Cloud, and Tkaa. Kitt was kept outside for the time being; they didn't want her to jump on Daine.

Alanna had pushed those who remained aside and let Onua speak to her before anyone else.

"Daine?" Onua spoke softly, wondering how her friend was doing.

"Onua? What happened?" was Daine's reply in a scratchy voice.

"What's the last thing that you remember?"

Daine was silent for a moment before answering. "I remember leaving and then Numair came and we started to argue, and the next thing I knew I was falling."

"That's good. That means there is no memory loss" Onua said with a small smile, while petting Daine's hair softly.

Daine smiled back at her until she saw who else was in the room. When she saw Numair, she refused to make eye contact with him.

Alanna had caught the uncomfortable ness that Numair's presence was having on Daine.

"I think that after I give her the once over, everyone will get the chance to talk to her."

Daine nodded and watched as everyone filed out of the room one by one.

"Alright youngster, it's time for me to make sure you're working correctly. How do you feel?" Alanna asked her gently.

"A bit confused and my shoulder is stiff" said the Wild Mage.

"When you fell, you fell into a trap and you landed on wooden spikes that were coated with poison. One spike pierced you throw your shoulder and the other pierced your lower abdomen. Numair gave you a potion to slow the poison, and when Jonathan and myself arrived we healed your wounds and burnt out the poison. The poison had already began to work itself into your systems, so your body may seem like it isn't working correctly. And in a way, it's not, but you'll be alright. It will just take some time for you to recover" she told Daine slowly.

"So what do you need to check?"

"First I want to see if you can move your toes at all" Alanna replied.

Daine succeeded in moving her toes. However, when she was asked to move her legs, she was having a tough time.

"Don't worry. With some exercise and medicine you should better in two weeks or so" she explained to the girl when she saw the concern in her eyes.

Alanna continued, "Your level of energy will be low, and I know that by telling you this you are going to go and do the complete opposite. You need to rest, Daine. We almost lost you. It will take some time for your body to work properly. Do you understand?"

Daine nodded. She saw that Alanna was worried.

"Would you like to see everyone?"

Daine just looked her in the eyes. "No not everyone" she said slowly, trying not to let herself become angry.

Alanna understood perfectly what she meant and walked out of the room to talk to the group of people and creatures that were waiting to see Daine.

After about a half an hour, Numair had waited to go last, Alanna grabbed his arm and pulled him to the side.

"Numair, I-I'm not too sure how to say this, exactly. I don't want you to get hurt..."

"Just tell me what it is" was his calm but placid reply.

"Daine doesn't want to see you" and before he could cut her off she spoke louder and more firmly, "Now you must understand! After all that's happened between the two of you, you can't expect her to just...forgive you. You really hurt her."

Numair looked like he was about to cry. And she knew that he had lost his soul when he had given up on Daine. Giving into the defeat, he slowly turned around and walked out.

End of the chapter.

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