Fallen Star Chronicles (Work in Progress)

Chapter Ten - Unexpected News

~Chapter Ten - Unexpected News

Over the past two months that Ainu is on the run, D'mitri tries to search for her, but hasn't been able to find out a single thing leading to her, as if she just vanishes off the planet completely. Out of guilt he lets Isabella and Romen move back in, helping Romen to heal his injuries and get back on his feet again. D'mitri's shocked to find out from Romen that Ainu killed four other slaves and severely injured Romen. He had thought that he knew her and that she couldn't hurt anyone, but it goes to show that no one really knows anyone, even if they think they do, something happens to prove otherwise. He gives up the search after a week into the second month she is gone and resumes his life before she ever came back into it, though silently wishing her well and that one day they might meet again.

A few hours after Daemon sent Ainu off for a nap, he wakes up from where he fell asleep on the couch and went to go check on her. He feels around the bed and smiles when he feels her curled up in the center of the bed, fast asleep. He makes his way over to his dresser, pulling out a shirt for her to change into and grabs himself a change of clothes, heading into the bathroom to shower. As he washes up, Ainu stirs in the bed and blinks awake, listening to the running water. She stretches and sighs, her stomach rumbling in hunger and she laughs softly, shifting to roll out of bed when the door to the bathroom opens. Daemon steps through the doorway, a towel over his wet hair and slightly in his face and shaking out his shirt to put on. She can't help but stare in awe as she looks at Daemon standing there shirtless.

"Oh, you're awake Ainu?" he asks, rubbing the towel over his hair, having sensed her energy pulse.

"Aye, Sir."

She watches him smile and toss the towel over the back of a nearby chair before slipping the shirt over his head. Her eyes follow drops of water as they move over his toned torso and up to his arms as they stretch over his head to slip the shirt on. He is lean, built similar to a swimmer and toned enough to count his abs. She notices that his chest is hairless, but there is a small trail of raven hair that goes from his belly button down into the waist of his pants. She sucks in a quick breath as he lowers his shirt and looks her direction, his eyebrow arched in amusement.

"Liking what you see?"

She sputters and scrambles off the bed, face turning bright red with embarrassment and grabs the shirt, changing into it as she moves down the hall to the living room. She hears him chuckle as he follows her, quietly counting his steps to make sure he doesn't run into something. It wasn't as much as an obsessive manner, just something he did to keep track and learn where everything was at. He goes into the kitchen and fixes them a couple cups of hot chocolate while Ainu sits on the couch with her knees tucked to her chest. She accepts the cup and takes a sip as he sits next to her on the couch, far enough so as not to make her uncomfortable, but still close enough that she could tell he was there.

"Did you sleep well, lass?"

"Aye, Sir. I still feel a little under the weather, but better than I was earlier."

"That's good. Have you thought about what you might want to do while there is still light in the day?"

"Not really, but I was thinking that your family must be worried about you. You are still their son after all."

"Possibly, but never really thought about it since I was attacked."

"I think that you should at least visit, you could always leave again if it is too much."

"Are you saying that you want me to return home?"

"If you feel up to it, Sir."

"We will have to see, why don't we focus on you instead. Do you need anything?"