CHAPTER 9:
No way that this was real. Faya and Saffa were both looking at the huge chunk of skin laying in Faya's hands. 'What does the wound look like?' Faya asked as she swallowed. 'That is just it, Faya… it isn't a wound. It's like you are… shedding…' Faya looked at Saffa with a ridiculous face 'Shedding? You mean the thing that dogs do in the winter and summer…?' Saffa chuckled at the comparison and nodded. 'That kind of shedding, yeah…' Faya rubbed her face 'will this happen once or…?' She asked. 'My knowledge is very limited when it comes to fire vixens Faya… you should go to the library for that…' Saffa answered after a while as she was busy removing more skin. Underneath Faya's skin lay a soft milky white skin waiting to emerge. The skin color was lighter than that of Sesshoumaru Saffa noticed, she would look beautiful when her skin shedding was complete. Her beautiful big green orbs, her milky white skin and her jet black hair… the combination of perfection… It was a shame that Faya did not remember her parents yet. 'Let's get you a bath, okay? It will help make the shedding easier and a lot more comfortable.' Faya turned around and looked at Saffa 'You just had to say that, huh?' Saffa grinned and nodded, causing Faya to sigh and roll her eyes at her friend. 'Let's do that… and let's keep this between us for a little while okay… I don't think he can take a lot more surprises…' They both fell in a fit of laughter.
Someone knocked on the door and both stopped laughing as Faya called that the one could enter. Sesshoumaru came in and looked at two red faces of the women, he raised an eyebrow. Both Saffa and Faya tried to hide their chuckles but they were too far gone. Saffa started first, taking Faya with her. Sesshoumaru looked at the laughing women and cleared his throat. 'Done yet…?' He asked. Both held their laughter and nodded. They stayed silent for two whole seconds when Faya snorted, causing Saffa to chuckle, and Faya giggled at her 'Apparently not…' Sesshoumaru answered and looked at them. They stopped, looked at each other, saw the same image and started to laugh again. Clutching their stomachs meanwhile telling each other that it hurt was too much for the both of them, as they Sesshoumaru running through the house while screaming, pulling his hair out and losing all composure for yet another change in the rebellious servant/mate that was Faya. Tears rolled down both their faces, and Faya wiped hers away and sniffed her nose. 'I'll come back when you two are done…' He said as he noticed that his mouth started to quiver up and down. Faya nodded and sniffed her nose once again before she started giggling again. With a huge childish grin she waved at him as she tried to swallow her laughter. Their laughs was rather infectious he noticed.
This went on for another thirty minutes and when both finally calmed down and Faya took a deep breath. 'That was fun…' she said as she once again wiped the tears away. Saffa helped Faya in a bathrobe and went through the conjoined door to the bathroom where Saffa drew her a bath with mint and apple scents and helped her in the tub. Saffa washed her back and while doing that she took whole chunks were falling off by just wiping over them. Saffa decided it was best that everything that wasn't lose she should let stay there… it would come off when the time was right. After the bath Faya was looking at herself and saw new and old chunks of skin. 'Saffa look at me, I look ridiculous! I'm like, two different people, here…Seriously' she laughed. 'Well actually, you are… you're literally shedding your old skin, that of a human.. and you become the fire vixen that you once were…' Faya looked at herself in the mirror and saw that one of her breasts was milky white and the other was her old skin tone. 'Oh, give me a break…' She pouted causing Saffa to laugh. 'No, that is not funny Saffa… Come on, how am I…' She held that train of thoughts and chuckling Saffa helped her in her bathrobe and they went back to her bedroom where Sesshoumaru was waiting. Saffa excused herself and left, and Faya cocked her head to the side and looked at him. 'Done laughing…?' He asked. 'Yeah… I haven't laughed that hard in a long time…' She smiled. 'What brings you here…?' She asked as her face broke into a wide smile. 'Oh no, don't start again now…' he warned her. 'Sorry…' She giggled 'What was that all about?' He asked as he was now in front of her, inches away from her. Faya pressed her lips together and made wide eyes in order not to start laughing again. 'Nothing…' She said with a restrained voice filled with laughter 'how are the guests?' She then asked, changing topic, failing to get the smile from her face. 'They'll entertain themselves until lunch so I thought I would check up on you.' He said 'As you can see I'm doing a lot better…' She answered and released a chuckle. 'Oh come on…' She said to herself as she looked up and took a deep breath. 'Sorry…' she said and then shook her head… 'Oh, what I wanted to ask you…' she began but she was cut off by a very demanding mouth and an arm that was wrapped around her waist pulling her closer to his body and down to her neck. 'wondering what?' He asked as he nibbled her neck the scent of musk and green tea filling every corner of her mind and clouding every rational thought that she had. She did try it though 'I-if, euh, if there was a library here… and if there were any books about…' she gasped as he sucked a spot close to her artery 'About…?' He asked, his husky voice alone was enough to make Faya melt against him. 'About fire vixens… I need… to…' she chuckled and pricked his side as he decided to nibble her color bone. 'learn as much as I can about what I am…' he stopped and looked down at her.
