"Rayne." Someone called and I groaned shifting to one side, trying to go back to sleep. "Come on, wake up." The voice persisted and I finally cracked an eye open trying to glare and failing as I finally realized who it was that wouldn't let me rest in peace.
"Moordryd?" I mumbled as I sat up rubbing my eyes with the back of my hand and he grinned at me as I struggled to my feet. "You're...okay?" I asked as I knelt beside him and he chuckled at the confused face I pulled.
"Yeah why shouldn't I be?" Moordryd answered and as I continued to stare at him he rolled his eyes. "If you really want to know, I was sick yesterday. But my leg's healing and I'm better so stop looking so worried."
"But your fever...how did you heal so fast?" I asked as he shifted over, grimacing a little, so I could sit beside me and once I did he grinned again. As it turns out while I was out like a light Connor cleaned Moordryd's leg and looked after him until his fever broke sometime this morning. When I understood that I had been no help whatsoever in his recovery I started to sniff and he frowned knowing what was coming.
"Before you start with the waterworks I'm fine so just calm down." Moordryd told me keeping his voice low and even and it seemed to work as I managed to keep from crying. Thankful I didn't start crying Moordryd let out a breath just as Kitt and Artha walked in to check on us.
"Looks like he's okay. Not like before." Kitt said and I looked up surprised.
"What do you mean?" I asked as Moordryd shook his head at her, silently begging her to keep quiet. "What happened?"
"Well Moordryd was pretty bad when you brought him here." Kitt answered and next to me Moordryd buried his face in his hands. Moments later Parmon and Lance appeared and finished the story.
"We all pretty much took turns looking after him, apart from you of course since you were asleep." Parmon added and I sighed as tears began to well in my eyes. When everyone apart from Parmon noticed this they tried to tell him to keep quiet but he didn't understand. "And his leg ended up needing to be cleaned every few hours. At least its not as infected now." He finished and that's when I stumbled to my feet and in front of everyone I dashed towards the doorway, sobbing and after a few seconds everyone glared at Parmon. "What?" He asked not sure why he was being stared at.
"Scales." Moordryd muttered before he tried to stand only for his leg to buckle and Artha caught him ignoring the furious glare he was given. "I have to go after her since I seem to be the only one who noticed she was upset. Besides at least I can calm her down." He muttered and Kitt raised an eyebrow at that last statement. "Its not what you think." He quickly added feeling his cheeks grow hot and everyone laughed.
Just outside and with tears running down my cheeks I was standing against the wall of the stable, feeling lost and alone. Suddenly I heard a snort and when I looked I found Quiksilva standing next to me looking up at me with his amber eyes. Still sobbing I knelt and buried my face in his neck and he nuzzled me, having heard me crying and rushed over.
Being helped outside by the stablebrat wasn't something Moordryd wanted but he had to admit that he was still having some trouble putting weight on his leg so he ultimately agreed, though not without his usual bad additude though that changed once he saw me sobbing and being comforted by my dragon. "Scales. Rayne its fine. You're hurt too." He said trying to help me and I lifted my head eyes red and shook my head at him.
"I should have noticed you weren't well. I'm supposed to be the Light Booster and I'm completely useless." I sniffed as my friends watched on. "I just want to go home." I whimpered as Quiksilva nuzzled me and to Artha's shock Moordryd pushed him away and stumbled towards me. Balancing his weight on one leg he stumbled towards me and once he reached Quiksilva my dragon allowed him to leant against his side taking some of the pressure off his injury.
"For dragon's sake stop beating yourself up over every little thing that isn't in your control. You didn't hurt me and mess up my leg, Armeggedon did so just stop it." Moordryd growled and not meaning to he just made things worse. As soon as he realized his mistake he took a deep breath and without speaking he wrapped an arm around my waist, pulling me towards him. I tensed up for a moment then finally I relaxed and as I buried my face in his chest I sighed. Ignoring Artha's stare Moordryd held me and as I rested I closed my eyes for a few minutes grateful that he'd figured out just what I needed. I think at some point my friends brought me back to the stables because I found another blanket lying right next to Moordryd's and that brought a tiny smile to my face as I curled up on it and as Artha helped Moordryd towards his own blanket my eyes drifted closed.
