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Wulfric nodded and replied “alright I’ll see you there” Wulfric started to walk though for whatever reason he was struggling to leave almost hesitating, a strange thing to be doing as his body almost resisting the urge to walk away even for a moment. Getting to the door he glanced over his shoulder briefly and almost seemed disheartened that he was leaving her side for a moment. It was quite an odd thing to be feeling as he opened the door and stepped through closing it behind him. Wulfric took a deep breath, releasing it was almost a sullen sigh as he looked at the door for a moment before he went to his room to collect his gear. He knew what he needed and since this was simply hunting and fishing he wouldn’t bother bringing any of the specialized bolts since some of them would ruin the meat, and others being overkill, a simple iron tipped bolt would be sufficient to not only hunt wild game but also for catching fish, that provided he even got that far before his wolf came out, since it was hunting this was usually among the few times in the past that his wolf could let loose and be itself, though the anticipation for hunting with Blade in her cat form seemingly made his wolf anxious. Going inside his room he collected his bolt carrier and crossbow and would take off upstairs without delay simply because if there was anything more concerning it was the mere fact that he felt lost without her close by and it bothered him that he was feeling this way even though they weren’t mates, or bonded but the way he was feeling gave him the impression that he couldn't live without her for a moment.

After hours of being out cold, Wulfric suddenly woke up and sat up quickly before he was looking around to see that he was in Blade’s room, how did he end up here? Looking down he saw that he’d been patched up though at this point most of the more superficial cuts would have healed with some of the deeper ones still needing a little time, but overall, his strength had recovered after resting. Getting out of bed he walked into the living room and saw Blade there her eyes clear to tell what was on her mind and though the wolf hadn’t released his control it was clear that he’d have to deal with an issue that was bothering her, and simply stepped over to her and offered a hand to her, when she hesitated he lightly growled before he took her hand and pulled her out of her chair and into his arms, and hugged her lovingly, the wolf had no intention of letting her dwell on what happened and though her cat might have been the cause of his injuries or for that matter that it was upset, he wouldn’t let go simply because he’d been shredded. Eventually the Wolf released her from his hug and knelt down in front of her and simply cocked his head slightly as he looked into her eyes and whined slightly clearly concerned about her more than himself before it reached over to her and started looking her over for injuries his touch gentle and loving, but being a bit straightforward about checking every inch of her since he remembered that she’d been hurt when he checked her at the poacher camp. Once he was sure that she was alright he leaned forward and wrapped his arms around her waist as he moved his head to her shoulder and nuzzled her a bit though sighing slightly as he held onto her clearly not wanting to lose her. Though one thing was clear he’d be making a trip to that camp to deal with any further intruders that might be lingering, though first he focused on Blade and wasn’t about to walk away to deal with the poacher camp until he knew she was alright.

The Wolf shook his head and growled lightly before he picked her up and wasn’t about to let her blame herself for what had happened, though she might not have realized he had his own reason for doing what he did though being able to explain it without a voice well… that was easier said than done and since he’d pretty much put Wulfric aside for the time being he wasn’t about to let her beat herself up for a decision he made and would likely make again for her sake. The Wolf looked at the door and her again before he glanced over at the table and saw the large meal and simply stepped over to it while still holding her and reached down and grabbed a piece of meat and ate it for a moment before he looked at her again his eyes narrowing slightly as he pressed down on a spot on her shoulder that he remembered from the camp and caused her to cringe, growling deeply he shook his head and sighed before he raised a finger up and shook it at her, knowing she’d understand. Moving his head, he nipped at her neck before he gave a gentle love tap to her chin with his muzzle and looked into her eyes with a serious look, clearly he wasn’t willing to allow her to accept the blame for an action he made, but he also wasn’t about to let her forget that he chose to be with her, and wasn’t going anywhere even if he couldn’t vocally say it.

