A/N: I've been keeping out Catijan words that have come up repeatedly in the chapters in the language list. So if there are any you want me to add to the next chapters for a refresher let me know! Leave any feedback, thoughts, questions or praises in the comments! Thanks for reading! 

Catijan language key:

Ciet [ See-eht] Peace

Litano [Lee-tah-noh] Keeper of my heart (male) 

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"Since when are you so willing to listen to your dejaino?" Isabella laughed as we sat around the dining room table. She and Draina came over with their dejainos to have dinner with Meilyn and I since she kindly reminded me that Darius wouldn't want me to leave the barriers. And I don't plan on breaking my stupid promise to him.

"Since last night, I promised him I wouldn't leave and I really can't blame him." I grumbled rolling my eyes..

"He does have a right to be a little overprotective on this. I mean you were pretty beat up." Madden said.

"Yeah I know, so this is my way of apologizing." I smirked.

"So Meilyn, you're the dejaina of Byron Rekeseau?" Draina asked as she nodded.

"Yep, he's my blockhead." She laughed.

"How's that? I mean the Rekeseau brothers look so angry all the time, does he talk much?" She asked as Meilyn laughed.

"Yeah he talks and being a Rekeseau Dejaina isn't as bad as you'd think. Your sister is one and she's perfectly fine. They really aren't like you think."

"Yeah, I mean for being the Asarak Rotelinjo, Darius is pretty normal. I just wondered if they were insanely overbearing." She asked.

"No, not really," she shrugged, "I mean most of the time they're away fighting de'mujos. Us Rekeseau dejainas have to keep them under control with that mess. You should see the way they come back sometimes. Amerie and Samaria get so upset with Damon and Adonis. They really do get carried away." She said, shaking her head. As I sat there listening to them talk, I started to feel as if I'm watching the conversation from the outside.

I felt a buzzing in my mind and my vision went hazy as I watched Darius dodge an attack from an angry de'mujo.

Darius! Darius I'm here. Why aren't you blocking me?! I screamed feeling him tense and try to shut that part of his mind but it wasn't working. It's like the door is jammed.

I'm trying, litani. I don't think I can. I'm so sorry try to block me out from your end. He said as I tried thinking of other thoughts to cloud my mind. I tried imagining an eraser erasing the scene from my mind and pushing against the door, but nothing is working!

I watched in horror as the giant emerged from behind them and raked its claws over them knocking them into some nearby trees. I felt the pain of his back crushing against the tree and the de'mujos jumping on him biting his neck, his shoulder and side. I screamed falling out of my chair holding my neck and side writhing in his pain.

I'm coming, litani. He said in panic.

No, No! Stay. I groaned.

"Jazmine! Are you alright?" I heard Isabella ask as they crowded around me.

"Is she alright?" Paul asked Meilyn who was kneeling next to me trying to find the source of my pain.

"She's not hurt, she's feeling Darius' pain, but he should be blocking this from her." She said, shaking her head.

"We can't block each other, we tried." I sat up, letting out the air I was holding in my chest as the pain subsided for the moment. This is ridiculous he can block me from his thoughts but not this?

"Are you still seeing it now?" She asked as I shook my head as the room went hazy again.

"Fuck!" I said clinging onto Paul and Meilyn as my vision went back to Darius setting fire to the de'mujos cove. The giant gave an angry growl as Adonis and Byron used earth and wind to send a barricade of boulders into it.

You didn't kill the damn giant yet?

He's tough, sesti; give us a break we're working on it. Are you ok?

Don't worry about me just kill that thing!

I can see the giant better from Darius' point of view and it looked as though it had a weak point right in the side of its knee cap. If they attacked it there, they could at least get it down to their level.

You're right, Jazy. He said letting out a stream of air and picking up a boulder in the process as his attention was on the giant I felt the presence of a de'mujo coming from behind him.

Darius! Behind you! I tried to warn him but it was too late the stupid thing raked his back with its stupid claws and I felt the burn of it rip across my back. I screamed again shooting up in my bed and falling back against the mattress.

"Oh Jazmine, I don't know what to do for you. I can't heal you because you're not hurt. God I wished they'd hurry up." Meilyn said wiping the sweat off my brow with a cold cloth as I shook on the bed.

I hate you so much. I groaned.

We're almost done, evela me. I'm so sorry. He apologized.

"I'm alright, I need to get up. I need some air." I said as Meilyn nodded helping me off the bed as we made our way downstairs. Isabelle and Draina were already gone and that kind of upset me. I wanted to talk to them. I feel like I haven't had a chance to catch up with them.

"Where'd my sisters go?" I asked as Meilyn poured us two glasses of wine and we went back out to the patio.

