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No, instead, I rescinded into my mind further to escape.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

entire body shaking, feel the tears beginning to form in my

had said he knew what he was doing, that everything would

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

"Fine’?”

 ‘Fine’!?" I repeated,

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

then grabbed my hands and held them away from

are you

"Stop," he ordered.

even

can you say

and look,"

you...I-I didn’t mean

forcing me to

"...I said I’m fine."

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

already stopped

"W-what...? I don’t understand..."

spun my head around to look at the

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

No blood in sight.

it so clearly, smelt the strong

mistaking it....How could that all be

Kieran said, and proceeded to lift me onto his

realise what this meant.I threw my arms around him in relief, no longer caring if my

was

That he was safe.

"J-I’m sorry," I cried.

so sorry.I fucked

came up and gently stroked my hair, indulging

the blanket, his warmth was helping

"You’re fine," he said.

didn’t do

I did," I

failed.I-I wasn’t strong enough.Regardless of whether it was minor, you still got

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

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

my father, and useless at things that should

another screw-up to add to the

Kieran didn’t seem

me away and held my face

did was your fault,"

"I mean it."

"But I—."

he instantly cut

breath and repeat

was not my

he gave

telling me this

my fault," I finally said in

he still seemed satisfied by my reply

approval, he

that was...I’ve never seen anything like it," he

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

saying there is actually

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

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

good idea for

"No."

about diet.Do you drink any teas? Or regularly deal with any

increasingly more

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

time, I could tell

"..What about medications?"

my body

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

By a doctor.

A professional.

least, they were a professional...employed by m

though,

Kieran prompted when I still hadn’t

in my throat, hoping Kieran

"Yes," I answered.

"Yes. I have medication."

show

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

shuffling before

so quickly, my fingers were trembling

finally said, presenting it to

behind and swiftly took it from me,

he worked,

that this really would be ordinary

rarely ever

"These...these are suppressors,"

shock, slowly looking up

were designed and used in chemical warfare.I

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