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20. Gone.

Author: Lally O Shea
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Rori.

I sat in the pack dining room that was now doubling as a military style temporary field hospital for minor injuries. With the clinic damaged in the attack, everyone who wasn't in need of or on serious medical machinery had been placed here. A kind young nurse fussed over my cuts and bruises, and it annoyed me. I pulled away from her and pleadingly asked her. "Please don't. I'm fine. Go tend to someone who needs your help." She looked at me with timid eyes, and I could see her thorn expression.

"The King has ordered you be cared for." she sighed as I numbly nodded.

"My wounds are minor, and I shall worry about my father he will understand. I will be healed before he even sees me." I assured her as she nodded and scurried off to help someone else.

"You should have let her check you over." Ben scowled.

"Don't start, Ben." I snapped, rolling my eyes. "I'm fine, besides its Sage I am worried about." I muttered.

"I know." he muttered as he pulled me close. I allowed his warmth to
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