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No, instead, I rescinded into my mind further to escape.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

body shaking, feel the tears beginning to form

said he knew what he was doing, that everything would be fine, and

was incapable of being helped? Was I actually

"Fine’?”

I repeated, my voice

even have time t o call an ambulance.Goddammit, Kieran! Why didn’t you listen

then grabbed my hands and held them away

you doing?!"

"Stop," he ordered.

even

can

down and look," he said,

killed you...I-I didn’t mean

this time, forcing

"...I said I’m fine."

I found that the wound was barely more

that had already stopped bleeding

"W-what...? I don’t understand..."

to look at

a few broken pieces of furniture, the place seemed utterly the

No blood in sight.

so clearly,

no mistaking it....How could that all

to lift me onto his

reluctant at first, still confused by what was happening, but it didn’t take long for me to realise what this meant.I

was that

That he was safe.

"J-I’m sorry," I cried.

sorry.I

hand came up and gently stroked my

blanket, his warmth was helping

"You’re fine," he said.

do anything

did," I

whether it

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

I’d never overcome.Somehow, it felt like I would forever be

my father, and useless at things that should have been natural for me

another screw-up to add to

seem to like that

me away and held my face so I was forced to

did was your

"I mean it."

"But I—."

he instantly cut

a breath and

not my

he

me

I finally

but he still

small nod in approval, he let go

seen anything

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

mean? Are you saying there

you.But maybe more...something external affecting you,"

a piercing? It’d look something like silver." I thought about it for

weren’t a good idea for me given m y

"No."

how about diet.Do you drink any

becoming increasingly more confused

visibly trying hard to come up with something else before,

this time, I could tell

"..What about medications?"

body immediately

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

By a doctor.

A professional.

they were a professional...employed by m y

he wouldn’t have though, right?

Kieran prompted when I still

swallowed back the bile in my throat, hoping Kieran was wrong

"Yes," I answered.

"Yes. I have medication."

show it to

where

of shuffling before I eventually could

everything happening so quickly, my fingers were trembling

finally said, presenting it

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

silently watched as he worked, subconsciously pulling the blanket around me more

than anything that this really would be

it was rarely ever that

"These...these are suppressors,"

said in shock, slowly

used in

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