Satine held the hand of Anakin, she shook her head and sighed again.
This young Jedi, came alone to Mandalore Sector when the situation was so unstable, willing to protect her against such enemy and was badly wounded during the fight, most of the women would be difficult to not get tempted.
But before this, more than twenty years ago, someone already did similar thing, and won her heart. Even she and Anakin firstly met because of this person.
Obi Wan Kenobi.
Yes, it was during the Mandalorian civil War, he and Master Qui Gon Jinn came to her home planet as her allies, they fought so many bounty hunters and other assassins to protect her. The affection between her and the young Jedi Obi Wane was developed at that time, but only a year later he left because of the Jedi Council reassigned them to other planets. They hadn't met again until the crisis of the Death Watch.
Over these years, she never developed any relationship with any other man because of her affection of Obi Wan.
They met again several months earlier, but things had changed a lot.
Although they fought side by side again, but in her heart, she knew clearly this man had changed too much, they shared too little in common now, that Jedi apprentice she knew and loved was long gone. They wouldn't get along, even if Obi Wan wasn't a Jedi Knight .
Worse, even though he once again gave her a helping hand at the crucial moment, showing that he had not completely lost the enthusiasm, but she was not the only woman he treated like this.
Although they hadn't contacted for a long time, she already gather a lot of information of Obi Wan secretly, his past, his whereabouts, his relationship. Overall, she's a politician.
She was not even the first girl Obi Wan had such relationship with, and he never dropped the affection, not before he met her, not after.
Yes, he once said he would quit the JedI Order if she asked him to stay, but he must had said the same thing to other women before and after he said to her.
After the two parted away again, she decided to completely put down this relationship from her heart.
Not long ago, when Obi Wan faked his death, she was also unable to control herself and came to his funeral. After the truth was revealed, she didn't feel happy for Obi Wan's survival but was devastated because she felt she was betrayed, and finally was able erase the love from her heart.
She did not blame anyone, Obi Wan never did anything wrong. It was her own mistake to love this man.
As for Anakin, she could see the difference between this young man with his master.
From his words and actions, she could feel this young man was full of passion and enthusiasm, that's what Obi Wan once attracted him, but Anakin's was much more stronger, it's incredible that he still kept such enthusiasm after took the JedI training for so long.
If he and Obi Wan were not related, since her political life in Mandalore had already ended, she would not hesitate a bit to at least try to express her feeling to Anakin, regardless of the age difference between them.
But he was the apprentice of Obi Wan, she could see the bond between Anakin and his master during the crisis of the Death Watch. is the same as the eyes of her income, if she tried to express her feeling toward Anakin, then Obi Wan…
Thinking of this, Satine bitterly spit at herself.
Obi Wan could have romance with so many women without being responsible, why should she care about him anymore?
Especially now, they didn't even know whether they would have chance to leave this planet, they might both get killed by that Sith Lord, it's pointless to think about Obi Wan.
She really hoped Anakin could wake up, let them know each other better.
She put her warm hand on Anakin's face, then suddenly found the visions of the JedI's memory appeared before her own eyes.
His childhood on Tatooine.
Master Qui Gon Jinn discovered his ability and decided to train him.
His romance with Padmé in Naboo.
The Slaughter of the tribes of the sand people to avenge his mother.
There were much, much more, bit by bit in the Clone Wars.
There was a scene that caught Satine's attention, that was Anakin expressed dissatisfaction when he heard the master had affection of the Duchess, but still obeyed the JedI Council's order and left the planet.
What? "Satine was confused.
"Isn't it what you want to know, girl?" Behind her, came a gentle female voice.
The surprised Duchess immediately turned her head back and took our her blaster, she already closed all the entrances, no one should be able to get in so easily.
Green mists were flowing in the cabin, and quickly formed into an image of a human female. She looks like sixty years old, both her hair and eyes were brown, dressed in brown robes. Most people would think she was a Jedi Master, if she wasn't formed by green mists.
"I can feel your desire to understand this man, and more eager to let this man know your feeling." The mysterious old woman gave the Duchess a very profound look.
Satine frowned, she did not like others to talk about her personal feelings in front of her, the old woman must had observed the situation for a while.
"I can help you to heal his injury," the old woman put away a smile, " the medical facilities could not hold his life for long, the Sith Lord will be restored and soon come to you, I believe you know you are not match for him, unless this man recovers from his injury. "
Satine did not answer, she knew there must have some malicious plot going on, but this old woman also need her help now. As a politician, Satine had dealt with a lot of treacherous and sinister indviduals, she had the confidence to deal with this old woman.
After took a look upon the memories of Anakin, Satine was sure this was man she wanted. He did like he said, willing to protect his loved ones with all costs, even if he had to break the discipline of the JedI. Just like herself, tried to change the tradition of the Mandalorians that lasted for millennium in order to protect her people from the bloody war.
Unfortunately, Anakin didn't love her, he didn't know much about her, not yet.
So she must not miss the opportunity.
"Yes," the Duchess pretended to be helpless, sighed after she replied.
At the same time, in the cold night of Akaan, Darth Maul was healing his wound. Sith could use the power of Dark Side their injuries, but they must be able to bear the pain and not lose consciousness before the healing was complete, otherwise it would be too late to prevent the arrival of death, then the best outcome would be become a ghost, drift for thousands of years, looking to devour or corrupt curious victims.
Unlike many manipulative Sith Lords, including his master Darth Sidious, Darth Maul is a wild beast made of darkness. He didn't have many dirty plots in his mind, only the desire to kill. He took extremely harsh training, endured unbelievable pain and vowed to let his enemies taste what he had learn from it. That was why he survived after being cut to half by Obi Wan's lightsaber.
He was recalling that fierce battle against Anakin during the day, this time he did not underestimate the Jedi, he almost killed Anakin with his tactic, that Duchess' ambush caused the glorious victory escaped from his hands. After he recovered, he must go to their ship and use the most brutal way he could think of to torture them to death, then take back their heads. He knew that Skywalker lost because the Jedi training could not release his full potential. If Skywalker took the Sith training from his childhood, then it's even horrible to imagine how powerful would he become, maybe even surpass Maul's master Sidious. So he must eradicate this young JedI as soon as possible.
Darth Maul suddenly heard an explosion. Not far away, he saw a mass of flames, the Sith Lord quickly went to take a look and found his speeder - Bloodfin was destroyed and burning.
Maul could feel the man who destroyed his mount did not go far, the Dark Side of the Force was strong on him, too. He tracked that man through the force, when he was close, the Sith Lord suddenly leapt up and flashed out his double-headed lightsaber.
That man quickly dodged Maul's strike, aware of he couldn't escape from Maul now, he flashed out a red light saber to fight. This man dressed in black robes, his face was fully covered. After several clashes, Maul felt his opponents was quite impressive on strength, but his light saber moves were disorganized, Looks like he was afraid to be identified by Maul.
Facing such a clumsy opponent, Maul quickly occupied the upper hand, he did not give the opponents much chance, used violent blows to constantly push him back. If not for the injury that had not been fully healed, the fighting would end a lot sonner. The enraged Sith Lord just wanted to use his lightsaber to pierce the chest of this fool, and then tear up his hood to see the true face.
When the victory was close, a dozen of rocks were suddenly smashed over to Darth Maul's direction. Some of them were aimed at his eyes, forced the Sith Lord to dodge.
So unfortunate, seemed like another powerful Force users had come to this planet to go against the Sith Lord. Even though Maul was usually fearless and savage, he chose to retreat because he got more important people to kill, his injuries would drag him down if the fight last for too long. That mystery man also disappeared in the night.