"Paul and Madden wanted to get them home. They were worried about the de'mujos; they didn't want them out very late." She said shaking her head as we made a fire.

"Aw, I kind of wanted to catch up with them. Those damn dejainos." I sighed sitting on the couch.

"Yeah they're really protective of them in like an obsessive way, they bonded after an attack huh?" She asked as I nodded.

"I figured, how are you feeling? You're not with him anymore?" She asked as I shook my head.

"No, they're coming back. I guess as long as he's not in any potential danger of getting hurt we can block each other out." I sighed, taking a long sip of wine to calm my nerves.

"I used to see Byron when he was fighting but it didn't happen until after we were bonded and I never felt it. This is so strange. I don't understand why you two are so connected like this but not bonded." She said, shaking her head.

"Yeah, I'm not a fan of him fighting de'mujos. I wish I could figure out how to put up a better mind barrier." I sighed.

"Yeah none of us are really fans of what they have to do, but you've got it bad." She said and I felt my hands tingle and ignite with power, the need to heal my dejaino rushing through my veins. I looked toward the forest just as Darius and his brothers emerged.

"Jaz, you okay? Good lord you're glowing." She said putting a hand over mine. I tried to calm my need but I can feel every wound on his body and I need to heal him. Right. Now.

"I'm fine." I said as she quickly removed her hand from mine.

"Damn, I think you just realigned the bones in my fingers." She breathed rubbing her hand.

"Who are you Jazmine?" She asked.

"You girls are still awake?" Adonis asked as they trudged onto the patio falling onto the couch exhausted.

"Well Jazmine here was having visions, Darius. You need to block her better." She said shaking her head as I ran off the patio tackling him to the ground ripping off his armor from his body. But there's nothing there. His skin is perfectly smooth as if he wasn't just fighting de'mujos! He's cloaking his wounds from me again.

Let Meilyn heal me you've been through enough. He said looking up at me reaching to touch my face. I slapped his hand away screaming in his face, causing the ground to give a dangerous shake beneath us.

Fuck. You. I growled standing up and stalking away from him, the ground shaking in my angry wake. I shattered the patio doors as I marched my way to our bedroom. I slammed the door and fell to the floor crying and holding myself in pain.

I want to go home, but I am going to keep my damn promise. He is such a fucking hypocrite. Why do I have to obey his stupid rules when he doesn't even consider what I want, what I need.

I shook on the floor crying in agony at his pain vibrating through my veins. This pain won't subside until he is healed.

He needs me! Why won't he let me heal him? I curled into a ball crying and shuddering. Clouds began to cover the night sky and thunder rumbled in the distance from my torment. He hates me, he wants me to die.

Ciet, Jazmine, he cooed, I'm sorry but you already went through it with me and I don't want you to heal me after that.

He isn't fucking sorry. If he was, he wouldn't have broke his promise!

Fuck. Off. Darius. I'm going home. I seethed pushing myself off the floor. Meilyn finally healed him and I can breathe again, but I'm not staying here.

Fuck him, if he gets to break promises so can I. I can't believe I was so stupid to think a kue would actually abide by a rule!

"You're not leaving." He said standing in front of the door blocking my exit. He really has no idea who he is fucking with at this point.

"Oh really? And what? You're going to stop me?" I laughed.

"You won't get passed me, Jazmine." He growled his eyes darkening in anger. I smirked using a small ounce of power to shove him through the door.

Darius is made from the Earth therefore, I can manipulate his body. What a moron, if he didn't figure that shit out. I stepped over him as he tried to reach for me. He has no idea of the vastness of this Mercatija's power.

"Jazmine!" He roared as he tried tirelessly to get up. He will be stuck there for a while.

"Jaz? What are you doing here?" My mother asked as I burst through the door.

"I have decided that Darius and I are not going to work." I said and began to cry. What is wrong with me? Why does it hurt to say that?

"Oh Jazy, what happened?" She asked pulling me into her arms.

Jazmine come back here and let me up from this damn ground. Darius seethed in my mind.

NO! I told you what would happen if you didn't let me heal you. I said I would leave you and that's what I'm doing! I spat back as I sat there crying explaining what happened to my mom. She just smiled, how can she smile about this? He broke his promise, damn it! I'm the one who's supposed to heal him he promised me.

"Jazmine he just didn't want you to have the burden of healing him after you went through all of it with him. I mean he was just trying to be nice, he didn't want to burden you anymore." She chuckled putting my hair behind my ears.

"But mom! I told him, I made it clear that I hurt when he's hurt. I don't understand why he couldn't just let me heal him. He promised to never cloak his wounds from me! I kept my promise to stay under his stupid barriers and he can't even keep his? No, I don't think it's fair. I'm not going back." I said shaking my head.