The change was so sudden that Faya crashed back to earth and that left her world spinning. 'but it doesn't have to be now, you know… I was mere asking.' Faya opted 'That shouldn't be a problem, but I'm warning you Faya… there might be things in those books that you are not going to like about the fire clan…' He said and looked her in the eye. Faya nodded 'I understand, I think that there are things about your own clan that you don't like either…' She said. Sesshoumaru pursed his lips and then nodded 'Yeah, I know…' and turned around. 'Get dressed, I'll get you some books about the fire clan…' and was gone. Faya sighed and sat down in bed. Damn the Hellhound for leaving her hot and bothered… she told him that he didn't need to hurry and that he could do it another time. She looked at the clothes Saffa had spread out for and shook her head. She pulled a pair of brown pants on with a light brown kind of overcoat, which was short at the front and long at the back. Black leather boots were standing next to the bed but Faya didn't want to put them on, sat before her mirror and began to brush her hair that had become thicker and fuller during the night she noticed. She pulled her hair to the side and made a big braid of it. At that moment Sesshoumaru came back with a hand full of books and Faya looked at him from the mirror. She smiled. He shook his head, it was like a whole new personality in the house. The Faya that was rebellious, uncoordinated and unbalanced had changed overnight, in someone that knew what she wanted and how to get it. The charismatic appearance of a full blood fire vixen was something no one could withstand, even he Lord of the Western Fields was helpless when it came to the charms of a fire vixen. She had seen it, smirked and turned to him. 'Did you meet your match, Sesshoumaru-sama?' She asked as shimmers became visible in her eyes and she rose to her feet. 'Not yet… you're still awakening… and do not start a game that you cannot win, Faya…' He warned her 'Besides, you cannot control the emotions that you have yet. Or your powers… like it or not, you need me to teach you…' he said as he was behind her now and wrapped his arm around her arms, locking her in position.
She opened her mouth to protest but again he kissed her. 'You won't let me talk back at you, huh?' She whispered as he pulled back 'See, you're already learning…' He said 'I don't know if this is the best way to teach me that protesting is not allowed…' She said 'I might want to do it more often…' She said taking him by surprise with that statement. Faya was challenging him, she chuckled at his face and then took the books from him. 'Thank you…' she said and made herself comfortable in an high armchair that was standing by the window. Sesshoumaru was in doubt of punishing her now, or later in the evening. He decided that the latter and brew a plan. Oh, yeah, he was still evil… and with a fire vixen as sparring partner this was going to be so much fun. 'Can we expect you for lunch as well…?' Faya did not, or pretended not to, hear him as she was to engrossed in her book. Sesshoumaru shook his head and stepped before her and then took the book away from her. 'Huh, oh what is it?' She asked dazed, she came from far away. 'I asked you a question, and I hate to repeat myself...' He told her 'Oh sorry, yeah, yes I will join you and the guests for lunch.' She said and looked up at him 'may I have my book back now, please…?' She asked after a while. He bent forward stole a passionate kiss, gave her the book back and was gone, leaving Faya perplexed and even more dazed. She sighed and shook her head. 'You are way too unpredictable.' She whispered as she settled back in the armchair and started to read again.
