Bella only took a deep breath when she had returned to the palace. Her eyes looked weary and her whole body slumped on the ground. She looked at her burning hands. Now that adrenaline rush had died, she remembered she was still wearing the band that sucked her energy and blood whenever she used her power and used it to burn her skin.
There was a big mark still left though she was sure most of it was already healed. She cursed in her heart as she flinched when her fingers touched the burnt part.
Rafael noticed it too. He looked at her hands and then at her face.
"How did this happen?" he stared intensely at the bracelet she was wearing that she hid behind her back.
"I do not know. I must have been injured during the fight. Haha, it will be better soon." In fact, it would heal in hours. But it would be strange if she had a healed wound so easily. So now she had to make sure that she would keep the wound for a long time.
