A Gift from the Goddess

Chapter 121: Book 2 - Chapter 15 

"Raven."

Through the darkness I heard a voice, piercing through the haze.

It sounded urgent.

Someone calling out to me.

"Raven, shift back."

Every now and then I would see snippets.

Just stilled images flashing before me, showing pictures of a living room.

Of a broken table.

Of a boy.

It felt somewhat familiar but I couldn’t place it.

"Raven! —Ah, fuck."

..And pain.

So much pain.

The voice continued to call out to me, pleading with m e to do something...but I wasn’t ready.

No, instead, I rescinded into my mind further to escape.

To try and forget what was happening.

...To pretend everything was okay.

And so, I hid from it all, blocking out the images and voices.

Waiting until, finally, things didn’t hurt so badly.

..Until I was sure the pain had stopped.

".Raven," came the voice again.

Only, this time, recognition finally kicked in.

Kieran.

It was Kieran's voice and...and I’d shifted.Changing into the wolf and...—.

Oh...no, no...Instantly, my eyes flew open...and I found myself contained within his arms, wrapped up in a blanket.

He looked down at me with a face showing signs of exhaustion, his breathing heavy.

And I immediately knew something was wrong.

I wasn’t sure how long had passed but I was back to m y normal self, implying it had been at least a few minutes.

But...there was something else too.

Something I’d come to expect from these lapses.

..I could smell the sickly scent of blood.I squirmed out of his grasp, pushing away just enough to get a good look at him...and there it was.

The source of the smell.

A large gash down the front of his chest.

Blood flowing from it...increasingly becoming worse ...pooling on the ground around us.

And, suddenly, it was as if the whole world tilted.

Everywhere I looked there was blood.

Red painted on every surface, on every piece of furniture, on every wall...curtain...and lamp.

And as I frantically looked around, I felt my breathing quicken, my heart starting to race.

...Just what had I done? This was exactly what I had been afraid of and yet I’d let it happen.

I turned back to Kieran, finding his face now so pale, and I quickly moved my hands to his chest to help stop the bleeding.

Hands that were soaked even up along my forearms already.

"I’m so sorry," I whispered.

"I-I didn't mean to do this." I'd told him that this was dangerous and a bad idea.

Why hadn’t he listened to me?

 "Raven...it’s okay," he replied.

I looked at him incredulously, as if he were insane for not seeing the amount of blood he had lost.

It was a miracle he was even still able to talk.

"N-no...no it’s not okay," I stammered.

"Nothing about this is okay...You’re going to die because of me."

my entire body shaking, feel the

that everything would be fine, and yet everything had still gone

was incapable of being helped? Was I actually a monster? "Raven, what are you

"Fine’?”

 ‘Fine’!?" I repeated, my voice

don’t even have time t o call an ambulance.Goddammit, Kieran! Why

to stop the bleeding but he then grabbed my hands and held them away

are you

"Stop," he ordered.

even

not.How can you say that?

down and look," he said,

I...I’ve killed you...I-I

yelled this time, forcing me to meet

"...I said I’m fine."

I found that the wound

stopped bleeding a while

"W-what...? I don’t understand..."

head around to look at

from a few broken pieces of furniture, the place

No blood in sight.

I had seen it so

mistaking it....How could that all be in

to lift

but it didn’t take long for me to realise what this meant.I threw my arms around him in

that mattered was

That he was safe.

"J-I’m sorry," I cried.

so sorry.I fucked

came up and gently stroked my hair, indulging

with the blanket, his warmth was helping to calm

"You’re fine," he said.

do anything

I did,"

strong enough.Regardless of whether it

after Kieran tried to help me, it was clear that I was still a failure.It didn’t matter if I

never overcome.Somehow, it felt like I would forever

useless at things that should have been natural

screw-up to add

Kieran didn’t seem to like

pulled me away and held my face so

your fault," he

"I mean it."

"But I—."

he instantly cut

breath and repeat

not

opened my mouth to protest but he gave me a look that

me this

not my fault," I finally said in

but he still seemed satisfied by

a small nod in approval,

seen anything like

the slowest, most painful changes I've ever witnessed.But...I don’t know.It’s giving me a

Are you saying

more...something external affecting

piercing? It’d look something like silver." I

good idea for me given

"No."

about diet.Do you drink any teas? Or regularly

again, becoming increasingly more

in thought, visibly trying hard to come up with something else before, finally, he asked one

tell he was reluctant

"..What about medications?"

my body immediately

medications.I had regular medicine I took for anxiety and post- shifting side effects;

By a doctor.

A professional.

a professional...employed by m

wouldn’t have though,

Kieran prompted when

swallowed back the bile in my

"Yes," I answered.

"Yes. I have medication."

you show it

and walked to where I'd left my bag, finding it

shuffling before I

happening so quickly, my fingers were trembling

said, presenting

and swiftly took it from me, starting to inspect the contents

silently watched as he worked, subconsciously

anything that this really would

rarely

"These...these are suppressors,"

shock, slowly

were designed and used in chemical warfare.I llegal now, of

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