Chapter 48: The Angered Theodore And A Missing Red.
Last Night.
Critic Arley, Critic-Ishire.
Conan, felt horrible, he was a knight and had gone to wars with the lord but he was not heartless to innocent people, or women and Helena was both, he trudged ahead on his but his conscience wouldn’t quit nagging, he had left her behind so abruptly and alone, she is a stranger in Critic Arley, it is night and she helped him when he needed it most, when he had thought he would die without knowing why or how. He veered around on the horse and soon he met her, in her red cloak with tangled black locks that stunk like fruits and vegetables, her droopy angry ocean blue eyes on her cold booted feet that hadn’t moved an inch from where he had dropped her earlier, she met his gaze and he swears out loud.
His heart shifted.
"Come here" he growled and in one powerful swoop he had her in front of him on the steed straddling her, and unnecessarily missing this particular presence.
She snuggled, sitting comfortably as an involuntary smile bloomed on her soft features "Where are you taking me?" she asked, shifting to meet his eyes.
"I would appreciate it if you stop moving or talking" he snarled, his eyes ahead.
"Do you-" she trailed off her sentence when she figured why he must have asked her to shut up, her breath must stink, and her hair and, dear lord. She sat still and quiet throughout the ride to Conan’s place.
She has been feeling extremely weak and vulnerable since she used all her energy to bring back Conan from the weakening curse of the cursed land. He had been so far into the enchantment had she not gotten him out and saved him in time, he would be dead now, but that doesn’t mean she felt great in her body since then, prompting her to feel faint and dizzy, which is she has continuously remained thirsty and sleepy, he head falls in his broad warm shoulders again and she couldn’t raise it back up, no elegance instructor could help her at that moment.
He shrugged her off his body, jumped down the steed before helping her down and pointing at his bungalow "We’re here, this is my house" he told her.
She nodded "Take me to the water room" her direct request.