"I spoke to the innkeeper and there are not enough rooms here for us, we can only get five rooms, and that includes the room that Liam is in" said Darla as she walked to where they were all standing underneath the tree.
"I paid for five nights, I am sure that we would need more" said Darla as Mero nodded.
"It is settled then, we will stay here till Liam recovers" said Mero as Wura sighed internally.
"Elihu, Zuph, Malcom, come with me, we will find somewhere to keep the horses" said Mero.
"Yes" said Malcom, Zuph and Elihu as they nodded and they followed after Mero as Dothan decided to go as well, leaving Wura, Darla and Nora all alone.
"You see my lady, everything is fine" said Nora as Wura sighed and she smiled as she brought her hands out for a hug as Nora smiled and she hugged Wura as Wura hugged her.
"Oh Nora, I missed you so much" said Wura as she hugged Nora and she sighed, with everything that happened they had not been able to reunite properly.
"I missed you as well my lady, how are you? Are you alright?" asked Nora as Wura broke their hug.
"I am fine Nora; I feel fine now" said Wura as she smiled.
"Oh I am so glad that you are, I was so worried when the giants captured you" said Nora as Wura smiled.
"Oh Nora, you do not even know the half of it, the wretched giant king Magog wanted to force me to marry him, he did not let me go, luckily Liam came just in time, or else, if Liam did not come when he did, I would have been married to that wretched being who mistreats women, oh if I could Nora, I would kill that man" said Wura as she sighed.
"I have no doubt that, that horrible man was the one who ordered someone to shoot arrows at Liam, I am sure of it" said Wura.
"My lady, please calm down, everything is fine now" said Nora as she smiled.
"Can you both be quiet?" asked Darla in annoyance as Wura and Nora both turned to look at her, now that everything had died down, Wura remembered that she was still very upset with Darla.
"You are the one that should keep quiet, if you do not want to hear us speak, then I suggest that you go somewhere else, there is more than enough space here for you to remain bitter in" said Nora as she replied to Darla and Wura was surprised by the way Nora replied to Darla as Darla scoffed in anger and she walked away.
"Nora, do you feel alright?" asked Wura as she turned to look at Nora.
"I am fine my lady, why do you ask?" asked Nora as she smiled and she looked at Wura sweetly, with no trace of the anger that she had used to speak to Darla earlier at all.
"The… the way you spoke to Darla… I did not expect that" said Wura as she looked at Nora.
"I do not like her at all my lady, that woman is nothing but trouble, do you know that she actually struck a deal with the giants to capture you?" asked Nora.
"Yes Nora, I know, I was told of that" said Wura.
"You see my lady, that woman is nothing but evil, I cannot help but want to tear her hair out, if not for Sir Mero stopping me, she would have been bald by now" said Nora as Wura laughed.
"Is something funny my lady?" asked Nora as she looked at Wura in confusion.
"Nothing Nora, I just was not aware that you could be as mean as you were sweet" said Wura as she smiled.
"Well she hurt you my lady, and I should be upset with her because of that" said Nora in a small still voice as Wura smiled, now that was more of the Nora that she knew.
"It is fine Nora, your anger is justified, I also dislike her, I knew that she did not like me, but I never expected that she would end up going as far as selling me off to giants just so that she could get rid of me, it really hurt" said Wura as she sighed.
"Yes my lady, but we do not need to think about that right now, we should focus on his Majesty's recovery" said Nora as she smiled.
"Yes Nora… Liam's recovery" said Wura as she sighed and she smiled.
…
"Gomer, what is it?" asked Magog as he turned to look at Gomer who was walking towards him.
"My King, the slayer is here to see you" said Gomer as he bowed to the ground as Magog was looking at a mighty tall tree that was about his same height as he sighed and he turned around to look at Gomer.
"Let him in" said Magog.
"Yes my King" said Gomer as he nodded his head and he got up as he walked away and in the same moment, a man clothes head to toe in black walked to where Magog was.
"Oh great King of the giants, accept my respect" said the man in black called the slayer as he bowed briefly.
"Save me all the pleasantries, did you get what I asked you done?" asked Magog as he went straight to the point.
"Even though it was a bit difficult since that woman seemed to know that I was following them, I managed to get what you wanted done" said the slayer.
"Tell me how you did so, and spare me no detail" said Magog.
