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It took Noori a while to sit up on the bed. "I must have lost my mind, I almost gave myself away." She muttered and She looked in Dastan's direction as he pulled away from her, as if she were some sort of plague to be avoided. Then, she glanced around the room, noticing her surroundings. "How did I get in here?" she hissed, her voice filled with confusion and disbelief. Her frowned eyes searched around her body, checking herself over, and to her surprise, she found that she was okay.

"How else? I brought you in. If I hadn't been there, you would have frozen to death," Dastan bragged.

"That would be an unlikely case, but thank you." she replied briefly, kneading her chest where the burning feeling had greatly reduced. Dastan watched her attentively for a while, his gaze holding a weird look in them, seemingly reading something in the situation.

"You!" he suddenly called out, making Noori look in his direction. "What?"