When he saw that she calmed down, she closed her eyes and hid her face in his chest, close to his neck. He picked her up and gathered her in his arms and took her back to her room. He laid her on the bed and she gasped in pain again, feeling all the pressure of her body weight on the wound.
Sei reached for the bag he had left on the table next to her bed and opened it to pick up the leaves.
-I need you to move on the side a little, to put something in there, he said softly, with pleading eyes, and helped her turn to one side.
He put his leaves there and covered the wound with a bandage. Then he helped her turn back to him and sat on the floor in front of the bed, where he had usually slept since she was alone.
-Tell me what happened? He asked her.
She didn't say a word. She just
