When the Night falls.
They decided to make a camp when the sun begun to go down. Elide was really tired because with more walked, the more her leg hurt.
"Hey are you okay?" Aedion asked as he started to make the fire.
"Nothing that I've never felt before" Elide replied as she was sitting down.
"That doesn't mean that you are fine" Aelin said behind her.
"But it also mean that i'm going to live, so don't worry." Elide said looking to the ground.
"So brave to a person that is safe witchling, you can speak your truth." Manon spoke up coming back from her hunt with Rowan.
Aelin walked to Rowan side with a smile that said everything the couple left.
"Oh hell, seriously this two make me sick" Aedion said with a face of disgust. Elide laugh a low and small laugh but that made the half-fae smile proud that he got the 'quiet girl' to laugh.
"okay witchling, let me see that crappy leg" Manon said interrupting the moment clearly annoyed. Elide just smile because Manon is terrible showing her feelings.
Aedion chuckles as he continues his work, he just realize that he was going to have fun with this.
"How is it?" Lorcan asked looking at the sky.
"Bad, she wasn't supposed to walk this much" Manon answered.
"Why do you say this like it was my fault?"
"Because you are the only fae bastard that was pushing her too much"
"RIght when YOU weren't here witch"
"do you guys remember that i'm still here?" Elide spoke up knowing that of she doesn't stop this right now things will get 'ugly'.
"If you think that i'm goin-"
"Yes, you will Lorcan stop picking fights it is not a smart move." Elide stand up and started walking away.
"Where are you going." Manon asked.
"I'm going to take a walk i need a break"
"Not alone"
"Aedion please can you join me for a walk" Elide asked making clear that she don't wanna walk with neither of them.
"yes of course. Lorcan can you keep an eye on the fire?" Aedion said
"Yes he can" Elide talked before Lorcan could answered.
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"Are you sure that you can trust them?" Rowan said walking back with Aelin.
"Well, that's what every woman want's to hear after what we just did" Aelin smirked.
"i'm serious. Iknow that you care about Elide because of her mother but-"
"No buts, she is from Terrasen, a member of my court by blood and if she din't have the 'blood' she is still with us her mother is the reason that i'm alive and thanks to Elide with the second key we are going to win this war" Aelin looked to Rowan eyes "She know exactly what a child of Terrasen suffers, even is she wasn't who she is she deserves the benefit of doubt."
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"So walk with no talk?" Aelid asked looking to Elide at his side.
"I'm sorry for putting you in the middle of this, i just need a walk"
"I know the two of them on your feet must not be easy"
"It's not like that, is just..." Elide took a deep breath " We don't have time to be fighting about silly things. there's a war coming and it doesn't help if we don't can even look at each other."
"Lorcan is a jerk by the things i heard" Elide smile to Aedion. "And Manon is crazy jealous." Elide smile dropped and her cheeks were getting red. " ohhh, don't need to get all blushing, don't you think that after that scene with you and the witch this morning, didn't make things clear?"
"Yes maybe, is just hard for me to talk. i'm not used to talk"
"talking about your feeling?"
"talking" Elide said stopping "i think is time for us to come back" Elide started walking on her own but yelped when she felt a stab of pain.
"wow stop." Aedion rushed to her side. "You can't walk anymore today with your leg like this"
"I think i need a break of this leg too. " Elide tried to make a joke.
"Wait" Aedion start carrying Elide in Bride style."Well considering that we are already like this, marry me?" Aedion joked with a smirk on his face.
"No, thank you." Elide rolled her eyes but laughed.
"okay no hard feeling" Aedion start a pretend cry that Elide laugh more.
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When Aelin and Rowan came back to the improvised camp she noticed that Elide and Aedion were gone.
"What did you do?" Aelin asked with a smirk on her face.
"What do you mean?" Manon replied.
"Well Elide is not here neither Aedion so i think that you did something and Aedion went some here with Elide to calm her down. You are not exactly a nice person."
"Mind you own business Witch Killer" Manon snapped.
"own come-on she is not going to be gone for too long" Aelin provoked taking a step toward to the witch
" I would think very carefully about what you say to a witch" Manon said in a dangerous voice going to the queen
"what you are going to do about it?"
"Okay you two stop" Rowan said going to the middle of them.
"What did I do?" Aelin asked with a fake innocence.
"What you always do Aelin." Aedion said walking with Elide on his arms
"What happen?" Aelin and Manon walked to the both of them
"Her leg decided to take a break and her way of making this is to trying to kill her with pain." Aedion answered setting Elide down.
"That's is pretty much it." Elide smile to Aedion the walk that the two of them have make them bound.
"Okay let me take a look" Manon said sitting beside Elide and carefully examining her leg.
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Hours later after they ate, Elide was lying down with her leg bandaged and with a support made by a bag to keep it up.
"You shouldn't have left, that only got you leg worst." Manon said lying with her back down beside Elide.
"I needed a break"
"And look what that 'break" cost you"
"What is wrong with you" Elide said snapping back " You barely said a word sinse this morning and keep snapping at Lorcan and I saw the way you looked at the Aedion when we got back"
"I'm sorry how i supposed to react when i see a man carrying you, and you smiling at him." Manon lay on her side to look Elide.
"And how a supposed to react after you kissed me after months apart, and when we finally see each other you act this way?" Elide said laying on her side too but carreful with her leg. "Manon i l-" Manon eyes met Elide's " I missed you so much i tough that when we meet again things things would be different, neither of us would be a prision me from my uncly you for your grandmother." Elide said with watery eyes that continue to focus in Manon "I tough that WE would be different."
Manon looked deep in Elides eyes, her heart felt like it was stabbed a every drop of tear on Elide's eyes.
"Forgive me" Manon said and with that kissed Elide. "I didn't mean to hurt you, but this, us is strange for me have feelings are strange, most times annoying." Elide smiled she knows that the witch have a terrible time with feeling and admitting most be really hard.
"I know that this is hard for you, but to me as well, you're a not a easy person to fall for but i did, and i think that both of us need to find out together." Elide kissed Manon again.