It seemed like seconds to Faya when Saffa entered and announced that lunch was being served. When asking Saffa about it she was told that it was two hours ago. Faya shook her head and wondered where the time had gone. Saffa chuckled, gave Faya her boots and left the room. Two minutes later Faya walked down the stairs and into the dining room. She smiled at the ones that were still there and apologized for her behavior the night before. Many could understand why she had done that and told her that they understood. They also joked that they would never dare to anger her or hurt her friends. Faya smiled as they accepted her apology. The only thing that still bothered her was that she had no idea of where the Azuma clan was and how they were connected in all this. The conversations faded away as she thought about the night before and what happened at the second she woke up. It had already started when she found out that he was in heat. There it changed. She saw him in such a different light ever since she woke up that morning… It scared her for not knowing why she did that… she was scared about what she wanted, what she needed, what she thought. Sesshoumaru saw that she was too much in her head and lay his hand on her knee making her bounce back in her body. 'You are too much in your head, Faya… Don't think about it for now…' he said to her. 'Don't think so much about what has happened, you needed the outburst… you are more relaxed now… Remember the last outburst you had was a several months ago…' Faya nodded and looked up at him. 'You are too kind…' she said and started a conversation with Lord Minami. 'A toast…' Someone said all of the sudden and rose to his feet. 'To the Lord and Lady of the Nishi House. May your marriage be long and fruitful. Toast…' They all rose their glasses and called 'toast…' Faya smiled and raised her glass as well.
The rest of the last week went by uneventful and everything went smoothly. Somewhere down the week Faya's shedding had suddenly stopped, resulting in the fact of her having both her new milky white as well as her old human skin and the clashes between Faya and Sesshoumaru which were highly amusing to the guests. They thought these quarrels were lovers quarrels and many praised them for doing that out in the open than late at night in the seclusion of their private quarters… Faya had just smiled at that but did not know how to respond to it… Sesshoumaru had been close to actually killing her in front of his guests a few times already but every time Faya put her charm in to play when he growled at her. She didn't know her powers too well, but she knew that one all too well. It frustrated him to pieces… The evening of the last dinner approached and when the time finally came to say goodbye. The guests thanked them for a lovely stay at the House and they had to promise that they would do it again real soon. They obliged and when Saffa had closed the door Faya sat down on the floor and lay down. 'Thank the Heavens they're gone…' She groaned and looked at the ceiling. Saffa chuckled and pulled her back on to her feet. 'Well done, fire vixen…' she said as they high fived, making them both laugh. Both went upstairs to Faya's room. It would be her last night there so she was going to spend it well. When they came in Faya sighed and said as she dropped down on the bed 'I seriously need to get out of these clothes, the sooner, the better…' and then chuckled. 'Do you need some help with that…?' She heard two voices ask her at the same time. She propped herself on her elbows and saw a startled face of Saffa and a smirking face of Sesshoumaru. Faya rolled her eyes and chuckled 'I just need to get out of them... I don't think you will stop at just my clothes, Hellhound…' She said causing Saffa to flush horribly red, shook her head and removed herself from the room and closed the door.
'Now look what you did…' Faya said as she looked at him. 'Your fault…' She said as she pointed a finger at him. Before she could even blink he was on top of her looking down at her. She looked up at him and searched his eyes. He bent forward and captured her lips in a soft yet demanding kiss. It was the first time they were together like this since she had changed. He pressed himself against her letting her feel his want and she melted… The clothes became an obstacle and she desperately needed air. She tore her mouth from his and kissed his neck making him moan and press his want closer to hers. There was a growing frustration as they started to tug and pull at the fabrics that were in the way. Her heightened senses made her feel everything a hundred times more than normal. She needed to feel her breasts being squeezed against his chest, she needed to feel him in her. Passion flared between the two as they ripped the clothes off. Faya lost the time in between the tugging of the clothes and him thrusting in her. She had no idea how they had become naked, but she didn't care, they were, and he was thrusting in her. There was a frustration in his thrusts she noticed, in his movements. She gasped as he pinched her nipple and arched into his touch. Her mind so far away that she didn't even think about the fact that she still had two types of skin. She moaned deep within her throat as she felt how he took a nipple in his mouth and licked it. Faya felt how frustrated and dominant he was. Sesshoumaru moved out of her, turned her onto her stomach and shoved back in her. Faya threw her head in her neck and her mouth dropped open, which soon was filled with his fingers as she sucked on them. The way he took her made it all the more worth. 'Oh, no you don't, not yet…' he growled softly in her ear as he smelled how close she was to release. It made her groan in delight. 'More, master…' she whispered in a hiss. 'Please…' she begged him. Sweat covered their bodies as they continued this for another hour. In the end Sesshoumaru rolled off of her and lay on his back and stared at the ceiling. Both trying to recover their breath. Exhausted Faya turned around and looked at him. She opened her mouth but Sesshoumaru pulled her close and made it clear that there would be no talking now. Faya looked at him, nodded, lay her head on his chest and listened to his heartbeat as she rubbed the side of his chest. As she heard the steady heartbeat she closed her eyes and fell asleep. Sesshoumaru stayed awake for a few more moments looking down at the black mane that covered his chest now and stroked it for a while. After a few minutes he fell asleep and was at peace for the first time in a long time.
