CROSSING THE BORDER novel Chapter 52

Chapter 52

Tell him. Tell him. Tell him.

There was this small voice in Rania’s head that told her to tell Eiten the truth, to tell him what actually happened to her, to tell him what kind of abuse that she was going through.

And just like usual, her throat closed in on her, she couldn’t form a word without stuttering. She hated herself even more whenever she was being like this. It felt like she was not normal.

“So?” Eiten was waiting, he watched Rania closely, and noticed how she was struggling to speak. You could see with the way her eyes dilated, and her breathing became heavier.

Eiten was good with people, after all, he had to deal with hundred of thousand of warriors, where he had to know them well.

He had to go to a war with them, therefore, it was only right for him to know the person, he would rely on his life with. The people, who would fight alongside him.

“Calm down.” Eiten moved closer, he was sitting next to Rania now, he patted her back soothingly to calm her down.

He had seen this symptom a few times on his warriors, where they had gotten trauma from the battlefield. Needless to say, a battlefield was where your worse nightmare came to live. And sometime, their brains relive the memory, even though you didn’t intend to.

The same thing happened with Rania right now. She was choked in her own words, as she tried to get them

out.

“It’s okay, take your

time.”

Eiten’s voice was very comforting. It was not gentle, but firm. For Rania, that was what she needed. She felt like the world swayed, and Eiten’s firmness was what she needed to keep her head straight.

“Breath. Breath.”

Rania listened to him. She wished Maximus know what to do with her whenever she was having a difficulty to speak, instead of yelling and getting angry with her.

She followed Eiten’s instruction, and breathe deeply.

It took long time for her to finally form a word, probably half an hour had passed when Rania finally spoke again.

“That’s not true… I didn’t do something like that.” Her voice was still slightly trembling, but at the very least, she could force the words out of her mouth. “That’s… not true…”

“Do you mind to tell me what happened?” Eiten tried to find any sign that she was lying, or if she faked her trauma reaction earlier, but he couldn’t find any. It was either that, or Rania was very good at acting.

However, he was inclined to the former. She didn’t seem like someone, who would manipulate her way out of

a hard situation.

Eiten’s hand was still on her back, to soothe her whenever she was having trouble to speak again.

“That…” Rania chided herself to let the words out. She was visibly trembling, and tears started to stream down her face. She curled her fingers, and tried not to let the emotions washed over her before she could articulate what she wanted to say.

But, heaven! It was so hard! It felt like pulling your teeth!

Rania bit her lip, and started to rock her body back and forth. She leaned against Eiten’s soothing touch, as she tried to tell him what actually happened.

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