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No, instead, I rescinded into my mind further to escape.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

was doing, that everything would be fine, and yet

incapable of being helped? Was I

"Fine’?”

I repeated, my

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

trying to stop the bleeding but he then grabbed my hands and

you

"Stop," he ordered.

even a

no it’s not.How can you say

calm down and look," he

killed you...I-I didn’t mean

time, forcing me to meet

"...I said I’m fine."

looked back down at his chest, I found that the

stopped bleeding a while

"W-what...? I don’t understand..."

I then spun my head around to look at the room...and

broken pieces of furniture, the place seemed utterly

No blood in sight.

I had seen it so

that all be in my

Kieran said, and proceeded to lift me onto

long for me to realise what this meant.I threw

was that

That he was safe.

"J-I’m sorry," I cried.

sorry.I

and gently stroked my hair, indulging my abrupt need for

blanket, his warmth was helping to calm

"You’re fine," he said.

didn’t do anything

did,"

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

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

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

this was my life now; useless to my father, and useless at things that should

another screw-up to add

didn’t seem to

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

was your

"I mean it."

"But I—."

instantly cut

breath and repeat after

was not my

opened my mouth to protest but he gave me a

me

not my fault," I finally

mumbled the words quietly but he still seemed satisfied by my reply

small nod in approval, he let

that was...I’ve never seen anything like

the slowest, most painful changes I've ever witnessed.But...I don’t know.It’s giving me a weird feeling.Almost as if there’s

you mean? Are you saying there is actually something wrong with

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

a piercing? It’d

idea for

"No."

any teas? Or regularly deal with any

becoming increasingly more confused by

hard to come up with something else before, finally, he asked

time, I could tell he was reluctant

"..What about medications?"

body immediately

anxiety and post- shifting side effects; mostly the pain and nausea.But...that

By a doctor.

A professional.

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

though, right?

when I still

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

"Yes," I answered.

"Yes. I have medication."

show

walked to where I'd left

bit of shuffling before I eventually could

happening so quickly,

said, presenting

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

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

this really

it was rarely ever

"These...these are suppressors,"

in shock, slowly looking up at

used in chemical

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