Eventually he put her down and reached up to pull a knife out of the sheathe that was on his right forearm and casually tossed it at her to catch, the job wasn’t done and he wasn’t about to let anything further happen before he looked at the door again and wondered if it be quicker to just carry her and show her how he hunts. Looking back at Blade his head cocked slightly hoping she’d understand.

the wolf’s eyes grew large and barked lightly as he stepped over in a fast stride closing the distance to her and insistently pointing at her feet, the wolf was slightly frustrated that he couldn’t talk but he had to try and get through to her that the hunt wasn’t over. He’d seen enough hunters in his time that they had to have had a secondary camp, possibly by the coastline to haul off anything and everything they caught or killed by boat, if anything it was possible that anyone who’d have approached that camp would likely be in danger if they weren’t expecting trouble, hell for all he knew they could already be dead if they thought for even a moment that they were behind the attack on their poacher camp. If he couldn’t get through to her he might have to take on the hunt himself or forcibly take her with him, he was pretty sure Wulfric would have a problem with that idea but he was running out of options and would rather not deal with the problem alone if he could help it. Though if the insistence in his eyes were anything to go by that trouble might not be over, he only hoped he had the strength to deal with the problem himself. Though if anything he was near to panicking that someone was going to be getting hurt or had been hurt.

Wulfric rushed through her suite to the bedroom, whining as he placed her on the bed. The Wolf took the claws off and started checking the wounds, taking her clothes that were shredded off revealing more injuries than he was aware of, why didn’t he check her before she went with him, or for that matter why he hadn’t moved sooner to help her with the last camp, she’d seemingly lost it before he could assist, and now he felt bad that she’d been injured as a result of it, more so than he’d known. The Wolf turned around when he heard someone come into the room and he growled at this point he wasn’t letting anyone near her, she was his responsibility and would take care of her himself. Barking he caused the servant who’d come in to check on them to back off and left Blades suites as Wulfric moved and grabbed anything he could to treat her wounds, and returned to her side soon as he had and started checking each wound and would stop the bleeding. The Wolf was panicked and angry, those two things alone were keeping Wulfric from changing, the wolf being emotionally compromised that someone dear to him had been seriously hurt and struggled to treat the wounds.

Arqden didn’t waste any time going downstairs where the wolf had taken blade and was stopped when one of the servants kept her from trying to go through the opened door to blades suites “ma’am I wouldn’t go in there the wolf’s not in the best of mood” Arqden looked at him sternly and replied “GET OUT OF MY WAY! If someone’s hurt I can help” the servant looking confused and inquired “and what could you possibly do to help, the wolf would just as likely rip you apart no sooner you try to get close to her” Arqden annoyed shoved the servant aside and replied “I’ll take that chance, I’m trained in healing magic” the servants jaw dropped when she said that and simply watched as she went inside following the blood into the bedroom and found the Wolf seemingly panicked and making a mess “OUT OF THE WAY WOLF!” the Wolf tuned his head around as he looked at Arqden and growled as he stood up from being at Blades side and rushed her, Arqden seemingly stood there as the wolf picked her up and pinned her to the wall growling fiercer than before and mere inches away from simply ripping her throat out for trying to interfere with what he was trying to do. Arqden struggled to breathe and spoke through the coughing “I… can… help…” the Wolf growled at her, clearly not buying it and tightened his grip on her throat. “l’m… healer” Arqden struggled to say as she started to lose consciousness. The Wolf realizing what she was trying to let go of her, Arqden falling to the floor coughing hard, and took a moment to catch her bearings before she slowly got up and looked at the Wolf, who seemingly stepped aside and watched her closely as she approached Blade and took a look at her injuries finding that they were quite serious, she checked her back and thankfully found exist points for the bullets so she wouldn’t have to deal with digging out bullets. Sitting on the bed next to Blade she moved her hands to her chest and stomach, and closed her eyes, focusing on the injuries her hands glowed in a dim light. Arqden started healing blades injuries, to which were considerably worse with all that had happened and for a time it Arqden spent a fair amount of energy healing, each wound stopped bleeding and slowly closed up, until there wasn’t so much as a scar left.


Once Arqden was done she leaned forward and rest a hand on blades cheek, and channeled some energy into her so that she’d at least have the strength to wake up, and while she did heal her injuries, she was likely going to be feeling it for a while until her body was able to rest and stood up from the bed and looked at the wolf, her eyes narrowing “LISTEN HERE WOLF…. You choke me like that again and ill turn you into a rug is that understood” the wolf growled slightly though it nodded and simply stepped over to blades side as Arqden moved out of the way, she couldn’t understand why it was so protective but she suspected that they were much more than appeared. Arqden eventually sighed and her face soften, she’d hang around for a while to be sure nothing else was wrong once she woke up, and simply stepped over to the side and sat down in a chair and simply opened her book up and continued to read.

