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No, instead, I rescinded into my mind further to escape.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 tears beginning to form in

what he was doing, that everything would be fine, and yet everything had still

it because I was incapable of being helped? Was I actually a

"Fine’?”

repeated,

out! I-I don’t even have time t o call an ambulance.Goddammit, Kieran!

stop the bleeding but he then

you doing?!" I

"Stop," he ordered.

even a

it’s not.How can

calm down and look," he said, cutting me

I...I’ve killed you...I-I

yelled this time, forcing

"...I said I’m fine."

back down at his chest, I found that the wound was

stopped

"W-what...? I don’t understand..."

my head around to look

from a few broken pieces of furniture,

No blood in sight.

I had seen it so clearly, smelt the strong

was no mistaking it....How could that all be in my

here," Kieran said, and proceeded to lift me onto his

happening, but it didn’t take long for me to realise what this meant.I threw my arms around him in relief, no longer caring if my

was that

That he was safe.

"J-I’m sorry," I cried.

so sorry.I

and gently stroked my hair, indulging

the blanket, his warmth was helping to calm

"You’re fine," he said.

didn’t do anything

I did," I

whether it was

I was still a failure.It

things that I’d never overcome.Somehow, it felt

useless at things that should have been natural for me to

screw-up to add to the

didn’t seem to like that

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

you did was your fault," he said

"I mean it."

"But I—."

he instantly cut

breath and repeat after

not my

to protest but he gave me a

if telling me

my fault," I

he still seemed satisfied by my

nod in approval, he let go

seen anything

don’t know.It’s giving me a weird feeling.Almost as if there’s more

saying there is actually

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

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

for me

"No."

you drink any teas? Or regularly

replied again, becoming increasingly

thought, visibly trying hard to come up with something else before,

could tell he

"..What about medications?"

my body

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

By a doctor.

A professional.

they were a professional...employed by

wouldn’t have though,

when I still hadn’t

my throat, hoping Kieran

"Yes," I answered.

"Yes. I have medication."

you show

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

shuffling before I

quickly, my fingers

said, presenting it to

from me,

he worked, subconsciously pulling

anything that this really would be

was rarely ever that

"These...these are suppressors,"

shock, slowly looking

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

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