" Alvah?" She called his name covering up herself but he didn't let her. " Zillah what is going on?" He asked looking at her with uttermost confusion and worry.
" It's okay I'll be fine by tomorrow" she said pulling up the cover again to go back to sleep. " What happened?" He asked seriously his eyes focused on her.
She replied with a low voice as she had just woken up. " They are just bruises, they'll be gone soon". She sat upright looking at herself.
" Since when exactly did you have these. They look Soo fresh while others…" before he could complete his sentence she cut him off.
" Ignore this, it's just little wounds they'll heal on their own". She said about to reach to his hands but he stopped her.
" You're lying, really?" He looked hurt. Why wasn't she telling him things. Why was she hiding things from him. What really was happening.
" It's all fine, I promise you it's nothing serious. Let's go to bed". She totally ignored the entire asking to go to bed together when for the past days she would not care if he returned to the room and would sleep and disappear the next morning.
Alvah was Soo dissatisfied with her response to him. She pulled him closer and laid down with him not saying anything further.
To feel more comfortable, he threw his arm around her waist when he felt something. Zillah looked disappointed in herself and was about to change positions when he stopped her with intense look.
She got up from the bed and started talking " Trust me it's nothing".
" Then let me heal you" he said looking earnest. " Alvah you do not have to" her voice was Soo weak she looked paler than she used too and she looked like she was in pain as well.
Alvah got up from the bed walking over to her while she moved back. She hit the wall and was furious. Alvah was dumbfounded. Who was this? This could not be Zillah.
" Take off your clothes" he spoke calmly while she just stared at him not wanting to do as he asked.
He didn't say anything rather moved even closer to her. Holding her straps he pulled down her dress his eyes searching her entire body looking dreaded.
Her body was covered in marks. " Who did this to you?" He asked his voice filled with rage highly displeased. Before she could say anything. He pulled it down even further passed her boobs down to her belly and there it was.
A deep cut through her side. Alvah nearly fell. Was that why she was Soo weak and avoided him. " Who did this to you?" His voice louder and enraged.
" I asked Aeron to " she responded about to touch him when he held her hands. " Aeron?!" His voice furious and dismayed. "Aeron did this" .
" I just needed to …"
" You needed to what Zillah. Look at you?" He asked angrily she could feel his temper rising. " I needed to know how it feels to be pierced with a sword. How much I can last and bear the pain. I need to know how all of this feels".
" Zillah are you okay?" He suddenly asked hearing everything she had to say. " You wouldn't let me which is why I kept it from you. I've been training for a while with Aeron and keva".
" You hid this from me?" He sounded disheveled. " You too !, keeping me in the dark as well".
" Why copy me?. I'm doing it for your safety". He countered
" Nothing is safe around me if I don't know what can possibly harm me Alvah." She shouted at him. " We promised to tell each other everything didn't we. I don't practice, I have no skills no powers I am weak you cannot protect I have to protect myself when you are not around ".
She looked at him with water in her arms while he was jaw dropped at her words. " I need to learn I want to learn don't stop me".
He quickly responded. " I am not still you, you just never told me". " Nor did you tell me where you are also at when I'm gone".
" We are just keeping things to ourselves and not telling each other things so why am I wrong for doing same". She blurted looking at him deep in the eyes.
" Because this is it, you're bleeding profusely Zillah it's an open wound". Alvah was genuinely worried about Zillah. He barely has seen blood from her body ever since the malevolent rite and the evaluation tests he had never seen her in this condition.
" I was taken to The Healers, I was given herbs I will be fine Alvah ". Without hearing a word she said. He extended his hands to her. " Alvah " she called his name but he only looked at her furiously and she knew she had to argue no further.
He sat her on the bed, placing his hands on her cut and healed her almost immediately. All her scratches and bruises were gone. " I am your Healer. You do not need them to treat you".
Zillah wanted to get annoyed but she knew that's what she gets for having a protective partner. She looked him in the eye and his eyes seemed to have soften, he was no longer worried or annoyed.
" Now you look okay" he brushed her hair backwards with a smile. " Why do you keep hiding things from me?" She asked sadly.