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Sally tried to sit up and Danika saw the move, she helped Sally to sit up on the bed, the both of them wincing at the same time.
Sally heard her wince and she lifted concerned eyes towards Danika, "Are you...alright, my p-princess?"
The question so softly asked...so brokenly asked...caused tears to fill Danika's hurting eyes immediately. She pushed closer and wrapped her arms around Sally's body, burying her face on her neck.
"Oh, Sally.... How can you ask about me when you're the person that's hurt!? Why did you do it!? Why!? Why did you have to do that to me Sally...?" She cried.
Sally doesn't like seeing her cry. She has never liked it. Hearing her princess's cries, feeling the way her body was shaking against hers, was hurting her badly.
"My princess.... Please, don't cry." She whispered, raising her bandaged hand, she patted her back in reassurance. "Please, don't cry.... I don't like that you cry..."
Those words only made Danika cry harder, even as she tried to control herself, she couldn't help it. Her body shook with the force of the pain and relief coursing through her.
Sally's here. Sally's alive. Sally will be fine.
Every other thing doesn't matter. It doesn't matter how yesterday's event affected Sally. It doesn't matter that her Sally might probably never recover from it.
What matters is that she's here. She's alive. She survived.
As Danika cried, she admitted to herself that she must be a selfish person for being relieved that Sally's alive...even though it's obvious she's in deep pains. At that moment, it doesn't matter.
She vowed then, that she'll protect Sally as best as she can. She also vowed that she'll do everything within her power to help Sally heal. Everything.
"I'll leave you two to talk. I'll be back very soon, Sally needs her wounds cleaned and redressed." Baski's voice came.
Danika pulled back and stared at her. "Thank you so much, Madam Baski. Thank you so much for everything."
"You're welcome. I'll be back." She turned to leave....
Then she stopped and turned back. "He was his cousin." She said suddenly.
"Huh?" Danika stared at her with teary eyes, clearly lost.
Baski's lashes fluttered, her eyes lowering. When she raised it again, the sadness in her eyes was stark and blatant.
"You asked who Declan is." She said finally, "Declan is the King's young cousin brother."
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"You....must...have been so worried. I'm so....sorry, My Princess." Sally whispered as she gazed at her princess when Baski left the room.
Danika only pulled her close, wrapping her arms around her again, tears blurring her eyes.
"Please, don't ever do something like this to me again, Sally. You don't know how h-heartbreaking it is. Oh Sally, I'm so so sorry. I'm s-so sorry for what they did to you....!"
Sally pulled back. Staring into her face, she palmed her cheeks with shaky bandaged hands. "What those k-kings did...to me hurt so much, my princess. I almost died...from the pain..."
She might never forget what happened to Sally in the courtroom, she might never forget hearing it happen, she might never forget that Sally did it for her, but she was determined to deal with the pain and the guilt.
If Sally with all the cuts and bruises on her body, can still smile and plead with her to make such promise, then by all mean, she'll make sure to keep this promise.
"I promise, Sally." She repeated, stronger this time.
Sally smiled again then. "I'm so glad, my princess."
Just then, the door opened and Baski entered again. Chad and two maids including Uyah followed behind her.
Danika helped take Sally to the bathroom,and helped her bath. No matter how much Sally protested, Danika won't have it.
Afterwards, she helped Sally dress too before she walked her gingerly back to the bed. The maids, they watched wide-eyed in shock and disbelief. But Chad and Baski just watched them expressionlessly.
Danika and Sally didn't notice.
While Baski redressed Sally's wounds, Danika brought out a book and started reading to her just to try and take her mind off the pain. Even as tears pulled from Sally's eyes, she did her best to listen attentively to her princess's as she read to her.
"All done." Baski said at last, putting away the bloody used bondage."You've already drank the your portions and taken your pills while you were still drifting through consciousness."
"Thank you so much, Madam Baski." Sally groaned, her face tight with pain.
"You gave us quite the big scare yesterday. Even big Chad here was scared out of his mind too. We're just glad you're fighting it out, Sally." Baski said.
Sally's eyes found the big personal guard of the king, he bowed his head a bit in greeting. Her cheeks heated up and she returned the greeting with a bow of her own head.
Sally tried to temper down the shame that rose inside her. This great man always looks at her with respect before.
She wondered if he'll keep seeing her as a respectable girl, or he'll start seeing her like trash because of what happened?
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