The next day, around mid-afternoon, Raziah could be found standing in front of Prince Theon’s chambers. She looked a little uneasy because she has been pondering the situation in her mind since morning. For the general breakfast and lunch, they all had together, Prince Theon hadn’t shown up. It took her a while to realize her own mistake between her and Theon, and that bad feeling she’s been having about him needed to be settled soon. She wasn’t the type to care about such things, but Theon had mentioned an anonymous person during their conversation last night, and she was afraid he was gonna get himself involved in something far bigger than him because of her, if he hasn’t already involved himself.
She just stood there staring at his door for a while, already thinking whether he would reply if she knocked. No one had seen him since morning, and she also heard during lunch from Prince Marcus that he had locked his door and wouldn’t allow any maid to bring his lunch or breakfast.
"Prince Theon, it’s Raziah." She finally uttered to the door before reaching out to knock on the door. Her hands got suspended in mid-air, bawled into a fist to knock on the door when it suddenly flew open and there stood the Prince. His face was incredibly pale, and his breathing was a little erratic. He looked sick, with dry lips and eyes that were restless that lacking energy.
He was only putting on a light shirt, and his dim green eyes looked back at her. She didn’t know why she suddenly had the thought that him looking this sick today was far better than the devious person he was last night. Plus, she felt this sense of relief when the power of his presence didn’t have her hair standing up on her skin.
He looked completely sane and normal.
"You should see a doctor, Brother." She said to him.
"I’m not your brother." He frowned.
She nodded softly, "And I’m not your sister either, but I can’t call you anything other than brother. You’ll have to get used to it," she responded, making sure she could keep out as much iciness from her voice. She wanted to take everything gently with him, and make him understand that they can never be anything more than what they already are to each other, and it’s left to him to take that awareness in, and get rid of any other feelings.
"This is crazy," He chuckled drily, "I can’t really remember much of what happened last night."
Now she didn’t get what he was saying. Maybe the sickness was messing with his head or something, "I’m sure you’ll be fine with a bit of checkup from a good doctor," Raziah had already been informed earlier by Acacia who had shown up that morning that they would be leaving immediately after sundown for their final destination, "I came here today to see how you’re doing, and also thank you," She said softly.
Theon blinked in surprise, his rapt attention on her as he awaited more words from the woman whom hardly said anything to him in the past. Last night after he had left the palace to meet the Vampire, he couldn’t really remember much of what happened again. Apart from being slammed into a tree by something he couldn’t recall anymore, and a few words that he had exchanged with Ren and his master, everything else was blurry.
Raziah stepped closer to him and wrapped her hands lightly around his back. Theon was shocked, rooted to the spot as if her touch had melted him there. Raziah’s hug was as light as it can be, and she hoped it would pass the information she wanted to give him, along with words of course, "Thank you brother, For loving a heartless person like me. I’m sorry I never acknowledged your feelings, and I neglected everything you tried to do for me. I pray one day, you find it in your heart to forgive me, and move on." She spoke against his shoulders, gazing into the distance.
Loving and losing someone was hard. As a person who had gone through it, she knew exactly how she felt and what it turned her into. She never knew Theon felt something for her because she never bothered to pay attention to anything regarding him, and the mess it lead to was something she had to clean up now that she’s realized the truth. Raziah didn’t know whether a simple apology would be able to fix or amend his broken heart and angry mind, but she couldn’t think of anything else to do for him.
At least, she hoped it would have even the smallest of effects on him.
One other thing had her coming to see him this morning. She didn’t want him to turn into what she was today. She could suddenly see herself in him last night, and it had terrified her more than she thought it should. And she had decided to dance and relieve as much stress as she can since she was at Naria, and the feeling of danger around her had reduced drastically. Also, Theon wasn’t the only matter bothering the hell out of her.
When Theon didn’t say anything as seconds ticked up, Raziah mentally sighed and made to pull away from him when he pulled her back into a hug of his own. He threw his hands around her neck and softly patted her head tenderly. She didn’t know what it meant, but she was glad they were making progress, "I’ll take what I can get. Take care of yourself... Sister."
Having someone around who would sit you down and talk to you as often as they can for ten years, even though they know you do not want the attention, they know you neglect them and they know you do not appreciate the love they’re giving, but they keep on going and going was a special kind of love and patience, and Raziah could almost smile at how good of a person her brother was. And since when she arrived last night, it was the first time he was calling her ’ sister’ without her feeling any deeper meaning to it.
"And you too." She added before pulling back, "You should really see a doctor, or your condition might get worse."
He smiled softly, "I will, and I guess I’ll be seeing you at dinner," As soon as he said that, Theon recalled that her husband would also be there and he couldn’t take another round of glaring that felt like balls of fire are being hauled Into his skin.
As if Raziah had sensed his worry, she quickly responded, "You won’t be seeing any of us at dinner. They’re already waiting for me outside, we leave immediately,"
Theon sighed, "Fine."
She gave him a small bow, and turned around walking away when he called out to her again.
"When will I be invited to Erandell?" He yelled, and groaned immediately when pain shot through his head.
"As long as you bring a bride with you, maybe I’ll think about it," She glanced back at him, and her eyes flashed a bit of amusement before she disappeared into a corner, leaving Theon shocked for the second time. Maybe if it was a dream he might just believe it because not even in his wildest imagination had his head pictured a smiling image of her, but it had just happened in real life. She might not have smiled with her lips, but that slight display in her cold eyes soothed his heart.
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Raziah had already said goodbye to king Octavius earlier before heading to see Prince Theon. The head maid too had also bid her goodbye, while wiping a few drops of tears from her eyes. Raziah felt weird because she never imagined she would ever miss these people and kingdom, but here she was wishing not to leave.
As she walked out of the palace and sighted Acacia, the next person she thought to see next to the Sorceress was, of course, her husband but he wasn’t there. She hasn’t seen Aragon since morning, and he never told her he was gonna leave. Raziah suspected their confrontation from yesterday was maybe causing him to keep his distance from her, and she dearly hoped her heart would stop twisting badly at the thought of his absence and start jubilating instead.
The person next to Acacia was a man. He had the lightest shade of blonde Raziah had ever seen in a man, and she almost couldn’t believe her eyes when she noticed the color of his eyes was different. His left iris was a deep shade of brown, and the other was between purple and violet. He was a little taller than Acacia and was laughing at something, while the Sorceress had a huge scowl on her face.
"I’m already going to see my brother, I can’t handle a workaholic simpleton at once, and a pervert at the same time. I might have to kill one, and you...Oreo, Are on my radar!" She pointed at him, viciously glaring like all she wanted to do was tear him limb by limb.
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