Chapter 67

• Days and nights have gone by, Arianna silently healing Keiran, while he always refuses to look at her. Slowly, the pain grows darker inside her hard, having to linger on these moments, the only time that he is truly hers. But still, these moments give her grief, as he won’t wave his eyes at her, but only his cold gaze is far into the distance, afraid to even glimpse. She doesn’t want to be this way, but Roen words have calmed her restless heart, even for a moment. Roen-an ally she never thought she would have. Yet here he is, rooting for her.
• She grunts, a muted cry almost escaping her zipped mouth. She doesn’t want to show how much in pain she is by taking all this dark force off of him. This energy needs to pass through her, and then into the universe. But she is the middle man, making it harder each day. And as she slides her hands on his back, she lets out her holding breath. “We are done”, she mumbles, trying to keep herself composed.
• “Done?”, he tries to understand. “Yes, that’s it. How do you feel?”, she says and quickly, he stands up, taking a small stroll. “Wow…it’s gone!”, he says, finally smiling after all this time. She cracks her lips, hiding her strain too well. “Well, you are free from your pain forever”, she says, pushing forward, ready to leave his tent. These sessions are making her physically and mentally sick, and she feels the vomit building up.