Days passed slowly in the huge house of Sesshoumaru after the feast and things settled down in their own routine once again. But something had changed between Faya and Sesshoumaru, although she was back to being a servant and slept in the servant quarters, again, she didn't seek the confrontation with him as much as she did before awakening to her fire vixen heritage. They both knew the process of her recovering her memories would take time. In the time that Faya was not working she read as many books as she could about fire vixens, about the Fujimi clan where all fire demons or vixen origins lay. It was strange, going from human to a full blood fire vixen and getting used to it. As she was learning to control her new found power she actually did burn down something. It was HIS freaking bed room she had burned down, Sesshoumaru hadn't been a happy fluffy demon after that. More little things happened but as big as burning down his bedroom. She was testing his patience in other ways now, and all had to do with her way to pull demons and make them do her will! Oh, yes, she had full control over him. He sat behind his desk and looked through a pile of papers that still needed to be signed and looked through. He had no idea how he would be able to concentrate with that Sakura and Jasmine scent filling every corner of his mind and house. Because, really that was Faya's scent… He leaned back in his chair and looked outside where he saw how the vixen was practicing her skills.
She made it look easy but he knew very well that she was struggling. That became apparent when a small fireball changed from a light blue to crimson red within a second and burned down a sakura tree that was standing close to her. Saffa who was close to the tree jumped away, growled at her and then looked at the sakura tree that was now laying in ashes next to her. Faya let out a frustrated yell and wiped her thick black hair. In his eyes it made her irresistible. He shook his head and looked back at the papers in front of him. 'Watch out above…' He heard Saffa suddenly yell. An enormous red fireball crashed through the window and bored itself into the wall a few inches away from Sesshoumaru's head, frying a few hairs in the process. He looked at the wall and then took his hair and watched it. He put the frying ends out and his eyes darkened, enough was enough, Sesshoumaru smashed the table in a half as he stood up, no one messed with his beautiful hair that he trimmed so well every morning. See, there was one thing you should never do in front of Sesshoumaru-sama and that was to insult his hair. He walked to the window, jumped out of it, landed next to Saffa, who gave a yelp and jumped away in fright, and looked at Faya, while holding the burned hairs in between his fingers. She backed away as she scratched the side of her neck. 'Sorry?' She asked with a guilty face. 'Saffa, you're work here is done… I'll take it from here…' He said as he kept looking at Faya, even in her servant's dress she was beautiful. 'B-but…' Sesshoumaru looked at Saffa 'Are you going to question my orders now as well, Saffa?' He asked causing Faya to snort but stopped when Sesshoumaru turned back to her. He saw how she pressed her lips together and laughter was visible in her green eyes. Saffa curtsied and practically ran away. 'You didn't have to scare her to near death, you know…' Faya said, looking at the retreating form of Saffa. As an answer he grabbed her hand, threw her over his shoulder and onto the ground. He twisted her arms above her as he straddled her in between his legs. Faya huffed 'Damn it, I hate it when you do that… I'm not that well trained yet.' She pouted. 'Don't you go and pout on me… Faya' He said.
The way he addressed her made Faya nearly moan, damn the Hellhound for doing this to her. He could just go and snap his fingers at her, for all she cared, and she would still moan. But she knew herself all too well, and knew that she'd rather die than admit that in front of him. Damn her for not controlling the new sensations that ran through her body, when she was in the presence of the idiotic Hellhound. With that a very annoying and relentless training started, causing Faya to get multiple bruises. She noticed that he was slower than usual. There was something wrong with him! She stopped and jumped away. Faya narrowed her eyes at him and heard him breath hard. She caught his arm and Sesshoumaru looked at her still trying to regain his breath. It took more energy off him than usually. 'Are you okay… My Lord?' Faya asked him. 'You don't look so good…' he looked at her causing her to take a step forward on impulse and caught his weight on her hip. A huge energy wave erupted from Sesshoumaru causing Faya to be thrown off of her feet and blast into a tree. She jumped to her feet as she saw him sag through his knees and grab his head.
'SAFFA!' She called toward the kitchen, knowing that she was there. Saffa came running outside, seeing Sesshoumaru like that, and sprinted toward them. 'What happened?' She asked. 'I don't know… we, we were training and before I know he's looking like this and half unconscious.' Saffa supported his other side as they both carried him inside into the kitchen. 'He is burning up…' Saffa said as she felt his forehead. 'I had no idea that demons could get sick…' Faya said and took a bowl and filled it with water. 'It is highly unusual, but it does occur… If I think what I think it is… everyone with human blood needs to stay away from him.' Saffa said and stood up.
