self defence?

She rubbed her hands on her dress quickly panicking by the blood.

The blood felt as fresh as new, but there is no trace of the blood on her hands except a delusion...

[Where is the blood] she thought panicking

The mumbling sounds slowly reduced as time went on...

She stood there in her confused state afraid to touch the wall again yet curious to know what is happening

After too much silence without a reason to stay anymore, she walked back and placed the thorns exactly in their previous position.

Her hand started bleeding

she rubbed the blood on her dress and reached the house ... locked the door and hopped on the bed covering herself with the blanket ...

[warm]

----

she woke up with the constant shaking of Will

"What's all this blood," he asked concernedly.

Her hands swelled with all the pricking of the thorns.

She showed her hands to him.

"What the hell happened" he shouted as he is taking the first aid kit from the top shelf of the kitchen

[I guess I can't say I went down the cliff in the middle of the night]

**hiss**

she hissed in pain as the antibiotic liquid touched her wound.

"You are such a handful," he said tying the bandage on her hand

she gave a small smile

"you are weird too ...just as your mother," he said and chuckled.

[mother?]

She took her book and pen out

she is struggling to hold her pen with the bandage.

"What ...what are you trying to write with your hands like that"

"You know my mom?" she scribbled with weird handwriting which can be never understood by anyone except her.

Will struggled to read?

She gestured a little

"Ahh...your mom" "who doesn't know her, she is famous in the village"

"how do you know the village," she wrote in the book

"I used to live in the village, I left it like 12 years ago ."

she got surprised to hear that...

"Wait for a second, you don't know who I am …or that I used to live in the village or anything about me and followed me that day?

I mean, even tho I asked you to follow me.

Isn't it naive to follow strangers"

"You know, your mom is so cool, she always put others before her...

She saves the people from their miserable drowning darkness

holds their hands and brings them to light

Many got saved by her including me ...that's why I am going to repay her by taking good care of you" he said and patted her head ...

"She is like a hero" he mumbled.

Zia smiled to know more about her mom

[mom is really cool]

"Now enough of the stories, get up and take a bath," he said standing up.

While she caught the edge of his shirt

She wrote quickly

"do you know my father too?" he got surprised

**sigh**

"Yes I know him," he said sitting down beside her ...

She scribbled

"How ?"

"How does he look?"

"What is he like?"

"Is he handsome? …is he tall?"

"Is he the same as my mom?"

"Slow down, relax.

I don't know much about him...

I just know that your mom loved him because he is a good person.

And coming to his looks .he is tall and has red eyes ...he was always the center of attention cause of his eye color but still your father is the most powerful magic user all around here and your mom was the second"

"My mom knows magic?" she wrote confusedly.

"She used to but---- he stopped and looked at Zia....she lost it

I don't know how so don't ask me"

[if my mom was the second powerful magic user.

How did she lose that power?

She always behaved like a normal person"]

while Zia is resting in her deep thoughts

"Aren't you hungry" Will slapped his hands in front of her face making her snap out of her thoughts.

She nodded getting down from the bed

Zia doesn't have a single photograph of her father.

She has never met or seen him.

She was always curious to know more about him, but Althea always kept it a secret from her.

-------

[she has magic potential, but she can't use magic.

Then how will she live in this world protecting herself?

It's not like I can live forever with her.

I know I have a lot of enemies who want to kill me on the spot if they find me.

I can defeat them with a single hand, but you lose your concentration if you have something to protect.

Should I teach her fighting?

Even if she can't fight a magic user.

She can save herself temporarily if there is an attack and I couldn't be at her side .]

"I will teach you some self-defense" Will spoke as Zia is washing the dishes.

She gestured "Me?"

"It's not wrong to get strong and also there will be many perverted old men like Harper of that village outside …you should be able to punch them on their face and sometimes break their neck if possible ."

Zia chuckled as she heard that.

[he always says the cruel things funnily]

she nodded

he kept his palms facing Zia

"punch my hands as hard as you can"

She tightened her fists and punched him.

"0/10 ...use some strength...

Bring your power to your hands.

While punching, join all the power of your hands into your wrist and punch it ."

She did as she was told, but still, her strength is not sufficient.

[her body is so thin.

Her hands have no meat.

Her legs are shaking a little just giving a few punches...

She is like a skeleton with a small piece of meat on her]

"How much meat do you eat in a week?" he asked and she shook her head as No.

"You have never eaten meat before in the village ?"

She shook her head as No.

"We are changing your food from tomorrow

you will have to eat meat 3 times a week and an egg daily .and 5 lap runs inside the forest don't worry I will come with you ...

You should become strong"