"Seriously! Dressed in your underwears again before me? You certainly do not learn Khalan".
"Nathan?" she opened her eyes to meet him squatting before her and lending her a hand to help her get up. "You are here!" she said with excitement while she took his hand and got up.
"Well, as you can see" he said simply.
"You came to save me?" she asked with a wide smile on her face.
"Not really Khalan I actually brought you here after saving you".
"After saving me?"
"Yes. What is the last thing you remember?" he asked her, placing his arm on her forehead as she looked pale but she wasn't burning up.
"I remember..." she fell into deep thought. "I remember meeting a man that claims to be my brother. Is that really true, do I really have six brothers?" she asked looking at him curiously like he had all the answers.
"Leave that question for later Khalan just tell me the last thing you remember" he said to her as a somewhat order.
She nodded slightly and tried to think harder. "I remember him trying to take me to see one goddess Moist" she said, confused at her own words.
"Did he tell you why he was taking you to see this goddess Moist?"
"Yes. He said I was dark and needed cleansing. He said goddess Moist would cleanse me and make me pure so that the society and my brothers can accept me". She answered innocently, causing him to fall into deep thoughts.
The answer she gave now only meant one thing, that Moist now knew of Sheba's existence and would stop at nothing to end her before she manifests. He had hid this from her for seventeen years now. Maybe the truth has decided to show it's self but he wasn't going to let that happen. Not now that his Sheba already knew that they were meant to be together and was certain she had no way out of this. He wasn't going to let Moist ruin this opportunity for him, in fact he had to pay her a visit and now.
"Nathan?" she called him out of his deep thoughts.
"Yes?" he turned to her.
"Was Moguos right?" she asked looking very cute with her lips pouted.
"And who is Moguos?" he furrowed.
"He is the man I was just telling you about. The one that claimed to be my last elder brother. Was he right about me being dark and needing cleansing?"
"Don't believe everything you are being told by people Khalan. How sure are you that he is your brother? He might be a kidnapper or something. If I had not gotten there in time, he would have taken you to their layer and killed you. That's how people of this land behave. There are killers and kidnappers here and there and a young beautiful girl like you should not be walking around alone else, many other criminals will still claim to be your family while there not" he ended with an appalling look of disdain all over his face.
"I understand Nathan" she said calmly. With the look of things, and hearing her speak now it was care to Lucifer that she has really decided to calm down. He has been able to subdue her even as Sheba and as Khalan. He gave himself a proud smile within and listened to what else she had to say.
"I am very sorry for leaving the hut earlier. I was really not thinking straight. I won't do that again, I won't neglect you anymore nor your words. Please forgive me for last time" she blinked a few times purposely, just to show off her long lashes and how cute they were, hoping he forgive her already.
Nathan chuckled within him at her thoughts. He believed them to be very naive and cute. It even made him love her more. His beautiful Sheba.
"It is fine Khalan. I have forgiven you, but you have to promise me that you won't decide to leave this place ever".
"I promise. I would remain here with you Nathan". She smiled sweetly to him but he did not return the smile. He only drew closer to her and pecked her lips lightly. He drew away and stared into her emerald orbs. He only saw Sheba in her right now. The green nature of her eyes were now becoming more vivid and he knew what that meant, his Sheba would awake fully and Khalan would be history, just like a forgotten memory of Sheba's but they were the same person no separate souls.
"I love you Khalan" did he just say that? Oh no!
He wasn't sure why but expressing how he felt was absolutely not his thing but he just did it now. How baffling.
"You love me?" she looked surprised.
"Yes. Of course I do. And I only wish for your safety and well-being. You will be comfortable here, it is my house" he said with pride.
"Your house?" she seemed amazed. "You had this kind of house all along and you decided to allow us stay in the hut?" she eyed him.
"Well that was because it was safer there than here for you then". He scratched his head out of nervosity.
"And now?" she tilted her head.
"I have made necessary arrangements, and now the whole place is very safe for you to stay. And it is just the both of us". He smiled sweetly.
"This huge house? Just the both of us?" she looked round her for the fifth time now, still admiring the house.
"Yes, just like it was in the hut. You are going to love it here, I promise". He held her hands.
"I know I will. But I just have one question Nathan".
"Anything Lilith".
"Who were those men, the ones who were here before. I mean Sherlock and lambert, who were they?"
"They are my friends" he answered simply.
"Do you know of any of their family members like their sister or parents?"
"No" he shook his head. "But I no that they are brothers that lost their parents long ago and have no other siblings". He did not want to complicate things the more. He knew they were her brothers and she must have recognized the names but explaining things to her now was of no use as Sheba would not even care to know who they were so why stress Khalan of their existence. "They only came to visit me, they won't be staying with us" he added to calm her a bit.
"Oh ok". She looked a bit disappointed. She would have sworn they were her brothers but it seems like they weren't. At this point, she was now starting to think that may be Moguos was not really her brother like he claimed. Maybe he was a con and didn't even know entirely. But if that was true, why did she feel this strange connection with him like he was being honest.' she was just so confused right now.
"Time for you to have a warm bath and get dressed for breakfast" he suddenly lifted her from the floor and carried her in bridal style. He had been reading her thoughts all this while and even though he was pleased that she believed him, he also wanted her to stop thinking about that Mogous. So a warm bath and speaking of breakfast did the trick just right.
She chuckled while she was in his arms as he carried her towards her room.
They passed through the dark passage from earlier but this time, it lighted up as he took each step with her in his arms. She wondered why but he did not wait for her to ask the question before giving her an answer.
"This is my house Khalan so it recognizing me only. The candles light up as I walk by". He knew she would by that for an explanation of what just happened because she wasn't used to the outside world. The only world she knew was that of the hut and the woods. If she knew about the outside world, she would know that nothing but supernatural will could make such a thing be in such historical times. However, she nodded and kept her eyes ahead when they got to her room.
He opened the door and put her down slowly without breaking the eye contact they had. They kept it going for a few seconds more before he finally kissed her. The kiss was sweet and passionate and he hand his on hand behind her neck and the other on her face. The kissed lasted longer than he had planned it to be as she was just too sweet for him to let go. He kissed her till her lips became sore before finally breaking the kiss.
"Promise me Khalan that we would be together, that you would love me for as long we live and you will never live me for another" he said after he caught his breath.
Khalan could not understand why he was saying all these things. She had already made up her mind never to leave his side again and she was going to keep to that. She tiptoed and pecked his nose before answering him. "I promise"...