Chapter 259: Selfless Sacrifice

Marianne pov 

"We all need fruits and water kids, let's go. We do not have time to waste on your romance since you have already wasted enough of our meat last night." said a bulky man while the other one elbowed her. He snarled at the first man.

"What, we have lost the meat for a week. Now either we are going to stay hungry or we have to come tomorrow again for hunting. This would make us live in the woods for four cntinuous days." shouted the first bulky man again.

"Hey, are you forgetting today is my marriage ritual too. I want to go back to the village at the earliest." said another man, whom I remember was the husband of shui.

"Have you ever seen the condition of your bride? Forget about marriage for a week. Just go and take care of her, she fought so bravely for you." teased another man and everyone chuckled.

They were completely different from the serious and silent man they were yesterday.

"Brother in law, you have almost killed us all, '' said the man looking at cassius. I am Chia, I am going to marry Shui today if we reach the village on time." said the man bumping his chest with Cassius who did the same.

"I hope we will reach back safely then so you can finally get married." said Cassius looking at them.

Soon we all started walking behind the head,

"Shui is going to stay here and recuperate. I will advise you to do the same.'' Cassius looked at me and I nodded.

"Try to stay safe then." he said as he came close and kissed my forehead and hugged me hard.

It felt so warm as if we really were a loving married couple.

When he hugged me he whispered in my ears, "last night, what i could not do because of the privacy. We will do it once we reach the palace." my eyes widened as his words registered in my mind.

He smiled and kissed my cheek again. "You better be prepared for my return love." 

He had become bolder day by day.. Were we really going to consummate our marriage? But then, he did not tell me about the divorce and he did not even profess his love for me.

I shook my head and took another apple and started nibbling it.

I walked back to the cave, when I saw a man was sitting in the entrance and guarding the cave.

Shui was sleeping comfortably. 

He looked at me and nodded, which I repeated back.

She opened her eyes when I ended and closed her eyes again.

"Shui, are you sleeping?" I asked , hoping that she would shake her head.

She opened her eyes and gave me an irritated look, "what do you think am i doing. Huh?" she asked and closed her eyes again.

I pursed my lips, this was the only chance I had and I could not let it go.

"Shui, you are getting married today, right?" I asked as I took off my necklace and held it in my hands.

"I would have if you didn't hurt me this much. You know our date is fixed by the oracle of our clan.. I have got this date after waiting for 2 years." she replied anxiously.

"Well it would not have gone that far if you would have accepted defeat. But you ate too stubborn" 

"Just like you, huh? What do you want from me? I am trying to repercute here." she replied, finally opening her eyes and giving me her attention.

"I want to know about a myth I heard about your clan. Are you the daughter of the head? `` I asked first to confirm.

She shook her head. "No, my father is just the leader of our hunting team and a trusted elder not the head of the clan. But why are you asking that?" her eyes were alert. I did not blame her. Just a blood oath was not enough to gain the trust of a person.

"I just want to know about one thing. Your father said that he could even bring us back to life. Is it true?" my heartbeat was so accelerated when i asked her this question. 

From the day I came back to life, this thought had passed through my mind hundreds of times. How and why? I haven't done anything good enough that god took pity on me and sent me back, but then who was kind enough to help my soul to return back in time.

I wiped my sweaty hands with my dress and looked at her expectantly which made her frown. 

"Look girl if you are expecting my father to bring someone dear back to life than you are expecting too much. This is not possible." she said in a tone which had no chance of discussion and my hopes broke. What was I even thinking? I didn't even meet them in my past life, so why would they have helped me?

I closed my eyes to take some deep breaths. When i heard her speaking further

"It had been done by the oracle of our clan a long ago, after that no one has ever tried to do so. So, it is better that you don't keep ay hop0es." 

My eyes widened listening to her words, the heart that was starting to calm down ran so fast that I felt I would die just for the anticipation.

"You mean someone has come back to life?" my voice was trembling and she was stunned too with my actions as i held her hands tightly as if she was the only hope i could see 

"Well, not like that, come back to time, the oracle can turn you back to the time to give you a chance to defeat your fate and start a new life but it needs the sacrifice of a person who loved you selflessly." She replied as if warning me not to think much and then slept closing her eyes again.