you and jacks are working together to open get the stones for the valory arch. you fully believe he doesn’t care for you, only that he wants to keep you alive so you can get the stones for him. one day, you sneak out of the palace without him and you come back with a completely bloodied back. you hope to sneak back in without him seeing you but he opens his bedroom door just as you open yours.

“what..?” he rubs his eyes tiredly, and then his whole body tenses up. “who did this to you?”