Mikael was stunned without knowing why Drake thanked him for something so silly, but he didn't know that before Drake met him, his life was summed up in: going hungry, stealing, being beaten and being cold. However, neither of them thought about sharing their past. Drake didn't like to talk about his past and Mikael didn't have a past to call his own.
Coming back to himself, Mikael looked at Drake again, embarrassed by the carelessness of forgetting his hunger. Remembering the wound that Drake made to help him, Mikael panicked and, without saying anything, picked him up innocently, as if he were a princess and took him to the merchants to ask for bandages. Realizing the delicate way Mikael picked him up, Drake was embarrassed and a little angry but he couldn't do anything after all, Mikael seemed to have little notion of certain things.
Watching Mikael carry Drake like a princess, the merchants looked strangely at that attitude and Wonan, seeing Drake's wound, became suspicious of what might have happened earlier and became alert but only watched. Mikael went to Baltasar and asked for bandages to put on Drake's wound. Agreeing without asking questions, Baltasar entered the tent, picked up the dressings and handed them to Mikael and started bandaging after passing an herb.
Baltasar looked intently at Drake and asked what had happened for him to get hurt. Smiling but embarrassed, Drake explained lying that he was walking near the oasis when he slipped and cut himself on a rock. But that only increased Baltasar's suspicion, who now had to increase his guard in the face of the facts, for 3 reasons: if he is so clumsy like that, he might end up messing something up; a wound like that didn't seem to have been made with a rock but deliberately; and Mikael seemed restless, unconsciously, but only the most perceptive person could notice this restlessness.
Baltasar, faced with the situation, thought it best not to interfere in the matter at that moment and keep alert, with his guard high, until he reached his destination. Then they returned to their tents, except Mikael, who forced Drake to go rest in a tent made for both of them, with that, the night passed and the scorching sun was born.
[Drake]
Hearing Mikael whisper to me about fighting for security reasons and the likely existence of a situation where I would probably separate from him, my heart sank and I swallowed hard because if I separated from him in these desert and dangerous lands, I don't think I would survive 2 days and imagining myself in that situation, I was afraid and saw how fragile and defenseless I was.
Mikael suddenly became strange then hurriedly pushed him away from that crowded place of merchants and helpers. Arriving in a secluded and empty area, I looked at Mikael and saw his eyes, which are normally honey-colored, turn into deep blood-red and his canines increased.
This, instead of making me feel afraid, made me feel confused and worried about what was happening to him, then he said in a low but authoritative tone for me to stay away, that he was out of control because of hunger , it was when I remembered that he had not fed since he was with me and he might not have fed before either, and from what I know about vampires, they need to feed on blood to be able to live and instead of staying away , I approached him and cut my wrist and the blood spilled into his mouth and he drank it, but he seemed to be suffering and enjoying it ... as if he didn't want to and had no choice. I found this strange, but I was happy because I could be useful for the second time since he took me in and improved my life.