"Nora are you done making dinner yet?" asked Wura as she looked at Nora.
"Yes my lady, I am almost done, I just need to finish up with a few things first" said Nora as she replied.
"Alright, when you are done tell me, I am going to sleep outside with you tonight" said Wura.
"And do not dare tell me that I cannot, there is nothing big about sleeping outside I am not that delicate, and as for the cold, that is what blankets are for, so do not refute me Nora" said Wura as she knew what Nora was about to say.
"Yes my lady" said Nora as she nodded her head, Wura really did not like the rats in their room situation, which made Nora scared to think that if by chance Wura found out that she and Mero were actually the ones who put the rats in the room, she would be so angry with them and she would not even forgive them.
"Good" said Wura as she smiled and she nodded her head.
"I will be back soon, I need to speak to Mero" said Wura as she smiled at Nora and Nora nodded as she walked out of the kitchen and Nora took a deep breath, she could never ever tell Wura that she and Mero were the ones who put the rats in the room.
Wura walked out the kitchen as she walked down the hall out the door where she saw Mero as he was speaking with Malcom and Dothan as they waved to her and she smiled as she waved back to them and they walked away as Mero walked towards her.
"My Queen, I need to speak to you" said Mero.
"Oh, well I also wanted to speak to you as well" said Wura as she smiled.
"You can go first my Queen" said Mero as Wura smiled.
"Well Liam is fully recovered now" said Wura as she smiled.
"Yes my Queen, I am aware, Nora told me about it, and I saw Liam himself earlier" said Mero.
"Oh alright, that is good then, well now that Liam is alright again, should we not continue on?" asked Wura.
"I was thinking about that and yes, you are right, we should continue on with our journey" said Mero.
"We will leave tomorrow" said Mero.
"That is very fast" said Wura as it was not like she did not want to leave tomorrow.
"Yes my Queen, we have stayed here for too long" said Mero.
"Yes, you are right about that, well that is all that I wanted to say, what did you wan to tell me Mero?" asked Wura as she smiled, she was happier now that Liam had finally recovered.
"Well my Queen, I just wanted to tell you that Elihu, Zuph and I have moved out of our room, so you and Nora can stay there instead" said Mero.
"Oh but Mero, you do not have to do that, I will be fine outside" said Wura.
"No my Queen, I am afraid that I cannot allow you sleep outside, not at all, it is cold out here, besides, Elihu, Zuph and I are used to staying outside, we will be fine" said Mero.
"But as for you and Nora, it would be better for you to stay inside" said Mero.
"But Mero that is not necessary at all" said Wura.
"It is necessary my Queen, we do not want to risk you getting sick, Liam just recovered, I would prefer that we all remain in good health" said Mero as Wura sighed, he really was not going to let her say no to this.
"Well alright then, fine whatever you say" said Wura.
"Thank you for agreeing my Queen" said Mero.
"I am fine with anything" said Wura as long as she could get far away from Liam and not have to share a room with him, that was a memory that she would really want to forget.
"My Queen… has Liam showed any signs of remembering his memories?" asked Mero as he had been thinking about this for a long time, and Wura would be the best to know, she was after all the one that had been closest to him for the past few days.
"Well no Mero… and quite frankly it worries me, what if he never remembers? Then what will we do then?" asked Wura as she sighed.
"We would have to tell him the truth then" said Mero.
"And I am not looking forward to that… I doubt that he would believe us even if we tell him the truth" said Wura as she sighed.
"My Queen, we still have time, you should not think about this matter so much" said Mero as he did not want Wura to be worried anymore, she could easily get worried.
"I know Mero, but I cannot help but worry, Liam is my husband, and yet he does not remember me at all" said Wura as she sighed.
"He will remember you soon my Queen" said Mero as he smiled.
"If you say so Mero… if you say so" said Wura as she sighed and she walked away as Mero sighed as well, he did agree with her, it was taking longer than usual for Liam to remember his memories, he was starting to fear that maybe his loss of memories was permanent, if that was so, then they really had a big problem on their hands.
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The Next morning.
