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Sabina immediately recognized the voice; it was Lanias and she sounded worried.
“Like I’ve said before your sister was hexed with a very dark curse. It’s a good thing that all she is doing now is sleeping, it could’ve been much worse.” Someone responded sounding exasperated.
Sabina held back from laughing aloud, Lanias could be very frustrating when she wanted to be.
“Right,” Lanias said, but the tone she used wasn’t the least contrite. “That doesn’t explain the ring of black thorns around her wrist and neck. I know those Jackals told you to keep your mouth shut, but you’re going to tell me what’s wrong with her or, else—,” “Madame the Witch doctor has already told you the issue is being dealt with. Drop it.” Another person interjected.
Sabina, who was slowly coming around inwardly smirked. Her sister wasn’t the type who took being ordered around well. Especially not by a man, whose voice Sabina found familiar though in her current state she couldn’t place it.
“Look, you man eating beast. Sabina is my sister, and I have every right to know what’s going on with her.”
That was her cue to open her eyes, otherwise Lanias would blow everyone in the room up out of anger alone. Sabina’s eyelids felt so heavy, but after a few tries she was finally able to lift them. The lights of the hospital room were low and not painful to them. “Lanias—.” She called.
Lanias turned away from the tall man standing in front of her, to Sabina. With a cry of relief, she rushed over not hesitating in using her Magic to widen the bed so she could sit on it.. “Sabina how are you feeling?” she asked as she lifted a hand to press against Sabina’s forehead. “Does anything hurt?”
Laughing, Sabina pushed her hand away gently. “Just tired,” she said as she looked away from Lanias, to the doctor who looked relieved and the then masked man who met her gaze with barely a flicker of emotion. Red eyes brought with it the memory of her near miss with Ragan.Why was he here?
“That stray you brought in had a—,” Lanias started only to be cut off by her savior.
“—I think it would be best to let your sister rest, before we weigh her down with too much information.”
His voice didn’t allow for any defiance. His hair seemed to almost melt into the shadows of the dim room. The large coat he’d been wearing when he’d helped her; was now tossed over the back of a chair in the corner of the room. He stood in a simple button up black shirt and slacks; his shoes were regular as well. Which made, the mask he wore even more interesting. He filled the entrance way easily; she was surprised that Lanias had even tried to go against him.
Still, like before Sabina couldn’t stop looking at him. His aura drew her eyes, as surely as a moth to a flame. What was it about him that caught her attention so easily?
“I think the choice of whether or not, I am up to hearing the news should be left to me. Don’t you?” Sabina asked.
Something interesting entered those deep-seated eyes, but it came and went before she could catch it. He gave her his back. “In this situation, no.”
With that simple answer, he motioned to the doctor. “Let’s speak outside.” He grabbed his coat before exiting the room.
“W-wait?” Surprised by his curt dismissal of her, Sabina watched slack jawed as he exited the room along with the doctor, the door shutting behind them.
“Ass.”
“Lanias,” she chided, more out of habit than anything else.
Her sister shrugged, “He is an ass. This entire time, he and his men have refused to tell me anything. Hell, I even told them we’re related, and they still left me with something like, ‘It’s on a need-to-know basis mam.’ I wanted to tear their throats out.” Her fingers curled into the blanket, as black sparks erupted from between her fingers. Her expression darkened. “I could do it; I could make them all little embers.” She whispered.
Sabina felt a chill run down her spine, her sister so easily returned to the black waste land she’d wandered into so long ago.
Reaching out, Sabina placed her hand over Lanias clicking her tongue. “Then who would watch my baby?” she gently teased.
Lashes fluttering, Lanias jerked her hand from under hers crossing her arms. “You’re such a goody two shoes, and nothing could ever tear me away from you or Kahlia.” She wrinkled her nose, her eyes darkening. “But something serious has happened and all because you wanted to help a human, you’re now the center of it.”
Hearing this, Sabina lost her small smile and stared at her hands. “I didn’t know she was a human, but no matter what it is, we’ll overcome it.” She met her sister’s stare and tilted her head cutely. “Right?”
“Depends, what exactly happened when we left alone with her,” Lanias asked.
Sabina frowned thinking back.
At the time she’d decided to remain with the victim. She’d grown up in Veil City and knew some things were better left unknown.
She along with the victim had been placed in a vacant room that Sabina quickly realized had to be one of the rooms used by Lanias’s special customers. It was obvious with the white and blue decorations and cleanliness. Deciding not to think about who exactly had used this room before, she went into the bathroom to wash her hands.
They’d been stinging since she’d fallen on the ground. Looking at them now under the bright light and running water she could see she’d scraped them. Wincing, she pumped some soap into her hand and quickly scrubbed them together. When she finished, she grabbed one of the small towels and headed back into the bedroom, coming up short at the sight of the woman throwing up.
Rushing forward, Sabina quickly grabbed the trash bucket from under the table. She released a surprised scream when the vomit turned the color of blood. The woman’s body jerked with every heave. Alarmed Sabina pushed the bucket under the ill woman’s head. Climbing onto the bed, she tried to help by pulling the woman’s hair back.
