During the first part of the trip, Aleni didn't have to do anything. She only truly worked when she had to find food, but then her worries increased when the attack at the birthday party happened, and Aria began to fight. In many situations, Aleni thought that she would have to reveal herself, which was one thing she didn't want. It wasn't for the mission. It was for herself. She didn't want to reveal her existence to those who were so oblivious to her existence in the first place.
However, in the end, Aria never got hurt, and she even was the one who killed the enemy who had created the whole ss. It had been around that point that Aria noticed Aleni's presence, she noticed it, but she couldn't quite pinpoint where she was… it was thanks to the fact that Zaos taught her a new technique.
Around the sa ti, Aleni noticed that Aria was growing closer to Drannor. Before, they were like close cousins, but things began to change as they grew older. That was another thing Aleni couldn't understand. When they were together, they were so defenseless and so unguarded… why would people stay close to others who make them weak?
As those two grew close, Aleni noticed that Zaos grew further apart from them. Everything started at the end of that trip, and then it was consolidated when Zaos found out about his mother's death. Around the ti Zaos left to the West, it was the first ti Aria found Aleni. At first, she almost attacked her, but then she stopped when she noticed that Aleni had plenty of chances to kill her, but she never did it.
Eventually, Aria discovered who she was, and she began to talk with Aleni. At first, Aleni thought that would hinder her mission, but that never happened, and since it had been so long since she talked with soone, she really liked that. The fact that Zaos grew distant from her probably was what made Aria feel so eager to create a new friend, but in the end, that doesn't matter for Aleni.
Aleni suddenly beca a real part of Aria life. She no longer had to sleep in the corner or eat without letting anyone notice her. In fact, Aria began to eat more in her room in order to make Aleni more comfortable when it was ti to eat. Eventually, Aria even asked her father the right to be the new owner of the slavery spell, and since Dalyor had ssed up more than a few tis lately, he did that to gain a part of her trust again. Aria also tried to make Aleni et all her other friends, but she always disappeared when that happened. She wasn't eager to beco friends with everyone.
Ti passed, and then eventually Aria and Drannor got married. While Aleni's work would increase since now she had to protect both of them, she didn't mind it. Seeing Aria smiling all the ti also made her feel happy. Still, then things finally began to take an unexpected turn in Aria's life. First of all, Zaos went missing in the North. Everyone assud that he had died, but Aria and Drannor didn't think that was possible. Soon after, it was discovered that Aria was pregnant. At first, that dispelled the dark clouds that had been cast over the castle, but then Aria began to feel sick and weak.
All the doctors and healers said that it was normal, but Aria didn't tell them about her mana that was being drained. Aleni helped Aria in doing so research, and then they discovered that the demon god had that power… drain mana from others. Aria didn't ntion that before, but then Aleni learned that she had the gift of the demon god, and that was why she was so good with magic. However, that didn't change anything from Aleni's perspective.
Both of them began to work on a solution to that problem, but ti passed too fast, and then Aria grew even weaker. She also began to feel that she was losing life force… but she hid that from everyone. She didn't want to let others think that her child was a monster or sothing. A few weeks before Milliendra's births, Aleni heard the king, Drian, and Laiex talking about the possibility of Zaos being alive and he being the one who was attacking the bases where they produce focus amulets, and she reported that to Aria.
At first, she hesitated since Zaos was doing so weird things as of late, like trying to make others think that he had died. Still, in the end, she decided to trust him and ask for his help with that issue. However, Aleni found him too late, and they returned to the capital, not in ti…
Aleni, for the first ti in a while, felt sadness in her heart. She lost the only person who treated her like a human being. In exchange, she regained her freedom, but she didn't know what to do with it. Her dear friend asked her to work with Zaos and protect her daughter in her last monts, but Aleni felt unworthy of such a task. She was only an assassin who only knew how to take lives and not think for herself. She never said that, but it seed that Aria noticed that she didn't want to keep living that life forever. Aleni swore in her heart that she would do her best to protect Milliendra, but in the end, she hesitated in touching her with her hands dirty with blood.
If Zaos hadn't been around, Aleni probably would have been forced to overco her fears much faster than before. Still, in the end, she was thankful that there was soone around who could help her move slowly toward her goal.
The incident with Vamir made Aleni even eager to reach that. Zaos was also soone who took many lives.. When he directed his Earth-shattering blood lust toward him, even Aleni raised his guard. However, despite all that, he still was soone who could make faces and play with Milliendra just to make her smile a little bit…
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