Chapter 7
it's finally morning and I wake up with one thing on my mind, to survive long enough to get back to the village without oronea finding a good enough excuse to kill me. I get out of bed and go to check on the others, they are already up and have cleaned themselves. I'm the only one who hasn't so I go to get myself prepared for the trip back to borp village.
i'm cleaning myself up and I notice someone watching me, I turn around and it's xel.
" I'm sorry but it's a nice view from behind " he says
" well don't just stand there like a creep, come join me "
he grabs me from behind and kisses me on the neck, it sends a shock through my body and I really like it. as he caresses my body oronea calls out to him so they can make for the sunset capital. xel goes to meet with her and I quickly get ready as the others are waiting for me. I meet with them and it's time to leave, xel and the tribespeople hand us some horses to make the trip with and I see oronea in the back just watching, she really wants to kill us but I decide to ignore her. as we make our way back to the village, cept makes a comment on the fact that we not being killed as a result of breaking the blood treaty is beyond being lucky. he makes a good point but he still doesn't sit right with me. luvera, Gideon and kasim are quiet all through the trip back, I think to lighten the mood but I decide not to, they look like shit still.
we get to mount krik and though everyone tries to hide it, but we're scared to our bones of this whole incident, me included. we finally make it to the borp village gates, we are greeted with a surprise look from the gate guards. we get to the chiefs house and make our way inside, the chief is shocked, he can't believe we're still alive.
" how is this possible, we thought you all dead, how are you still alive " he screams with joy
" we thought isol was the only one to survive, thank the heavens " he adds.
everyone wears a look of confusion on their faces, what does he mean by that I ask myself.
" what do you mean by that chief " cept asks
he says that after the first night of our expedition, he got a report from the gate guards that isol had returned and he was in a bad state, and when he went to see what the fuss was about, isol had told them that a Wakaani had killed the others. so they believed we were dead. cept then explains that Sara, feebs, isol and ace we're the ones who died during the encounter, I quickly notice how cept groups all their deaths as a result of our encounter with the Wakaani. he explains everything to the village chief, the chief doesn't know what to believe at this point so he suggests we rest for now and meetup later to discuss it. it is rest everyone needs, so I head home but the thought that isol is still alive is just crazy to me.
I finally get to the house, the windows are open so I know someone is home, I get to the door and after just standing there and looking at it i finally summon the courage to face my mother. I reach out to the door but she opens it first, our eyes meet and we both can't hold back the tears that had been welling up, we burst into tears as she grabs and hugs me so tightly. I'd never have thought I would be happy to see her again, we both cry our eyes out before she brings me into the house and smacks the sh*t out of me.
" I told you not to go but you disobeyed me and went, your not to leave this house for the next month unless I say so "
even though that smack hurts, it's a kind of pain I'll happily welcome after what we've been through. I hug her again and she can't seem to stop crying, grandma walks in and is shocked to see me.
" do my eyes deceive me, is it really you liten ? " she asks
" yes nana, it's me "
I don't know the meaning but liten is what my grandma has been calling me since I can remember and I called her nana, even if she never liked it.
she seems very emotional just from seeing that I am alright, she never seemed like the emotional type to me, I guess when you lose a loved one you just can't help being emotional. my mom isn't even trying to hide the fact that she's happy. we start to talk about everything that happened and they are astounded, grandma especially can't seem to get enough of what I'm telling them. after a while of talking we hear a knock on the door and I go to check who it is, it's cept and he tells me that isol is awake. my mother asks who it is at the door and I tell her it's a message from the village chief, I excuse myself from the house while feeling like sh*t for lying to my mother the first chance I get, but I quickly put that behind me.
cept tells me how uncomfortable the whole situation is making him, if only he knew how uncomfortable he was making me, I ask if he told luvera and the rest about isol waking up to which he says no. I'm starting to worry myself but I put on a brave face. we get to the village infirmary and he leads me straight to isol's bedding, I can clearly see that he's alive and breathing but I don't want to believe it. I know I saw him die, I know what I saw but I can't believe what I'm seeing. cept is speechless as it is and I can't blame him, just then I hear isol whispering something. I lean in and as soon as I hear it my heart sink's to my stomach, isol is mumbling the demon tongue.