"I poisoned the arrows that I shot with a very strong, and yet subtle poison that would keep the man from the inside if the arrow heads are not removed in a day's time" said the slayer.
"I shot four arrows, two in his abdomen and two in his back" said the slayer.
"The man should I bled to death by now, and your lovely bride, should now be a widow, mourning the loss of her husband" said the slayer as he smiled and that caused Magog to smile.
"Good, good, wonderful" said Magog as he smiled, he could rest at peace as long as Wura would continue to cry in sorrow for the rest of her life, she deserved that after escaping from him.
"My King, your part of the deal" said the slayer as he smiled.
"You have done well, here is your balance" said Magog a he dropped a small pouch as the slayer caught it.
"Thank you Sire, you really are generous, my work here is done" said the slayer as he smiled and he walked away.
"You see what happens to women who do not know how to accept their fate Wura, you brought this upon yourself, you could have saved the poor man's life if only you had stayed with me" said Magog as he spoke to himself and he scoffed, he hoped that Wura was miserable wherever she was right now.
…
"Mero, how is Liam?" asked Wura as she walked to Mero when she saw he and Elihu come out from Liam's room.
"He is fine, but he is still sleeping" said Mero as the sun had started to set.
"Is it normal for him to sleep like this?" asked Wura in worry.
"Considering the damage that he received yes, the more he continues to sleep, the more his body will recover" said Mero as Wura nodded.
"Anyway, it is getting late, there are not enough rooms, which means that you and your men will have to sleep outside" said Darla.
"If we are speaking about that now, then I must bring to attention that Liam requires someone to change his bandages almost daily, and the only one of us who can do that it Lily" said Mero as Wura was taken off guard.
"What??" asked Darla in anger as they all looked at her?
"Why can you not do it?" asked Darla as she looked at Mero.
"Well I do not have delicate hands, I am afraid that I would end up doing more harm than good if I try to change Liam's bandages, it would be best for a female to do it" said Mero as he replied simply.
"Alright, then why can Nora not do it?" asked Darla as she was not going to allow Wura to have to take care of Liam.
"I am only a maid, I do not have permission to touch Liam, I am under the order of my lady" said Nora as she spoke up quickly, she knew that it was only right for Wura to be the one to take care of her husband.
"Alright, then I can do it, I can change Liam's bandages" said Darla as she was very against this, she knew that whoever was going to change Liam's bandages would take care of him and end up sleeping in his room, she did not want Wura to be the one to do that at all.
"No you cannot Darla, you cannot handle the sight of blood, just let Lily do it" said Malcom as he spoke up and Darla looked at him as she scoffed, of course, once again everyone was against her, she was sick and tired of it all.
"You know what fine, you all can do whatever it is that you want to do, I am done here" said Darla in frustration as she walked away.
"She will be fine, never mind her, Lily you should be the one to change Liam's bandages" said Malcom as he looked at Wura and she looked at him.
"Oh, alright" said Wura.
"Mero, is there something that I need to know, how careful do I have to be when I change his bandages" said Wura.
"I will tell you everything later, but for now, you can go in and see Liam if you want to" said Mero.
"I can?" asked Wura as Mero nodded and she walked past him to the door as she opened it and she walked into the room as it smelt rather bloody.
Wura closed the door behind her as she saw Liam sleeping on the bed as she smiled, she felt so bad for him, her heart ached for him so much.
Wura walked to the side of the bed as she sat down and she reached out to touch Liam's face as she smiled, she was so relieved that he was alright, she did not know what she would have done if Liam had suffered more harm than this.
"I am sorry Liam… it would seem that bad things happen whenever we are together…" said Wura as she sighed and she looked at Liam's sleeping face, she loved him so much, but she could not help but wonder that whenever she was with him, nothing but the worst happened.
Liam slowly opened his eyes as he noticed someone was touching his face as Wura smiled at him.
"Li…ly" said Liam as he tried to say her name.
"*Shush* Liam, go back to sleep alright, everything is fine" said Wura as she smiled and Liam closed his eyes.
Wura sighed internally as she felt like kissing him right now, but she knew that it was too much, he needed to rest.
"Goodnight Liam" said Wura as she smiled and she stood up as she walked out of the room, she did not want to disturb him anymore.
"Get well very soon, okay?" asked Wura as she closed the door behind herself as she smiled.