My Fate Beyond My World

Chapter 2: Ena

"Bailes, you didn't have to knock her out," I said as I held her in my arms. She looked absolutely frightened at the idea of dying. But what she said before made me wonder a bit about who she was and where she came from. I was soon pulled out of my thoughts when I heard Bailes say something. "You could have been injured with all the struggling that woman was doing."

I noted that his tone was bitter which caused me to look at him in a skeptical manner. I shook my head and saved that thought for another time. I picked her up bridal style so it would be easier for me to carry her as I continued to walk to the Ishkin Kare house, who was sadly and unmistakably my father. My father lived separately from me but I didn't mind that quite so much. I liked it better that way in complete honesty.

"Bailes, you know perfectly well that I could have handled her myself. You didn't have to knock her out. She acted that way because YOU freaked her out. Plus didn't you hear what she said? About how she didn't want to die until she buried 'them' properly?" I said as I raised a questioning brow towards him. Bailes seemed to think about it carefully on the matter for a couple of minutes as we got closer to my father's home. "I thought that was odd to be completely honest with you. To our current knowledge, no one has died anywhere here or near here." Bailes stated a matter of factly causing me to shake my head.

Bailes pulled the drape aside so I may walk inside of my fathers home. As soon as I entered, my father sat right there like he was expecting is this entire time. "Ena, who is that in your arms?" He gestured to the woman that I held in my arms.

"I don't know father. I would have known more if Bailes hadn't knocked her out." I said as I glared at Bailes. Scowling him like he was a little child instead of a grown man. He gave a sheepish smile towards my father, not knowing what to say without sounding like an ass. My father sighed and stood up. He started to look through his cabinets until he found what he was looking for. "Lishnaka should do the trick and wake her up." He said as he opened the bottle of the awakening potion and put it under her nose.

She jerked awake which almost made me drop her during the process, but I made sure I had a tight enough grip on her so she wouldn't fall. "What in the bloody hell was that?" She whined as she put her hand over her nose. I put her down steadily on a cushion and sat right next to her. I coughed into my hand to hide the laugh that was trying to coming out of my mouth.

Bailes laughed whole heartily. Next think I saw was her grabbing her shoe and throwing it at his head. His head moved back from the impact and he muttered a curse. This scene was becoming all too entertaining. He took a threatening step towards her as he gave her a death glare but my father held his hand up to stop him. Once she saw him come closer to her she grabbed something that was hanging from her neck and clutched it tightly. Like it was a form of protection, peaking my interest.

"I know this seems rude but I would like to ask you some questions." My father said to the girl who currently sat next to me.

"I won't speak to a man unless I know your name." She said. My eyes widened at her boldness. My father only laughed and he's eyes shone with amusement.

"Very well, I understand. My name is Kare, and I am the Ishkin of this clan. What is your name?"

My jaw dropped in bewilderment that he would let someone talk to him like that and that he would comply with her 'request.' "My name is Liesma. I'm going to be completely blunt with you Ishkin Kare. When can I leave? I need to get back to my village. I didn't get to bury the people in the village properly." She said and I could see tears beginning to well up in her eyes. I kept a calm face but my father looked generally concern for the first time in ages. "Bury them? To my current knowledge no one has died... not even an entire village," he said. The girl named Liesma looked confused by his statement.

Liesma bit her lower lip and my eyes went immediately to them. I closed my eyes and stood up to stand next to Bailes so I wouldn't be drawn to comfort her. "My entire village. I was not so far away when the entire village burned and everyone I knew died, even my-" She started to say but she couldn't' speak after that. She started to cry and my father just held her in his arms as she cried. He just kept surprising me more and more today. He's never like this but with someone like her, a complete stranger, he comforted her.

"Why would you go back when there is no one there for you to return to?" He asked her in a soothing voice. Liesma said something to him but I didn't hear what she said which irritated me a little bit. My father took her somewhere and a candle mark passed before she came back out. She had a cloak on her and I couldn't tell what she was wearing, but I know that it wasn't what she had been wearing earlier. These looked like pleasure slave clothes.

I glared at my father and he just gave me a knowing smile. He knew what she was wearing would make me mad. I swear he did it on purpose. He had something planned and I'm not quiet sure I like it. I was about to say something but my father beat me to it.

"Ena, she will be living with you from now on. These clothing will keep others from asking questions about her, but please be considerate. Now go." He said as he dismissed me.

I took Liesma by the arm roughly and lead her out of my father's house. Muttering how this wasn't really fair, but I know that I really didn't have a choice in the matter. This was going to be a challenge.

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