Chapter 55
Master Damien was below in a yard I'd never seen before. He was beating what
Looked Like a purple and red pulp into the ground. When I realized all the red
was blood I Lurched back from the window. The man named Andre was
unrecognizable. I swore to myself never to make Master Damien angry again.
ALL the men were at the window now, commenting on the end of the fight.
“Brother, unless you want Andre dead, you should stop this,” one of them said
seriously.
I backed into the sitting room as the General called down into the courtyard. I
found a kneeling place and sank into it gratefully. My stomach wasn't weak, but I
did feel queasy. I wasn't used to seeing quite that much violence.
One of the men noticed me and came back with a small jug. He tilted it to my
Lips and told me to take a drink. I recognized the root drink and was glad for it's
relaxing effect. As a took a second larger gulp, I felt it completely wash over me. I
wondered absently when I would go home and if my Warriors would be angry
with me.
The General and his brothers sat and talked around the fire. It was starting to get
late and I was sleepy, especially so thanks to the root drink. I found myself less
kneeling and more sitting, leaning on the General. He didn’t seem in the least
perturbed by my position. He Lightly stroked my hair and my back.
“This earth slave is definitely sensitive to the drink. I will have to let Damien
know,” he said laughing. It was a strange sound out of such a stern man.
I tried to Lift my head when I heard a Light rapping at the door, but couldn't quite
manage. I was stunned to find Master Damien's face in mine a moment later. He
and the General spoke before Master Damien Lifted me up and handed me to
Master Evan.
It felt like I was floating across the courtyard. I played with a strand of Master
Evan's long hair before he snatched it away. The next thing I knew I was in bed.
Christof Lay behind me and was soothingly stroking my back. Master Damien's
angry countenance was in front of me.
It was really confusing.
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“I'm sorry, Master Damien,” I tried to say to him, but he just looked at me
quizzically.
“Ciara, what language are you speaking?" he asked me.
I shrugged and tried to answer him. His half amused, half angry face was the last
thing I saw that night.
“Ciara!” I heard someone shout and I opened my eyes to peer at him. For a
moment I didn’t recognize who it was and thought I was dreaming.
“Who are you?” I managed to get out between dry lips.
The blue eyed man looked stunned and left the room without another word. It
took a minute for everything to come back to me. By the time it did Master
Damien was stalking in looking very concerned. I shuffled out of the bed and fell
to my knees at the edge of it. About that time the nausea hit and I stumbled out
running for the bathroom. I barely made it.
“Call the healer,” I heard Master Damien say from the main room.
The floor of the bathroom was cool, so it was a good place to lie.
Master Kein picked me up off of it and the nausea hit again. He was nice enough
to hold my hair back this time.
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I must have smelled something awful
because they turned on the shower
and washed me. le Idsplerscodrrie
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looked me over and gave Master
Damien a whole bag of things. I
threw up again just thinking about
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The men fed me bits of things from
the bag intermittently. It tasted lke
dried bits of 199% bit Whatever it was
skttled By stomach. Twice, I tried to
sleep on the cool floor in the
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bathroom, but they wouldn't let me.
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A basin was set beside the bed and I
was told to Lay on the bed. Small
sips of cool liquid were oured into
m mother ees their
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They seemed to be doing what the
healer had told them to do, but caring
for an invalid was not what they
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This wasn't how I expected to be treated. It gave credence to their words that my
health was important to them. I was struck with how resolutely they stuck to their
ideals.