Leila reached the cottage at dusk. She found the biggest room and flung all of her stuff in it. Furious, she kicked a table and then she saw a mug and tossed it in the wall, screaming.
Lord Aasen heard her scream and rushed inside.
He found her staring at the wall, she had been cut by the shards of the mug, but it seemed she hadn't noticed it. He noticed that her knuckles were bruised. And when he saw the dent in the wall he added things up. It was then that he realised he had set off a trigger when he had accused her of being jealous. He knew it hadn't been right to accuse her of that. Especially when he knew it wasn't true.
He met her eyes, "I'm sorry," he said.
"Just. Leave. Me. Alone." She said, her voice shaking.
"I don't think that's a good idea. Please sit down, andlet me see that," he came towards her. But she had her plasma flame at his neck before he realized it.
"You aren't going to do it," he said, in a soft tone.
She let the plasma flame fade.
"Please, I can bandage wounds really well. Let me help you."
She didn't say anything, just sat down and gave him her hand. He grabbed some cloth and wrapped it around her cut. Then he poured a good smelling oil on her arm, massaging it so that the sting of the wound would disapate.
"See, its ok." He said his eyes meeting hers.
"Were you being honest, when you apologized?" She finally asked.
"Yes very much. It was dumb of me to do that. I know you aren't jealous of her, and you would have no reason to be."
Leila looked away from his gaze.
"Hey," he said making him look back at him,"you need to learn how to trust people. Destiny and Arcturus aren't like you and me. They got goodness wrappin' around their hearts. We have to fight for ours to stay. So, please, give them a chance, as well as the others."
"It's too late for me," she said, a tear flowing from her eye.
"That's not true...Before I was a Lord, before everything else, I was like you."
"Hows that?"
"Broken. But I found grace and peace and you will too. Just trust. If not them, then trust me. Please?"
Leila stared at him for awhile and then nodded her head in agreement.