"Blood."

"Khalifa is that Blood." I whimpered.
"How on earth did you hurt yourself." I quickly went to my room to get the first aid box.

"Khalifa, are you a child? I feel like hitting you. How did you get hurt."
I started cleaning his wound. I checked his hands and realized they're bruised, and he had deep cuts in both palm.

"Tell me how this happened."
"It's... I.. I'm...."

"Forget it. I don't want to know." I cleaned up his would and bandaged both hands.

I cleared up the place and disposed of the used cotton wool. I sanitized my hands afterward.

"How are you feeling." He asked.
"Fine." I grumbled while leaving the room.

"Princess." He called out, but I headed to the kitchen.
"Princess, I didn't do it on purpose. I was checking some stuff at the back, and I made a mess, trying to clean it up, I ended up hurting myself."

"Khalifa, you are a prince. You can ask the guards to help you, forget all that what should I make, I'm starving."

"Pasta would do."

I diced my fruits and prepared two bowls of fruit salad, which I kept inside the fridge. I marinated the chicken so that I could put it in the oven.
After making the pasta, I served it with the grilled chicken and a bowl of chilled fruit salad.

"Princess, I was wondering, have you ever tried looking at that woman, I mean, does her face look familiar." I paused.

"No, I've never looked at her face for more than a second. You know she doesn't have eye balls, and the hole in her eye socket is bleeding."

"You know she feeds on your fear right. You have to look at her in the eye and show her you aren't afraid. You have to take this step yourself."
He placed his hand on mine.

"I know it won't be that easy, and you're afraid, but she's using your fear to her advantage, so next time, look into her eyes with zero fear and say your azkhar." He reassured me with a smile.

"Can you do that for us." He stared at me deeply. I nervously bit my lip and nodded.

"That's my princess, now eat up, the food is getting cold, and you dare not tell me you lost your appetite."
I laughed because that was exactly what I was about to tell him.

I cleared up the dining after eating.

I spent the rest of the day laying on Khalifa's leg while reading a book.

It's bedtime, and I can't help but feel anxious. Khalifa kept assuring me that everything would be okay. He kept running his hands into my hair, and that really made me feel sleepy.

I'm in that place again.
I don't even know whether to call this place a dimension or whatnot.
I started hearing her voice from a far, and the next minute, she's in front of me.
She always dares me to look at her because she knows I'm scared.

But not today.
I shot my ears from all the sounds and faced her. I'm a nurse, so why should I be scared, I've seen a lot of people with deformity. I looked at her eye socket and kept muttering all the possible dua's I could come up with.

She screamed so loud and dropped on the floor. She doesn't look scary to me anymore. She's just a broken lady. I reached out to touch her but decided against it.

I walked away, and with each step, I said my azkhars.

Alhamdulillah, I didn't wake up with a headache. Instead, I woke up with Khalifa's kisses.

"Hey charmer, at least let me get up."
"I'm just so happy you had a very good sleep."

"You know, for a moment, I felt bad for the lady."
"Don't utter such rubbish." He glared at me.
I chuckled before going to the bathroom to wash up. After brushing my teeth, I looked at myself in the mirror, and I couldn't help but shout.
Khalifa rushed in.

"Khalifa, look at my face. I'm having some acnes, and my eye bags are out. My face looks swollen, and my eyes look dull. Khalifa, you are a liar, you kept telling me I'm beautiful, look at me, I'm a mess."
Khalifa laughed at me.

"Khalifa, this is not funny."

"Sorry Princess, tell me what you want." He asked, and I smiled at myself.

"You know what would be amazing right now? A day of massages, body treatment, and facials, I've been stressed out lately, so I'll also need aromatherapy and yoga sessions." I said with a cute pouty face.

"How could I say no to you, Princess."

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