Arqden put her bookmark back and closed the book before standing up “that’s because I healed you” she tapped the wolf on the arm and got him to move out of the way as she stepped over to Blade glancing at the wolf who was still covered in blood “uh wolf go get cleaned up you’re a mess GO!” the wolf whimpered slightly he was clearly relieved to see Blade up and about so soon, but he yielded and sighed as he took off to the bathroom to get cleaned up leaving Arqden alone with blade. Shaking her head Arqden smiled and looked at blade and sat down on the bed “sorry we haven’t met yet but I’m arqden, I’m the resident elf who was recently assigned here, I guess you could say for the time being I’m the new resident healer.” She reached up and took the knife from blade and set it aside “you won’t be needing that, though I’m going to say you’re lucky to be alive right now, that brute of a wolf was difficult to persuade that I was here to help, though as ragged as he was, I’m surprised he’s still walking, but enough about him let’s take a look at you if you don’t mind” Arqden checked Blade’s body making sure that the injuries she’d sustained had indeed healed fully as well as making sure that nothing else was going on. Once she was done she nodded in approval “well looks like you’re going to be alright though I’m going to say now, take it easy for a few days, you’re body was under extreme stress when you got hurt, and while the wounds were healed the pains going to linger for a while until you’ve had a chance to rest, and recover... so my advice, no going out and hunting poachers for a while would be best, though…” she gestured towards the bathroom “I think I don’t have to worry about you to much with him here, you know you’re lucky to have him with you, if it wasn’t for him you’d been far worse off than you were when I healed you, in all likelihood you’d have died from your injuries long before anyone could do anything to help you, so do yourself a favor and take it easy for a while, and if things don’t feel right later on come see me and I’ll see what I can do to help.” Arqden stopped at that point and sat there for a moment to make sure she was going to be alright.

The Wolf sighed as he turned the shower on, and simply stood in the water for a while, relieved that Blade was going to be alright, but if anything he’d been frightened that he was going to lose her, which while they weren’t a bond pair mates, it didn’t really matter to him as he wanted her in his life and the fact that she nearly died on him, scared him, more so since he was the reason she had gone out there, granted they’d saved some lives, but he’d almost lost one who was the most important to him, and had he’d been more aware of her injuries prior to going he’d have done it alone so that she could rest and recover. As it was, he’d almost lost her and that hit him hard.

The Wolf looked at Blade, and admittedly he really didn’t have any right to worry about her, but for some reason he just couldn’t help it, something was different with him that he couldn’t quite explain, for whatever reason he was so drawn to Blade, and the thought of losing her well… it was unbearable. Before long the Wolf was behind her in the shower and wrapping his arms around her, leaning down he nipped at her shoulder and rest his head there his muzzle under her chin. The Wolf was worried even if he was as reckless as she had been but it honestly didn’t make it any easier. Before long the wolf moved his head and changed behind her his hands still wrapped around her waist as he turned. Before long Wulfric kissed her on the back of her neck and spoke up “we were more than just worried. We…” he was hesitant to say it but he felt he had to “we were afraid that me might have lost you, that would have been terrible” he was honest and held onto her close to him for a time before he reached over to the bathing oils and got his hands soapy and started getting the blood that was on her back.

Wulfric held onto her though when she spoke he couldn’t help but smile and let go of her briefly to turn her around and press up against her and passionately kissed her without thinking, even as the shower continued to pour on them he didn’t let her go for a moment and held the kiss for a while before he let her up to breathe and leaned in to whisper into her ear his breathe hitting her neck slightly “I want you Blade and only you, I’ve felt the same for quite a while but whenever I’m with you It feels right, like it was supposed to be this way, I… I can’t explain it but I…” he looked into her eyes and gave her a deep and passionate kiss again before he continued “I love you, and I don’t want that to change” he had taken a big risk saying what he did but quite honestly he couldn’t hide that any longer, he’d felt relaxed around her, and while they might be a bit awkward at times, most of that is simply because they hadn’t created a bond which would let them work so much better together, as it was he couldn’t predict her movements very well and that left them irritatingly in the situations they were in with the poachers. But one thing was very clear, he didn’t want to lose her and neither did the wolf. Eventually he leaned back in and kissed her again though this time he picked her up in his arms and let her feel the strength he had his arms, lips never leaving hers as he pinned her up against the wall of the shower and simply worked her mouth with his.