'Faya, stay with him, I'm going to consult with the others.' Saffa continued and left before Faya could ask her anything. She sighed, took a cloth and soaked it in the water, then she placed it on his forehead. He opened his eyes and Faya saw red spots in his eye white. 'I knew it, I just knew it…' Saffa called and charged back into the kitchen. 'My lord is between fury and normal…' and stopped dead in her track as she saw the Lord of the House sitting up. 'Oh, great, just great…' Saffa whispered. 'Faya, you are the only one that can stay with him.' Faya looked at the Lord and then at Saffa 'why?' she asked. 'You are the only one now, that doesn't have human blood… We all are half demons, half human.' She said. 'But you were closer than three feet…' Faya shot back at her. 'Yeah, because he was unconscious…' Saffa retorted and jumped back when Sesshoumaru stood up. 'You are the only one who can bring him to his room without getting killed in the process.' Saffa said 'How can you be so sure that he won't kill me in the process…?' Faya shot back at Saffa. Both looked at Faya now and Saffa backed away 'Sorry, already gone….' Saffa swallowed and sped from the kitchen. 'Great, just great…' Faya huffed and took the bowl of water. 'You, upstairs…' she then said at Sesshoumaru. 'You dare order me around?' he asked her half awake, half furious. 'At the moment, I am the only one who can come close to you' she snapped at him. 'For now, you just have to listen to me, okay? Listen I really don't give a damn whether you're half dead, okay…? Will you just listen to me?' Faya finished, actually she did care but she was too proud to admit that, and ushered her master as well as lover out of the kitchen and up the stairs. The servants did not show themselves. Why did she always find herself in these situations? Why was it always her? Halfway the stairs Sesshoumaru sagged through his knees and gasped for breath. 'Not too fast, just take it easy… take the stairs in your own time, in your own pace…' she whispered at him from behind. He looked at her from over his shoulder but he was too tired to snap at her so he glared daggers at her. Faya sighed, rolled her eyes, put the bowl down and stepped next to him and slipped underneath his arm and supported his weight on her hipbone. 'Come on, I'll help you…' Sesshoumaru was too tired to even protest and together they stumbled up the stairs to his room. She opened the door and walked into the room. She closed the door with her foot, walked down the bed, retracted the sheets and then sat him down and started to take his clothes off. She was surprised that he was so cooperative. Was this a symptom of whatever he had? She slipped his robes off and felt how hot his skin was. Worry got the better of her as she laid him down on the bed before undressing him further. When he was naked Faya had stop herself from touching him and covered him with the sheets, she then hurried out of the bedroom and took the bowl of water that she had left by the stairs. 'How is he?' She heard and looked at Saffa who was standing on the ground floor. 'He is burning up pretty bad… I need more water, a cloth and lots of towels… Can you get that and leave it at the door…?' Saffa nodded. 'The door is the limit anyway… if…' Faya shook her head, and Saffa held her tongue. 'water, cloth and towels…. Coming right up.' Saffa nodded and disappeared. Faya smiled and then went back to Sesshoumaru's room.
When she came in he was trashing wildly around himself. Faya closed the door behind her and sped to his bed where she sat down and caught his arm. 'Hush now… everything will be alright now…' She whispered and squeezed it. He calmed down and Faya took the bowl and placed the wet cloth on his forehead. Then she pulled the covers back till his waist and washed his chest, then his back and his arm. He didn't need to be washed further down below yet. 'Faya, everything you need is at the door.' She heard the voice of Saffa through the door. 'Thank you Saffa.' She whispered back. 'If you need any food let me know, okay?' Saffa said. 'I will, thank you...' Faya then turned back to Sesshoumaru's sleeping form and walked to the window and closed the curtains. She wouldn't want anything more then to sneak in bed next to him but knew that it would be her real end. How could this happen? What was going on in his mind? Faya had to get deeper into his psyche to answer these questions. She had to learn everything about youkai as possible. Only then would she be able to help him.
