WhiteBlood- Book 2 ( HalfBlood Series- FW FF)

75

Malek...this felt unbearingly awkward.

I sat on the cool stone not to far yet not to close to where Dain decided to sit. This fel tlike asking a stranger for a favor. "I'll keep this short and blunt, but I need your help."I state.

I see his brows furrow as if I asked him a trick question, " Help? What can I help you with?" he questions. " We have these journals, from the first six-"

" You mean the journals you all decided to steal from King Tauri?" He clarifies bluntly already annoying the hell out of me. " Cam was with us. So technically we didn't steal anything." Dain let's out an amused scoff as he still startes at me like a parent looking at their kid stealing candy. " It was stealing."

" For the better good." I explain as calmly as I could...this needs to be a stupid exercise to practice my control... Dain shakes his head, " It was still stealing private property which got two innocent soldiers killed."

So much for niceties.. " Look." I snap, " We needed those journals to create wards, unless WHEN the venin get here you prefer to turn into a literal dry corn husk Dain, Cath to." I stop myself taking a deep breath, " We... Need you help. It's some type of old language that I think you know. So if you could help Jesina and myself. I would appreciate it."

" You mean help Riroson and the others because they can't crack it so I'm your final choice." He asks more bitterly shifting his weight.

 " Yes. I won't sugar coat it." 

If he could reach me, he probably would've punched me by the look on his face. " No. Not after getting here and being a damn prisoner. Just being left down here to rot..."

I roll my eyes, " I've seen you around Dain. Your not just rotting in a cell."

" I've had these on."

" And why is that?!" I snap again obviously failing this restraint thing, " Your the one who for the past YEAR has been looking in my memories, taking things you had no right to take! Malek.... I don't even know all exactly you took! And not only that you knew damn well where we were heading and you just were going to let us die? Let me die?"

It looks like I physically hit him in the gut as he took a sharp breath, " I didn't know any of that. Anything about this. I was under instruction. They allowed me to live with this ability so I couldn't exactly say no Freya."

" But you didn't just take everything just to see if they were innocent. You were mad and Xaden AND myself. You were furious I picked him."

It looks like he wanted to deny it but couldn't as he mumbles profanities under his breath not bothering to look at me.  " If I knew.... I wouldn't have. Is that what you want to hear?" He looks back up at me. " You know I was just as caught up in this as you were. I was lied to, to."

" I know." 

There was a few moments of silence before I take another deep breath continuing, " There were alot of wrongs and alot I wish I knew or could've prevented. But as much as I'd like to go back and those different things Dain we can't. What we can do is figure out these damn journals. It's sooner rather then later Dain. And I want to protect as many people, dragons and gryphons as we can. OK? So will you help or do I need to be asking someone else?"