the devils games

Leuring To Trust

(Alli's pov)

I turned my attention to the voice seeing Zamili, Lemos and Kromos standing in the doorway to my left. They looked so scared, Nalie came up behind them and told them to go to her room. They protested at first but soon gave in when she said that their father would be alright and that he just needs his mom right now to take care of his injury.

Nalie then ran to him going right through whatever barrier he had put up with ease and held him tightly trying her best to smooth the poor man. He in return wrapped his arms around her and held on as if she was the only thing keeping him alive. To be honest I've only ever seen this in young children who are being taken away from there homes to go on a camping trip with other kids their age for a few days but they always came back smiling and having made friends, but this is the first time I see a grown man like this.

I slowly make my way to them honestly feeling terrible for whatever it was that made him suffer like this, though I couldn't help but wonder if it had to do with his children's mother. I gently put my had on his shoulder which actually surprised me since I thought I would never come anywhere close to him, but I felt like this was right, like consoling him was right. When he looked up I saw something I didn't expect, his tiers weren't black or even blood, his tiers were almost clear except for the slight blue tint to them. For a horrifying demon, his expression was heartbreaking. I sight quietly before giving him a smile trying to lighten the moon, even just a bit.

Allia: come on, we should get you cleaned up, besides you need to make sure your family and people are ok,

He looked up at me as if he's seen the unthinkable, but then again, I suppose this was just that, I suppose it took me seeing him at his weakest to realize that he's really not as bad as the stories say he is. He gave me a short tired nod, and Nalie and I help him to his feet. That's when I notice just how wounded he actually is when he would normally heal in seconds, but his wounds are still open and oozing his blacked blood, whatever that weapon was, Holly sword or not, it was dangerous, that much was for sure.

We finally got to the infirmary and carefully helped him onto one of the empty metical bed. Nalie got to work right away, patching up his wounds, I actually helped her as much as I could. Though I couldn't help but feel useless without knowing what to do. I'm not sure when, but the king, no, Elgremor, had lost consciousness, while we were fixed him up. Nalie left to go check on her grandchildren while I stay with him, looking back at everything he's done while I was here, he has done nothing to truly upset me, and if he has it was either to protect me out to protect his people. I've come to understand that now, yet I still feel so unsure, I can't trust him, right? But why am I feeling so drawn to him?  It feels like I am being torn apart from the inside, and I hate it. I was sitting on the edge of his bed with my back to him and the door.

I was so distracted that I didn't hear Armenia come in up till she started talking,

Armenia: are you ok?

Allia: oh, sorry I didn't hear you come in, yeah, I'm ok

Armenia sat down beside me and give me a soft smile.

Armenia: you've started to actually care for us haven't you?

Allia: how did you-

Armenia: I've been through something similar,

Allia: you have?

Armenia: yeah, I fell in love with someone who I was told to be bad, it was tearing me apart on the inside, but then things work out,

Allia: who was he?

Armenia: an angel who was captured, they usually can't come here but he was kept alive as a prisoner, though it turned out that he'd turned his back on his own God and came here to survive so we let him stay I've been with him ever since, my brother eventually let me get married to him,

Allia: I'm not sure what you're trying to tell me here,

Armenia laughed softly.

Armenia: what I'm saying is that you shouldn't let your fears decide what you do, sometimes it's ok to let your heart take control isn't such a bad thing,

Allia: oh I get it, I'll make sure to think about it,

Armenia: don't overthink it, it could be bad for you,

Allia: ok

After that Armenia checked out Elgremor's vitality make sure that he's alright before heading back out, I stayed there however, there was so much I had to think about, honestly, I'm really not sure what to do, not really, but maybe she's right, for once instead of overthinking it, maybe following my heart is the right thing to do. I turned to look back Elgremor, he really isn't what people say, is he? I carefully move some of his long silky white hair from his face, I sighed quietly before finally getting up and leaving the room.