Epiphany

⇞ only solution ⇞

"No, I don't think that. I could have taken a life Nazereth."

"And why am I Nazereth?"

"Azer." I said and he smiled gently.

"Now you can rest. I will ask Ciara to bring you food and she is the one who healed you." Nazereth said.

She healed me physically, alright but he doesn't know insides are too broken to heal.

"Where is everyone, no is everyone alright?" I asked worried there must be a loss I didn't know about.

Especially Ermeline, I wondered if she was alive.

I almost killed her and I still trembled from the thought. And now the pain inside me causing me coil in pain.

"Are you alright?" He asked again but i wanted to know where everyone else was.

Yet his tone again was different and held a hint of annoyance.

He doesn't hate me and yet I can feel annoyance from him.

"You know don't you?" I asked feeling hopelessness engulf me.

"And how long did you plan to lie to me, till you die?" He said gentle smile intact on his face.

And that is when I break down into tears, completely break down and he wrap his arms around me.

"I am scared of becoming evil and I am scared that I will die living you to mourn. I am just too scared and in pain right now." I said among the tears.

"So let's seal it, the power." He said and shocked at his words I looked at him.

How did he know? He could seal it and I will damage further but I will not be healed from within.

"I got the blood magically protected and enhanced by Markheen, let's use my fire to seal it and you can live with me forever."

This was the easy way, and this is way I could live with Nazereth forever and yet I felt like my soul was being taken away. This was a part of me, my lineage, my blood, my core I was made of. What was I without it?

"Imagine giving up your Fire Azer." I said tiredly.

He was angry, I could feel it because I was right. Bandite 

"My fire is not killing me, it's not taking pains from other and inflicting on it's own soul. I am not losing you and I will cure you of this. Till you accept the fact, you will stay here and I will attend to serious matters." He said in a angry tone, a weirdly caring angry tone.

And it would have annoyed me because he can't just decide that for me.

But I was not angry because I can feel his emotions like my own and he felt guilty, sorry and conflicted and yet the strongest among all those emotions were determination to keep me alive.

"You are locking me here?" I asked just to confirm that he was actually thinking about it.

"Yes and leaving Fergie guard, you can try to convince me if you want to." He knew I was too hurt to use my powers and would not ever use on him again if I could help it.

"It's unfair."

"Please don't do this. Don't cry. Your tears are not helping." He was agitated and he looked away.

He has lost all and I understood he would do anything to protect me.

"Fine, if you tell me how are you going to handle Princess, I will think about it."

That got his attention and from his expression, she was very much alive.

I internally sighed in relief because he did what no one could have expected and I can't believe how much he loved me to restrain himself from killing her or anyone else in Udairis for that matter.