Chapter 5: Clearly

                                    

                                          

The next day in the afternoon I woke up to Irla sitting beside me looking at me.  I slept all day. I was amazed at how exhausted I felt. 
As soon as she saw me looking at her she stood up.
"How long have you been there for?" I said with a sleepy voice
"Did he hurt you?" As soon as those words left her mouth she realized what she asked me, and immediately went to untie my feet. 
"you've been here  long  ?" I asked again 
"No" she said quickly 
"How much did I sleep?" 
"Its almost sundown time." she untied my feet and then when to untie you of my hands and then moved around to untied the other one. 
"Did he hurt you?" she said looking at my wrist, I looked at my hand and moved my arms. They were soar from being tied up for so long. I looked at my red almost purplish wrist. She didn't take her eye off them. I massage them. 
"Why? Why did you speak up? You could have let him punish me" 
"How could I? For something you didn't do?" 
"He would have done this to you?" 
"No, he would have. I ran away. But i could let him punish us both" 
"I saw the anger in his eyes. I've seen it before but never towards me"
"I could tell"
"Did he hurt you?" she took my writs and began putting some sort of cream on them, I tried to contain the pain. 
"No" I said looking at her
She took a deep breath "if you get to know him he is wonderful, he takes care of us above anything else"  and I  remember how he got tender with her, kissed her cheek, wiped her tears. 
"Im sure he can." I said. I could break her illusion. She lived for him. I took a bath and Irla gave me another night gowl. It was beautiful. White sating fabric with beautiful lace all over it. I was wearing rather long dresses falling just on top of my ankles. 
Irla came back a few moments later with food. 
"Would you stay and eat with me?" I asked her
"I can't" she said
"Feyd Rautha called for me" she added quickly as she sees my reaction 
" I see" she leaves and I sit down before the food. As I tried to eat it, I gagged. I'm so tired that I decided to lay down on the bed. I woke up mid night, to a starry night I grabbed the stray with the food and went back to bed and ate there. Days passed and loneliness was my only company. 
After few days i could take it anymore 
"Irla , tell him I wish to see him" her face turn in shock
"What?" 
"I wish to see him." I said again confident 
"Are you sure?" 
"Yes" 
"I'll see what I can do" she told me before leaving 
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Irla walked to Feyd Rautha, he was standing bare chest with two other women painting his body while  a man was standing next to him holding a tray with his knives. 
"Ah Irla, join" he said with his natural cold neutral voice. Irla walks towards him and faces him, lowering her face. He put his hand up ordering the woman to stop. He then paces one in her chin and makes her look at him.