Wura smiled as she patted the new horse that Darla so generously got for her, Wura could not help but think that Darla only bought her a horse because she did not want her riding with Liam, but in any case Wura did not care at all, she loved the new horse that she had, it was so cute.
"My lady, I am done packing all our belongings" said Nora as she smiled and she walked to Wura
"Thank you Nora, you are the best" said Wura as she smiled and Nora smiled at her.
"Thank you for the horse Darla" said Wura as she smiled as Darla passed right beside them as she just looked at Wura and she scoffed as she walked away.
"My lady, why do you bother with that woman, she is nothing but trouble" said Nora as she sighed and she shook her head.
"Nora, we have to learn to be better than others, if she has a problem with me, I do not have a problem with her, and she helped me by getting this horse for me, I will not be so mean as to not thank her for it, if she then decides not to acknowledge my thanks, then that is up to her" said Wura.
"You are right my lady" said Nora as she nodded and Wura smiled at her as Liam walked up to Darla and the both of them were speaking with one another.
"Alright, I have been thinking, and we still have a long while till we reach the first city, which is why I believe that we should all split up, just in circumstance that either one of us might be followed" said Mero.
"I agree" said Malcom.
"Which is why, Zuph, Nora and Dothan will go together, I and Malcom will go together, Darla and Elihu, and then Liam and Lily" said Mero as Darla's facial expression contorted.
"Who made you the one in charge anyway?" asked Darla as she pointed at Mero.
"No one did, but at the time, we were in need of someone to take charge" said Mero.
"And who told you that you can pair ones of us with any one just like that??" asked Darla as she was furious, furious that her paired up Liam and Wura, she was sure that he did that on purpose, because he was one of Wura's men, so of course, he supported her.
"Darla, now is not the time for us to argue unnecessarily" said Liam as Darla looked at him.
"But Liam…" said Darla as she was cut off.
"But nothing, I do not know about you, but I want this journey to end already, and I trust Mero, he must have his reasons for why he paired everyone up in the manner which he did" said Liam as Darla felt like she was being betrayed once again, it hurt her so much.
"You know what fine, fine" said Darla as she walked to her horse and she got on it.
"We will all meet at the first city then" said Darla as she was tired of all of this, everyone was against her, including Liam.
Darla did not wait for any reply at all as she hit her horse and she started to ride away.
"Elihu, you should follow her" said Mero as he looked at Elihu and Elihu scoffed as he looked at Mero and he cursed him under his breath for putting him with Darla once again, she was a horrible person to be with, and she annoyed him so much, but Elihu knew better than to even dare try to refute Mero so he got on his horse and he followed after Darla.
"Bye Lily, Bye Liam, see you both soon" said Dothan as he smiled.
"Bye Dothan" said Wura as she smiled at him.
"See you soon" said Liam as he smiled and Dothan got on his horse as Zuph did the same.
"Take care my lady" said Nora as she smile at Wura, she did not agree with the idea of them all being separated, but she knew that Mero was probably up to something for him to suggest that they all split up.
"I will Nora, take care, you too Zuph" said Wura as she smiled and Zuph smiled at her as they rode away.
"Which way should we go?" asked Liam as he looked at Mero who took the map from him.
"The others went in that direction, so you should go to the left, and Malcom and I will go to the right" said Mero as he looked at the map.
"Alright then" said Liam as he smiled and Mero handed him back the map.
"See you later Lily" said Malcom as he got on his horse.
"See you later Malcom" said Wura as she smiled and Malcom went ahead of Mero.
"The two of you should be safe" said Mero as he got on his horse and Wura shook her head, she felt like Mero had purposely arranged this entire thing.
"We will be, you be safe as well Mero" said Liam as he smiled and Mero nodded as he rode after Malcom and Liam turned to look at Wura who was busy in her own thoughts, wondering what Mero was up to, she was confused.
"Lily, are you alright?" asked Liam as he smiled and his voice snapped Wura out of her many thoughts.
"I am fine, we should go now" said Wura as she got on top of her own horse.
"Alright then" said Liam as he got on his horse and they started to ride in the opposite direction.