Star Crossed In Time

Bai Lei stays by his Mother's side as the older physician comes in carrying his wooden box of medicine and tools. The physician checks Lady Xue's pulse and looks up with shock. "Her Grace... she's better. I can no longer detect the poison!" Bai Lei's heart races in joy as he looks back over to his sleeping Mother.

He had no idea Nova was a doctor... "Take care of my Mother. If anything happens, let me know immediately." Bai Lei says quickly leaving the room. 

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Biyu glares at me with hatred as she says "What you've done is truly foolish! You're lucky you didn't kill her but you've probably made things worse by trying to steal Bai Lei's affection!" I slowly stand up from the table and straighten my white dress. 

It's a miracle blood didn't get on it... I stick my finger in my ear and wiggle it around a few times before looking back to Biyu and saying "Are you always this stupid and annoying or is this something you reserve for me alone?"   

Biyu's fists clench in anger as the air around her starts shifting. I arched a dark eyebrow at her with a slight smirk. Was she going to use her powers against me? "If Bai Lei doesn't have the heart to get rid of you, I will!" Biyu says lifting up her hand.

I quickly lift my foot and kick the bowl full of blood straight at her, covering her from head to toe in foul, black blood. "AHHHHHHH!!!!" Biyu screams at the top of her lungs as the wind around us becomes unstable. She goes to charge at me but slips in the blood, falling face first.

I take a step back and say "Oooh, that looks like that hurt. Do you need a hand?" I look down at her with a sly smile causing Biyu to sneer at me. Her white teeth stand out in the dark black blood, making her look like a monster.

Bai Lei walks into the room and freezes to see Biyu on the floor covered in blood with me standing in front of her with my hand out. "What happened?" He asks walking over with concern. Biyu begins to cry as she points to me and says "She kicked the bowl of blood all over me!!"

I quickly hide my smirk and replace it with a look of concern as I say "I'm so sorry, I wasn't paying attention and accidentally kicked over the bowl... I was trying to help her up but she seems mad at me..."  

Bai Lei frowns at Biyu and says "What are you getting so upset about? It was clearly a mistake, she was even trying to help you up. Your behavior tonight has been disappointing Biyu, Maybe you should go back to your courtyard and think things over for a while."

Biyu looks up to Bai Lei with utter shock as she lifts a shaky finger to me saying "I was only trying to protect Mother! This lunatic came out of nowhere and suddenly acts like a doctor, How could anyone trust her!" 

Bai Lei glares at Biyu and says "Enough! Maids, help take Lady Biyu back to her room." Biyu's face drops as the maids come in and help her up with white faces. The black blood was truly foul-smelling. 

Bai Lei watches them leave with a frown before turning back to me. I couldn't take it any longer, "Pfft... hahaha!! You do know that I kicked that bowl of blood straight at her, right?" I wipe my tears away as Bai Lei chuckles saying "How could I not?"

He grabs my hand and pulls me out of the dirty room before looking me over to check if I was okay. "Did she do anything to hurt you?" He asks looking into my green eyes. I give him and blank look and say "Of course not, I'm just playing with her."

I turn to walk away but Bai Lei quickly reaches out and grabs my hand saying "Thank you for saving my Mother's life." I freeze at his words and turn to look back at him with shock. I blink several times before saying "Lady Xue is your Mother? Then what you said earlier... you thought I would lash out and hurt your Mother!? Because of our argument!??" 

Bai Lei slightly panics and says "No, yes, but no. I panicked when I saw all the blood but I knew I could trust you. That's why I told the guards to stand down and why I didn't stop you. I had faith in you." I narrow my eyes on him and say "I'm starting to lose faith in you..."

Bai Lei's mouth nearly drops open before snapping shut and quickly saying "I told the court officials that I won't marry but one woman! Nova... we come from different worlds... I'm learning how to love you the right way. Please give me the chance to do things right, I promise to keep trying, no matter what."

I look to his dark eyes and see the sincerity so I slowly nod my head. Bai Lei quickly pulls me to his chest, wrapping me in a tight hug. My eyes go large before slowly returning the hug. His clean scent washes over me, making me relax. As long as he's willing to try, I'll try too. 

Something suddenly comes to mind so I lean back and ask "Why didn't you follow me earlier when I stormed off? Weren't you afraid I'd leave?" Bai Lei leans back and gives me a knowing smile before saying "It would be a miracle if you somehow left the palace... I wanted to fix things with the court officials as soon as possible."

"That way, when I faced you the next time, I could face you with confidence. Set the standard Nova and I will rise to it and above it." I look at him in shock for several minutes before slowly smiling and saying "Are you sure? I'm not easy..." 

Bai Lei returns the smile while reaching out to touch my hair. He was always doing that... "I'm counting on it, Love..."