There was a knock on the door and my dad put down the paper he was reading in the corner to shuffle to the door.

"Hey Artemis can we talk to Jazmine?" I heard Byron ask and of course my father was quick to let them him. Much to my annoyance.

"Go away." I grumbled.

"Hey li'kaeta don't be mad at us." Adonis smiled sitting next to me and my mother.

"Yeah we just wanted to see if we can help you understand." Damon smiled.

"Meilyn's back at the house trying to lift that uh, weight you put on Darius." Byron laughed as my mother gasped.

"Jazmine, you didn't. What did I tell you about doing that to people? It's not a very nice use of your powers." She said as I shrugged.

"Well he wasn't being very nice."

"Look, Jaz, Darius didn't want you to heal him since he already put you in major amounts of pain." Damon said.

"I'm well aware of that, but I'm in pain when he's not healed. I don't get why he can't get that through his stupid head. How hard is it to let me heal his stupid ass? I stayed in that fucking house all day because he wanted me to, because I promised him I would. He promised he would never cloak his wounds from me again. I told him if he ever did it again, I would leave him, so I'm not going back." I said crossing my arms over my chest.

"Oh... we didn't know all that." Byron sighed.

"Of course you didn't. You might as well tell Meilyn to stop trying to get him off the ground. There's no way she's going to get him up unless I release him." I said as they chuckled.

"That's some punishment. Maybe he deserves it he didn't tell us he made a promise to you. Shit, I hope I never get on your bad side." Adonis laughed.

"Yeah, man I can't believe you leveled the fucking Asarak without even touching him. Can you teach us that trick? We're Earth masters too." Damon asked as I laughed at least Darius' brothers amuse me.

"I can try; it's not hard, you just have to focus on the Earth threads that course through everyone." I shrugged picking him up from the couch with my mind and letting him drop on the floor.

"Damn, you do that so effortlessly. Do you know how much that would help us with the de'mujos?" Adonis said as I shook my head.

"It won't work on them. The parasite doesn't come from the earth."

Jazmine. I'm so sorry. Will you forgive me?

Would you forgive me if I disobeyed you?

I would be mad, but of course I would forgive you. He sounded so pitiful. Good. I sighed releasing my power over him.

I'm releasing you so you don't have to sleep on the ground, but I'm not coming back tonight Darius. I forgive you, but I'm still mad at you.

Litani, please come home tonight. I didn't mean to upset you.

I am home tonight. I'll see you tomorrow, Darius. I said and I can feel his hurt wash over me.

"I've released Darius, I forgave him but I'm not going back there tonight." I said as his brothers looked at me in confusion.

"Good I'm glad you released him and if you need to clear your head you know you can stay here. I'm still disappointed in you for doing that to him though." Luna said shaking her head.

"Well, we do need to be put in our place li'kaeta. But, I probably would've done the same thing with Meilyn. I wouldn't have wanted to burden her even more." Byron said and I nodded.

"I know and I really do understand why he did it, but he promised and it hurts me when he does that. It's not like I want to heal him because I'm being petty, it's because it fucking hurts." I explained.

"Yeah, I can understand that. It's like how we hurt when our Dejainas are hurt." Damon nodded.

"Yes, exactly." I sighed.

"Well we'll leave you alone and check on Darius. We need to make sure he hasn't lost his mind because he thinks you're leaving him for good." Byron said and I kind of winced at his words, I know this is going to hurt him but he needs to understand. I sighed going to my room, I know it must seem like I'm being very petty about this situation but he made a promise.

I know I made a promise Jazmine, I accept that you're mad at me. Just don't leave me. His pitiful voice floated through my mind. I sighed lying down on my bed staring at the ceiling.

I'm not going to leave you Darius, I'm just mad and I don't want to be near you right now. I said rolling over to stare out my window.

You want me to let you in my life so much but you won't let me in yours. You're a kue and I'm going to be part of that too.

I know, but it's hard to accept that you're going to be there with me. I don't like that you feel and take my pain when I'm fighting. He sighed and I can feel his guilt tingling in my heart.

There are a lot of things I don't like about our whole situation but I'm trying to be okay with it. I said rubbing my hand over my chest.

You're right, I'm sorry I didn't keep my promise litani, I will never do that to you again. 

I know he means it. I know it's hurting him that I don't want to be near him tonight, but he needs to learn I mean what I fucking say.

Lesson learned, dejaina. I'll see you in the morning.

Good night, litano. I sighed and I can see his smile burning in my mind, while my heart continued to tingle in my chest. A slight smile tugged at my lips as I closed my eyes drifting off into a well deserved sleep.