Faya stood up and walked to the bell that was hanging by the door and pulled it. Two minutes later she heard the voice of Saffa asking her what she could do. Saffa listened and then said she would go look for some books in the human language about the psyche of youkai. She'd knock on the door when the books were ready. Faya waited and put the cloth back in the bowl and placed it back on his forehead. Faya heard a knock on the door and smiled. She got up and opened the door to find the books that she asked for. It was a miracle that had learned how to read and write when she was younger. Where had she learned that anyway? She made herself comfortable in a high armchair close to the bed and opened one of the books. Reading and learning everything in the books. Faya needed to understand what was going on. At some point she heard some low grunting from the bed and her head snapped up. Sesshoumaru was trashing from one side to another in his bed, finding no rest at all. Faya put the book on the chair and walked up to him. She sat down on the rim of his bed and looked at him. She felt helpless. What was there to do? She had no knowledge about these things. Faya bent forward and kissed him softly on the lips and felt how he calmed down slightly. Faya smiled and moved back to the armchair. She took the book, sat back down and read further. Somewhere down the line, she closed her eyes and drifted off into a light slumber.
This went on for two more days and Faya started to believe that it was something different than what Saffa had told her. She started to rethink the whole thing in her head. She remembered that he hadn't been eating properly for a few days already, ever since the last dinner with the guests. Faya remembered that he hadn't looked healthy after the last dinner… his hair had become dull and he couldn't really focus on things… also he had become slower. Faya jumped out of the chair and raced downstairs calling for Saffa. 'What is it girl?' Saffa asked as she ran out of the kitchen and caught Faya who was out of breath. 'I think… I know… what is wrong… and it… isn't… what you thought it was…' Faya told her in between gasps. 'Then what is it…?' Faya looked at her and said 'This may sound strange, but who made the last dinner at the feast…?' Saffa looked back at Faya 'I did… why?' Faya pulled away and narrowed her eyes at her 'did you leave the kitchen, at any moment, or turned your back at the food or the plates for just a second?' She asked. 'What do you mean by that?' Saffa asked as she now backed away from her and narrowed her eyes at her friend. 'Please, just answer the question Saffa…' Faya said shaking her head. 'I turned around for half a second...' Saffa answered after a while, causing Faya to nod her head and sighed. She remembered that when the soup had been brought and was placed before him, it almost looked like there was an extra layer on the plate of Sesshoumaru. It was gone before she knew it and did not think about it for the rest. 'Did you notice anything different about the soup, when you turned back around…?' Saffa looked at her friend not understanding 'Think Saffa, think hard… and out loud…' Faya pressed her friend. The two of them went back to the kitchen and reconstructed everything what happed in the kitchen during the last dinner. Saffa remembered that she felt a breeze and had turned around. She thought it was her imagination, everything had seemed the same, so didn't stop to think about it. Her eyes grew and horrified she looked at Faya. Faya looked back at Saffa and then nodded, confirming what Saffa thought. Saffa leaned against the sink and pressed a hand in front of her mouth to stop the scream that wanted to break the surface. She felt how Faya pulled her in a hug whispering that it was not her fault. 'It is… I should've done something about it, following my instincts.' She whispered panicked and started to speak incoherently, then Saffa felt a tingling sensation in her cheek and looked up at Faya dazed. She had hit her, Faya had hit her! It wasn't hard but forceful enough to bring her back to reality, but still she had HIT HER! Saffa opened her mouth 'It is just as much fault as it yours… I knew that there was something wrong with his plate, yet I did not act upon my intuition as well. Don't you go and tell me that it is only your fault here…' Faya bit at her 'Now you can do something about it.' Saffa looked at her and saw tears gathering in the corners of Faya's eyes. 'But we don't know…' She started 'Yes, we do…' Faya interrupted her taking a deep breath and looking up at the ceiling to get rid of the tears 'Do you remember anything differently. A smell, a color…?' She asked after a while. Saffa thought back and then said 'Clove… I remember smelling a faint odour of clove…' Faya raised an eyebrow 'Clove?' She asked. Saffa nodded and prepared herself for the eruption from Faya that was bound to happen. 'Clove?' She repeated again and narrowed her eyes. 'I'm sorry… please forgive me…' Saffa begged pressing a hand before her mouth once again. 'Find anything what you can about herbs that have the same smell… everything that you can find, it is all important…' Faya walked up to her and lay a hand on her shoulder, squeezing it 'I need your help more than anything… I know little to nothing about herbs and poisons… Let's go save the Master of the House…' She whispered and hugged her 'I'd appreciate your help in this…' she whispered and felt Saffa nod. 'Find anything you can… I'm going back…' She said and let Saffa go. With that she left the kitchen and went back upstairs leaving Saffa alone with her thoughts.