Chapter 6: Flickering Flames
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Natalie hugged Lily from back, both sobbing together, "don't worry Lily, I have got your back..
No matter what comes, we will face it together."
"I know, I trust you." Hugging Natalie back, she wipes her tears.
"Aaa..." a very painful yet mild sound echoes in the cave.
Pulling Natalie and Lily's attention.
The man was struggling with something in his dreams, sadness with anger was etched on his face,
"Vanes..." as he cried, tears escaped his closed eyes, increasing his breathing rapidly.
"What's happening to him now?" Worried, Natalie ran towards him.
"Lily..." Natalie anxiously called for her.
"I have treated his wounds with all I had, there is no way his wounds are the problem" walking slowly towards the man, Lily said.
"But... look he is in pain, tears are escaping his eyes" Worried, Natalie pointed towards the man.
In the dead silence of the cave, rapid heartbeats echoed.
Natalie sat beside the young man and bent over gently, with care placing her ears on his bare chest she heard his heartbeats.
"It's not only his breathing, his heart is also racing and beating like a drum."
Tears escaped Natalie's eyes, as she looked towards Lily for help.
"Why are you torturing yourself over this unknown man." Lily scolded Natalie.
"Didn't you say just now, that if it wasn't for this man, we would have been in trouble." With Tears of sympathy Natalie looked towards Lily in hope of help.
"And it was you who said we should help this man, I just want to make sure..." she again broke in to tears.
'Haaah... I should have known about her sympathetic nature.
But what more can I do to help this man, there are no symptoms on his body on which I can work on..
May be it's because he is having a bad dream...
But what type of dream can cause such despair..' Lily pondered while examining the man's body.
After some moments the echoing of his heartbeats died, his tears dried,
and as soon as Natalie heard the heartbeats going down she again placed her ear on his chest, her huge breasts were pressing on his side,
"He seems to be calming down...." Natalie whispered.
'Aaah... where am I?.'
'What is it on my chest'
'Huuuh... there is something soft pressing on side..'
'What is it..'
he grabbed Natalie's breasts subconsciously.
She was still hearing his heartbeats as he suddenly sits up gasping, Natalie's breast in his hand.
"Aaaaaah" Natalie shouted in surprise her face all red, she ran few step back from him.
Lily immediately took out a small stick from her waist and pointed towards him.
He slowly opened his eyes.
'It's night, a campfire huh..
And these two are....
Two dead bodies...?' His eyes met with Lily's eyes, anxiously and scared she held the stick firmly.
'I remember....
I came to them for information..'
he looked towards Natalie, flustered trying to hold her breasts and hide her body by covering.
'I was stabbed by that old bastard..' his hand reaching his shoulder.
'It's already healed?'
'Did these two do it..'
'I planned on helping them, and in return I wanted some information, but now that they have helped me back..
It's already equal...'
Picking his blood soaken T-shirt, he stood up.
"Don't move.." Lily warned him, again pointing that wooden stick towards him.
'A girl... with pointy ears...' his eyes scanned her from top to bottom.
'I just can't understand where I am?'
'If I remember correctly I was in the Library of capital city of The Alliance,
Then I found this book The Path..'
Lost in his thoughts, he tried to understand where he is..
"Who are you?" Lily asked in a dominating voice.
'What she says doesn't sound like the language I know, but I can still understand her...' he stared at her and without responding took a step forward.
"This wasn't my plan..
Still thanks for saving my life..."
He kept walking and passed by Lily without any fear.
Reaching to the dead bodies of the two men he started searching them, after a while he found a pack of golden coins in the old man's robe and a map and a pack of silver coin im the bald man's robe.
Cold breeze, and thick fog covered the forest. In the darkness of night it wasn't possible to even walk.
After taking their weapons and rest, he took out their robes and walked towards Natalie and Lily who were standing together.
He handed the robes to Natalie and Lily,
"We Elves don't take from dead.." refusing to take the robe Lily said.
"I killed them, so all their belonging are mine...
And for you they are not free..." he turned around and took some of wolf's meat and sat near the fire.
"It's a trade....
In exchange for sharing this meat and fire.."
'Exchange...? trade...?
with his own slaves..'
Lily got confused that why was he speaking like that.
Natalie stood beside her shivering in cold wind, "It's fine.. wear it..
We haven't looted this.."
Lily said to Natalie while wearing the robe herself.
'So... it was the same dream again.
It has already been more than a year..
Just why am I still alive...?'
Tears of repentance escaped, as he stared in to the fire.
'Is he still crying?
May be his wounds are not yet completely healed?' Natalie's eyes widened in worry as she sat on the opposite side of fire from him.
The night is still long.....
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