The silver princess

Chapter twelve: the sacrafice

As the sailor pointed the gun I already sprang into action and as the gun fired I was in front of Rowan and took the bullet barely under my rib cage the sailor smiled and ran.
The pain was in unbearable it felt as though my wound was burning and a knife being twisted in the wound over and over again, Rowan had already grabbed me and laid me on the bed he couldn't get to the wound with my dress on he ripped open the skirt of my dress to just above the wound.
"Katerina why would you do something like that? Why do you always have to be saving my ass when I should be saving yours? Said Rowan desperately as he searched the room for what he needed.
"If you got shot it would have killed you  I wasn't going to let you die for me" I said between the pulsing pain
Eli walking in
"What's taking you two so long?" Said Eli lightly as he leaned into the doorway.
"What the hell are you doing Rowan?!" Yelled Eli as he walked over
" she been shot just above her hip, I don't think it hit anything else but it's still in there I need to get it out" said Rowan
"What can I do to help?" Asked Eli rushing in and pulling off his over coat
" find me something I can use to get the bullet out." Said Rowan as he looked at me I could see how desperate he was to help me, his hands wear covered in blood as he searched my entire room.
" I found these, are they good enough?" Asked Eli handing Rowan a pair of tweezers
" these will do fine" said Rowan he looked at me knowing what he had to do, as he tried to find the bullet a small whimper escaped my lips as tears flooded my eyes and ran down my cheeks,
Eli just stood there not knowing how to help then Rowan pulls out the silver bullet  and putting it in his pocket, my vision started clouding I heard Rowan calling for cloth. I hear Eli bolt out of the room to find some, Rowan was just sitting there using every possible thing he could to stop the bleeding. Eli came rushing in with multiple cloths
"We can't stay here, we have to get her to the castle" said Rowan as he picked me up and ran to the upper deck and carried me off the ship to a carriage waiting for us, Eli had his own he would be traveling behind us still in Rowan's arms he cradled me like this would be the last time he stroked my cheek
"Am I going to die Rowan?" I asked with tears in my eyes
"Your not dying I won't let you die Delia"said Rowan in a shaking voice
The carriage came to a halt and Rowan picking me up opened the carriage and ran all the way to the infirmary where doctors and nurses poked and prodded me for hours but my injury was stitched. The doctors ordered bed rest for a couple of days the wound wasn't the thing that nearly killed me it was the blood lose I suffered. Rowan never left my side.