Aunt Emma and Keira arrived at the chief quarter, Keira hesitated to enter so aunt Emma pulled her in.
The chief's quarter still smelled of herbal decoction the same as when she last came here. In the middle of the room, on the bed was a figure of a handsome but sick-looking male lying serenely.
Aunt Emma left to prepare the fruit while Keira went straight to look at Xander's wounds. She sat down by the bedside and leaned closely at his arm to see if the wound had any further infection. When she saw that Xander's wound was now healed Thanks to the Beastman's recovery speed. she then took an antibiotic and gently supported Xander's cheek to keep his mouth open and pressed the pill in, followed by some water. This time it was still awkward but she wasn't dizzy like the previous time, so it became much easier.
Keira was about to get up but was caught by a hand causing her to fall into his embrace.
"You're back.." He muttered softly, his voice improved from yesterday, meaning he was recovering.
Keira tried to move out of his arms, but still couldn't resist the force of this male 'I'm really good for nothing, sigh'
"Ugh.." Xander was hurt by Keira's struggle, when she saw that, she stopped struggling for fear that his wound would open.
"let me go" her voice was firm, since she didn't want anyone to see and misunderstood.
"Please.. just stay for a while" he moved his face to rubbed on Keira's head as if he's pleading with her. Seeing Keira again made him happy, he hugged her tightly with all the strength he had for fear that she would disappear again.
Not long later, aunt Emma came back with a wooden plate of fruit and was stunned when she saw her nephew waking up and hugging Keira.
"Xander you are awake.." she hurriedly put the wooden plate on the table and came closer.
The voice of his aunt made him turn to look at her "Aunt Emma.." he called her and tried to get up to sit on the bed.
when Keira felt that his hug wasn't as tight anymore, she quickly jump out and took a step back.
Aunt Emma glanced at Keira and smiled kindly, since both of her nephews like the same female which made her assume why Xander was waking up on that day, Maybe Xander and Keira have known each other before.
After the thought, Emma came closer and help Xander to sit "Are you hurt anywhere xander? let me see" Emma turned to look at his wounded arm, watching carefully and when she saw that the wound had healed, she let out a sigh of relief "It's good to see that you are recovering"
Xander placed his hand on his aunt "I feel much better, thank you for all your help" after he finished he bowed to show his gratitude but Emma quickly grabbed his shoulders to stop him
"don't do this, your wound has just healed" she said and turned to Keira "you should thank to Keira, she's the one who wake you up" She waved her hand for Keira to walk over.
Keira looked hesitantly, hoping he wouldn't grab her for another hug.
"Keira.." He paused "Are you Keira that Frost was looking for?"
Keira nodded to confirm that she was the person Frost was looking for.
Seeing this, he sank deep into his thought. Keira was the female Frost had been searching for months. This made him feel complicated, he'd just found a female he like but she was the female that his friend was searching for the entire time.
Aunt Emma saw that Xander's expression was tense, There might be some reason that related to Keira But she didn't want to interrupt her nephew's personal matters so she turned to bring the fruit to him "Xander.. come, eat some fruit so you can recover quickly" she smiled and grabbed the fruit for him.
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When Keira saw that Xander was fine so she should better return back to Arel.
But before she goes, she should say goodbye to aunt Emma first.
"Aunt Emma"
Aunt emma heard that, she turned to Keira "Yes my dear?"
"I was about to leave the deer tribe and go back home soon" Keira paused "Thank you for taking care of me during these days" Her voice was gentle, Then she switched to look at Xander "Tribal Chief, I wish you a speedy recovery" She politely bowed to both of them without noticing that Xander was so shocked, he hurriedly lifting himself up from the bed.
"Keira Where.. where are you going" He walked towards Keira with struggle and was helped by aunt Emma, he lightly grabbed Keira's shoulder and looked at her with eyes that were expecting an answer.
Keira saw this and felt pity for him. This person almost died from the poison and didn't even have the strength to speak naturally, hurriedly dragging himself out of bed just to ask where she was going.
His hands on her shoulder trembled as if trying to force himself not to collapse to the ground. Keira couldn't bear to see him torture himself any longer, helping him back to bed.
Then she sat down on the side bed "Chief, you should rest and don't force yourself.."
Aunt Emma, seeing that her nephew and Keira were having a close conversation so she should leave the room. "Keira.. I'll be waiting for you outside" She gave her a kind smile and turned around, hoping they'd have a good conversation as she really liked Keira and wanted their relationship to improve.
After aunt Emma left, Xander held Keira's hand "Will you come back to the deer tribe in the future.."
Keira slowly pulled her hand away " Chief Xander I'll come back if I need anything, but please don't ask me any more questions" her voice was firm as she didn't want to give him hope.
He took her hand and placed something on Keira's palm. It's a shiny white deer antler that was carved into a symbol. "Please take it with you.."
What he gave her was a part of his soul that was forged into a symbol to give to his only mate, whether in the future Keira returned or not but having this near her will let him know that she is safe and if she wants anything, she can summon him through the symbol.
Keira didn't know what it was, but she saw that the symbol was beautiful, so It might be just a souvenir given by the chief. "Thank you, I'll keep it" Keira nodded and got up from the bed, she smiled faintly at Xander and walk out of the room.
His gaze was on her until she left the room, he then closed his eyes and sighed, suppressing his heartache.
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Outside the chief quarter, Keira found aunt Emma was waiting, So she walked to her "Aunt Emma, let's go back to the inn"
aunt Emma nodded and turned her gaze to look at the chief's quarter. She felt that her nephew must be heartbreaking and want to do whatever it take to keep Keira from leaving, but since he was the chief of the tribe, No matter how depressed he was, he couldn't be irresponsible. Thus he's probably sitting quietly alone in the room pitifully. Hopefully, in the future, Xander and Keira will meet again.
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