Page 102 of Quest for her Knights
She moves her hand over it and frowns. “I think I’m just hungry.”
I smile as I tell her, “You want to try sitting up?”
She nods and Blaze and I slowly move her to a seated position beside me. I wrap my arm around her shoulders so she can lean against my side.
Ranger holds a cup of water to her lips and she takes a few sips.
“My head is a little fussy. What happened?”
“There was a curse on the home, affecting any women who enter,” Ranger tells her as he sits down on the table in front of us and Draven sits on her other side.
Her eyes grow wide with alarm. “Who would do that?”
I glance at Ranger and he presses his lips together as if he doesn’t want to tell her, but luckily he knows better than to keep things from her, especially when he’s still on rocky ground.
“The staff who were here, they worked for Freya’s family. They knew the other Elora killed them, and…”
“And they think I’m her, and we’re not supposed to tell anyone otherwise,” she finished for him. He nods and she sighs, resting her head on my shoulder.
We’re all silent for a minute, relieved that she seems to be doing better, but still feeling on edge from the whole situation.
“I’m so glad you’re starting to feel better,” I tell her, turning to kiss the top of her head.
“Me, too. I thought I was gonna die for a minute there.”
“Never,” Draven says, grabbing her hand and kissing her fingers.
“So… what do we do now?”
“I don’t know about the rest of you,” I say looking around at them, “But I’m ready to leave as soon as Elora’s feeling better. This hasn’t been the relaxed stay we were hoping for.”
“Yeah, I’d rather not stay in a place where people are trying to kill me.”
“They aren’t here anymore,” Ranger tells her. “But I agree. We should head back to Silverthorn. We’ll be safest there.”
“Then what?” Elora asks. I tilt my head and see she’s staring right at Ranger.
“Then we tell the kings and queen that you won’t be marrying any lords.”
She gives him a small smile, and that seems to be enough for her as she closes her eyes and relaxes back into me.
“Let’s get a little food in you before you fall asleep again,” Blaze says, standing and moving to grab some of the fresh fruit we have on hand.
We spend the next two days getting her to eat and helping her to recover. One of things I love most about her, is her ability to stay positive, even when I know she isn’t feeling fully like herself.She still cracks jokes and teases us, and the fact that we almost lost her scares the living shit out of me.
I’m going to make sure I do everything in my power to protect her from now on.
Chapter thirty-two
Elora
It’s so nice to be feeling back to my old self. No nausea, no headaches, and no violently vomiting up blood.
The trip back toward Silverthorn Castle has been more relaxed than any part of our journey so far. I think without the looming visits to meet new lords, all of us are feeling more at ease, at least, I know I am.
The only thing I’m unsure about is Ranger.
I still remember what he said that night when I was sick, that he hadn’t meant what he said, and that he planned to apologize, but then I got sick and it was all sort of pushed aside.