At some point during the day Moordryd grumbled as he found himself unable to go back to sleep as he kept hearing a voice mumbling in their sleep and it was keeping him awake. Fed up he opened his eyes intending to glare at whoever it was when his grey eyes fell on me and he blinked. Right now I was half on, half off my blanket and shivering for reasons he didn't understand but as he sat up careful not to bump his leg he listened closely.
"Wanna go home...so dark...can't fight...useless." I mumbled tossing and turning on the blanket until I ended up on the cold floor and as I shivered I mumbled something else that made a lot more sense. "Cold..." Rolling his eyes at me, Moordryd struggled to his feet and limped over before he sat heavily the effort of only walking a few feet over making him light -headed and as he stared down at me he let out a breath.
"You're a pain...for a Paynn you know that?" He chuckled at his own joke as I lay on the floor and when I whimpered he shifted a little closer to me. When I didn't react he grinned and a few minutes later I started to doze a little more peacefully, unaware that a certain white haired rider had his arms wrapped around me and his head resting against my back. Deciding this was the best way to stop me complaining about being cold Moordryd decided to curl up beside me and at first he just lay there thinking I'd be quiet but when I kept mumbling about being cold he soon moved closer...and closer until he was lying against my back and when I finally stopped mumbling he sighed, relieved. "Finally...maybe now I can get some rest without you complaining." He muttered as he stared at my back and pretty soon he started to fall asleep. It wasn't long until Connor came past to check on both Moordryd and me and as he walked inside the stables he stopped when he found us resting together. Cracking a smile he knelt and covered us both with a blanket before he left us to rest, thinking about my training as the Light Booster.
"Rayne needs to train her skills more or she'll just get hurt. I need to speak to Artha." He said as he walked towards the house.
Hours later Moordryd stirred awake and for a few seconds he didn't know where he was until he found himself snuggled up against my back, his arm drapped loosely across my waist and he stared, not sure how he'd ended up lying next to me. Then as he slowly sat up he remembed that I had been mumbling in my sleep about being cold and wanting to get some peace and quiet he'd decided to sleep next to me. "At least you shut up after a while." He muttered as I lay there still very much dead to the world and he grinned leaning over me and after observing me for almost a minute he leant down.
As I felt a light kiss on my forehead I stirred making a sighing noise and when I slowly opened my eyes Moordryd chuckled. "Good morning." He said as I sat up and I managed a grin yawning as I rubbed at my eyes and he moved a little closer, wrapping an arm around my waist and I blinked. "What's wrong?" He whispered leaning over and kissing my neck and I let out a tiny gasp, surprised and maybe even a little happy. Especially when he kissed my shoulder and my face flushed curious to see where he was going with this. I soon found out when he leaned in until our noses were almost touching and as his lips found mine my eyes went wide before I reached around and wrapped an arm around his neck, steadying myself while at the same time kissing him back as fiercely as possible.
Even when the kiss ended I wanted more and Moordryd chuckled as I smiled back at him and to my shock he gripped my shoulder and kissing me a little harder this time he pushed me backwards until I was lying on the blanket spread on the floor. Seconds later I had my arms wrapped tightly around his waist as we kissed faster and faster before he lowered his head towards the base of my neck and when he nipped me I gasped, the sudden pain sharp and unpleasant until his mouth found the same spot and as he began to slowly suck on the wound, the tip of his tongue moving back and forth over it, I groaned as my eyes closed.
Holding me around the waist he kissed and sucked on my neck making me gasp and fidget beneath him and I heard him chuckle before his mouth closed over mine and as we kissed I felt his tongue pressing against my lips seeking an entry and even though I knew that anyone could walk in on us and see...this I found myself not caring as I parted my lips just enough so his tongue could slip inside. Then I really groaned as his tongue caressed my own before it gently wrapped around mine and as I trembled beneath Moordryd I thought I heard him chuckle though that was impossible right now. When his tongue left my mouth as Moordryd took in a gasp of air I panted beneath him, very surprised by his actions and once he could breath he grinned at my flushed face.
"You've been waiting for that ever since you laid eyes on me, haven't you?" Moordryd asked as he sat up and with his weight now off me I slowly sat up, panting still and I gave him a glare trying to pretend that I wasn't impressed. Not waiting for an answer Moordryd kissed me again, his teeth nibbling my bottom lip and whatever smart comeback I had was instantly gone as I gasped.