Flora looked at her Head. The wound had become inflamed and Faragonda had gotten fever also. Flora already had tried to manage a Healer, but the only answer was a laugh and the sentence: "You shouldn't ask for something that isn't there!" She sighed. How would she get out of this? The door was thrown open and a man was thrown in. He looked scared and crawled away of the door. Charis grinned.
"Heal her." She ordered and pointed towards Faragonda. "Or you will have to heal yourself." The man obliged and then was pulled out of the cottage. Flora hadn't deared to move, but when his scream struck her, she flinched and moved closer to the still unconscious body. What had they done to the man?
"They could be everywhere, Aileh." Din turned away of the window. "If you search them, you'll be searching until next year. Besides, I can't allow you to leave. If you get captured, no one can assure you that they really let go Flora." Aileh got angry and screamed: "So you want to leave them there!? Great love of you, Din! Really!! You really love Faragonda, don't you!?" "I DO!" Din's hand made a loud contact with Faragonda's desk. "You don't get it, do you? If you get near their camp, they will kill both! As long as we don't threaten them, Faragonda and Flora are save! I want them back too, but I don't want to risk to lose them, Prince!" Griffin backened away when Aileh threw his tail forward, hitting Din against his chest. "Don't call me Prince!" Din stumbled back and fell on the floor. His hand reached for his chest. Aileh had broken some of his rips.
"Enough!" Now Griffin stepped forward. "Aren't we supposed to help each other!? Wasn't it the intention that we would protect Din from dying!?" 'Let's pray they don't attack me now.' She looked from Din to Aileh and back. "You know you're helping Charis with what you're doing now? She's probably just waiting until we fight and break up. Don't you see that?"
Both looked a little ashamed. Griffin was right, damn right. Aileh moved towards Din, offering his hand. "I'm sorry, but I'm just so worried about them." Din nodded en took Aileh's hand.
"You called for my, My Lord?" Charis touched the cold earth with her forehead. A black tail slithered in front of her. She didn't look up, because looking into the eyes of the King was the same as running a stick through your heart.
"I did." A clear hiss almost made her shiver. "You've failed already two times to find our son. The attack on Magix didn't help and neither did the attack on Alfea. You're a dead Naga if you fail again. I asked you just to attack when you were sure that he is there, twice he wasn't. Your failures have brought this expedition into danger. I hope at least you realize that?"
"Yes, My lord." Charis didn't move, feeling his look in her back.
"I thought your ability's were at least a little near Din's , but I'm wondering every day more and more if I wasn't wrong." The King sighed. "Find Aileh and bring him back. Din too. Get them back both. Alive." Silence. "Go now." Charis moved backwards, still not looking up. She left the cottage without turning her back towards the Naga's inside.
"You think she will fail again, don't you, Romanov?" A female voice came out of the shadows, soon followed by the owner of it. A gorgeous Cobra in Half-human form. Her skin was of a shade of Darkgreen that could be called Black. She looked at Romanov. "I don't think anything about that woman. She is capable of nothing." He moved out of the shadows too. He was between his Half-human and Humanoid form. His body was completely covered with scales, but he still had a human head and hairs. His skin matched that of his son. "That Viper is only capable of failing. I curse this mission. Damn it…" His arm moved around her waist. He hid his face in her neck.
"Don't you wanna find our son?" She looked at him. He looked back and said: "Of course, I always wanted, but I hate the reason why this has to happen. I hate him, stupid Egnero. I still don't understand why he did this to you." Her body stiffened in his arms and her hand moved to her abdomen, or at least the place where her uterus once was. The memory still did hurt. Romanov cursed himself for saying that. Poor Egina...
Sorry if the names suck, but I'm really bad in names...