Heart desired

//chapter 7//

I could feel Daniel looking at me incredulously. "Where?"

"School." I repeated, taking a turn. Daniel followed short behind, but same was our attacker. "I know a place."

We ran as fast as we could. Elves were faster than humans in speed and agility, but the attacker didn't had a hard time catching up to us. I jumped, barely avoiding the fire blast that came directly to my legs. Good, now he was attacking us.

School was thirty minutes away from foot, but if we ran in this speed, we could make it in less than fifty minutes. We weren't halfway there but my legs were getting sore, muscles not keeping up. Gods, I haven't run in ages, and just this afternoon I had to walk really fast for at least two hours. Even though I trained everyday with Daniel, my muscles were not that much used.

"Don't slow down," Daniel looked at me. "I don't want a liability here."

His words hit me hard. That's what Warren used to say when we slacked or refused to get information from someone. And now he is dead.

I commanded my muscles to move, move move-

Daniel dragged me to the side, saving me from a blast which would have made me lose at least one leg if he hadn't pulled me.

"Come on, Nasha. We are only two minutes away. You can do this."

My legs were shaking, and I couldn't even stand straight. Daniel was half carrying me now. "No, I can't." I whispered.

Daniel tightened his grip around me, not slowing down. "Don't be ridiculous. I don't even know why we are going to the school, or why we are attacked in the middle of the night. So don't-"

I didn't let him finish. "Can you go like this for a minute?" I asked, drawing my power and spreading it behind me. Daniel stopped whatever he was about to say and nodded, running even harder.

I waited till the attacker hit my power, for the vibration. One, two, ding. Then I jumped to the side.

This was a gamble. If he was like Savin, he would not be fooled by any illusion. I waited till he turn to the side and attack me, but he didn't. He continued to chase Daniel.

I waited till I could catch my breath, and ran behind them.

I could see Daniel and the attacker circling between buildings by the time I reached to school, thirty or so seconds behind.

I darted to the trees where I was this afternoon. It was so hard to see in the dark. Rocks. Where was the damn rocks? Eucalyptus trees. Three of them. Where?

"What do you think you are doing?"

I turned so fast, drawing up my power to the hands. Savin stood in front of me, his face a mask of anger.

"Oh, thank god you are here." I breathed a sigh of relief. "Listen, we are in grave danger. Please please let us stay here till it's safe-"

"Do I look like a joke to you?" He pinned me down to a tree. "This is a f*****g portal to the heart of my kingdom. And do you think I would let any elf inside unless it's absolutely necessary?"

A scream came from the buildings. Daniel.

I looked at Savin. "Look. You need me for whatever reason. If I can get my best friend in to safety right now, I'll pay back however you want. I'll make a blood oath if you want. And I don't need to go to the town. The maze is fine."

Savin kept looking at me. I counted the passing seconds. One. Two. Three. Four. Five. He finally sighed. Then he was gone.

I looked down at my left wrist. A red star was forming there. The blood oath was complete. I had said the words, and he had accepted them. I fell onto my knees, sighing in relief.

-

I crouched beside Daniel, wrapping his left arm with bandages. Savin sat in a corner, looking bored and cleaning his nails with a dagger. Daniel didn't say anything, but kept looking at me and Savin as if he was seeing two aliens mate for the first time.

I had covered up my wrist from my sleeve to cover up the blood oath mark. If he found out that I made a blood oath to rescue him, I wouldn't hear the end of it.

I finished with the bandages and stood up. "Wait here." I told him. He nodded, still looking at me like I was some alien. I wanted to laugh, but I kept it in. We were in a serious situation here.

I motioned to Savin. "Can I talk to you for a second?"

He looked so bored as he lead me down a path. "What?"

"I want Daniel in." I said, deciding to approach straight forward.

"I figured you would say that." Savin said. "And next, every elf out there would know about our plan. And then they would kill us all. And people would blame me for even letting you inside our kingdom." His sarcastic tone matched his face perfectly.

I shook my head. "No. I'm sure he would understand. If he don't I'll just make him believe that it was just another illusion."

"You would?" He asked.

I nodded. "He stayed with me through this exile, without so much of thinking about himself at all. He was there with me everytime I wanted to save someone from getting totured. Just like me, and you, he wanted to save people."

"But he is bound by an blood oath to tell everything to your king." He said. "Don't forget about that."

"Actually, there is a way to relieve me from the blood oath." Daniel spoke from behind us. We both turned to look at him. "Sorry," he shrugged. "I followed you guys in case this guy here decided to kill you."

Savin rolled his eyes. "And you would have done a marvelous job without a hand."

He was merciless.

"How can someone relieve a blood oath?" I asked.

"The king gave me a chance to prove myself by being your body guard." He said. "To this day, I have been his ears and eyes. During our seventh year, king visited us. He gave me a chance to remove the blood oath."

"When was that? I didn't know he came."

"You were at school. I had a fever."

"Oh, I remember. And when I came back, you were doing so much better." I looked at him. "He cured you."

Daniel nodded. "He did."

Savin clicked his toungue impatiently. "So what was the way? Why didn't you remove it?"

Daniel looked at me and swallowed. "To remove the blood oath, I have to become your Chosen One."

"What?" I looked at him in disbelief. "Why?"

"'You can be her prince, Daniel. You can decide it slowly. If you are there to protect her, I won't need the oath anymore.'" Daniel quoted my father. "Then he placed some magic on my wrist so that if we had... consumed our marriage, the oath would be fulfilled."

I stared at him in pure shock. That's why he never told me about it. There was a chance for him to be free, but he didn't took it for my sake.

Savin snorted. "This just turned in to an erotica. When you guys are done with the oath, come meet me. Till then, I will give you this chamber." He pointed to a door which I could swore that came out of no where.

Daniel looked at him. "What are you talking about? We are not going to do anything."

Savin rolled his eyes. "Tell me about it. If you don't want to do it, why did you even bring it up? Tell her that you love her, and get it over with. There are lives in danger."

"I.." Daniel searched for words.

"Let's do it." I said. "We have to get that off you."

"Look, Nasha, I'm good even if you keep me in dark. You don't have to do this."

I shook my head. "It's not that. Our attacker tonight... he was an elf. An elf wanted to kill us."

Daniel swore under his breath.

Savin clapped his hands, and the maze turned into a big room in seconds. "Take your pants off and get to work." he said, turning and leaving us alone. "I can come back in seconds, if you want."

"f**k off." Daniel said, shutting the door behind us.