9
Well Well Look Who's Back
Aleera stayed with Morgan as she waited for Verona and Marishka. Aleera just looked at the girl. She smiled and pushed Morgan's hair to the side out of her face. "We're going to get you all cleaned up and everything is going to be fine," said Aleera. Morgan took Aleera's hand and said, "Aleera?" "Yeah?" "Please don't tell them about the Journal. I don't want them to know." Aleera smiled and said, "Don't worry, your secret's safe with me." "Thanks."
Marishka and Verona rushed into the room and met them. "I'm so glad you're okay," said Verona as she knelt next to the girl. "Hey Marishka, will you go get some water and bandages?" asked Aleera. "Sure, I'll be right back." Marishka rushed out of the room. Aleera knelt in front of the girl and pulled the cloth off her leg. Both Verona and Aleera jumped at the sight. There was a piece of bone sticking out of the skin. "What happened?" asked Verona. "I found her in a pit with a spike through her leg," said Aleera.
Marishka came into the room and said, "Here, I got it." Marishka flinched when she saw the bone sticking from Morgan's leg. "Wow that's not good. Should I get Vlad?" asked Marishka. "Yeah, we'll probably need him," answered Verona. Marishka left again to go get the count. "Does it hurt?" asked Verona. "No, not anymore. I can't feel it," said Morgan. Morgan looked at her leg to see what they were so worried about. She knew why she couldn't feel it when she saw her leg, it was defenatly broken. Tears welled up in her eyes at the sight. "No, no don't cry it will all be okay," said Verona comforting the girl.
Just then the count walked into the room and said, "Well well look who's back." Verona shot him a look and said, "Not now." "What do we have here?" he said walking up to her. He looked at her leg and said, "Yeah, well it's broken. Aleera, go get stuff for a splint." Aleera hesitated before leaving the room, she wasn't sure if she should leave Morgan or not. Vlad picked the girl up and put her on the bed. He remove the remaining cloth from her leg and fully exposed the wound. He attempted to realign the girl's bones, but was unable to because she struggled too much. "You're going to have to hold still if you want me to fix this, kid," said the angered man. He tried again but failed. "Marishka, Verona hold her down." The two women tried to hold her still but they couldn't.
Aleera came back into the room and put the splint materials on the bed and saw the tears in Morgan's eyes. "What did you do to her?" asked Aleera. The count rolled his eyes and said, "Well I have to realign her bones but she won't hold still." Aleera walked to the head of the bed and took the girl's trembling hands. "It's going to be okay, but he has to realign them in order for you to get better. You have to be still," said Aleera. Aleera looked at the count and nodded. The count began realigning the bones. The girl flinched but did not struggle as she did before. She just kept her gaze fixed on Aleera. The count quickly splinted the girl's leg and said, "There, all done." Aleera smiled at the girl as she wiped her tears away.
The count gazed out of the window and saw the sun peeking over the trees. "I'm going to bed. I'll see you all later," he looked at Morgan and said, "No more running off." He walked out of the room leaving the brides and the girl alone. "You must be tired. You should rest," said Verona, "we'll leave you alone. It's time for us to sleep too." Verona and Marishka began to walk out of the room when Marishka turned and said, "Aren't you coming, Aleera." "Uhh, no I'm not really tired right now. I think I'm going to stick around for a while." "All right," Verona. "Sleep tight," said Marishka as they walked out.
Aleera sat down on the bed next to Morgan and said, "Are you okay?" Morgan nodded as her blood shot eyes tried to close. "You must be exhausted, I'll leave you alone so you can sleep," said Aleera. "No, wait, could you stay with me tonight?" asked Morgan, "I still don't trust them." "Morgan, you have nothing to worry about; my sisters would never harm you." "I still don't trust them." Aleera thought for a moment before saying, "Okay, I'll stay." "Thank you."
Aleera smiled and crawled into the bed next to the young girl. Morgan scooted over best she could as Aleera took her in her arms. Within a few minutes both child and demon slept.
There's chapter nine, sorry it took so long. Hope you like it. Please tell me what you think.
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