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No, instead, I rescinded into my mind further to escape.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

feel the tears beginning to form in

doing, that everything would be fine, and yet everything had

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

"Fine’?”

I repeated, my voice

bleeding out! I-I don’t even have time t o

the bleeding but he then grabbed my hands

you

"Stop," he ordered.

barely even

can you

and look," he said, cutting me

killed you...I-I

yelled this time, forcing

"...I said I’m fine."

I slowly looked back down at his chest, I found that the wound

already stopped bleeding a

"W-what...? I don’t understand..."

around to look at the room...and found

of furniture, the place seemed

No blood in sight.

seen it so clearly, smelt

no mistaking it....How could that

here," Kieran said, and proceeded to

still confused by what was happening, but it didn’t take long for me to realise what this meant.I threw my arms around

mattered was that he

That he was safe.

"J-I’m sorry," I cried.

so sorry.I fucked

hand came up and gently stroked my hair, indulging my abrupt

the blanket, his warmth was helping

"You’re fine," he said.

didn’t do anything

I did," I

enough.Regardless of whether it was minor,

tried to help me, it was clear that I was still a

that I’d never overcome.Somehow, it

and useless at things

screw-up to add

didn’t seem to like

pulled me away and held my face so I was forced to look at

did was your

"I mean it."

"But I—."

he instantly

a breath and repeat after

was not

my mouth to protest but he

if telling me

I finally

he

approval, he

never seen anything

painful changes I've ever witnessed.But...I don’t know.It’s giving

mean? Are you saying there is actually

wrong with you.But maybe more...something external affecting

Or have anything metallic touching you like a piercing? It’d look something

good idea for me given m y day

"No."

drink any teas? Or regularly deal with

increasingly more confused by the

a moment in thought, visibly trying hard to come up

could tell he was

"..What about medications?"

my body immediately

medications.I had regular medicine I took for anxiety and post- shifting side effects; mostly the pain and nausea.But...that was something I

By a doctor.

A professional.

were a professional...employed

though, right? Because

when

my throat, hoping

"Yes," I answered.

"Yes. I have medication."

show

up and walked to where I'd left my bag,

shuffling before I eventually could locate

everything happening so quickly, my

said,

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

whole time, I silently watched as he worked, subconsciously pulling the blanket

than anything that this

was rarely ever

"These...these are suppressors,"

slowly looking

used in chemical warfare.I

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