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No, instead, I rescinded into my mind further to escape.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

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

helped? Was I actually a monster? "Raven, what are you talking about?

"Fine’?”

 ‘Fine’!?" I repeated, my voice

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

but he then grabbed

are you doing?!" I

"Stop," he ordered.

barely even

can you say that? You’re

calm down and look," he

I...I’ve killed you...I-I didn’t mean

time, forcing me to meet his

"...I said I’m fine."

chest, I found that the wound was barely more than a surface-

that had already stopped bleeding

"W-what...? I don’t understand..."

spun my head around to look at the room...and found

few broken pieces of

No blood in sight.

I had seen it so clearly, smelt

was no mistaking it....How could that

and proceeded to

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

that mattered was that he

That he was safe.

"J-I’m sorry," I cried.

so sorry.I

my hair, indulging my abrupt

blanket, his warmth was

"You’re fine," he said.

didn’t do anything

I did," I

of whether it

clear that I was still a failure.It didn’t

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

and useless

to add to the

seem

face so I was forced to look at

did was your fault," he said

"I mean it."

"But I—."

he instantly

a breath and repeat

not

he gave me a look that

me this exercise

my fault," I finally said in

he still

approval, he

seen anything like it,"

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

do you mean? Are you saying there is actually

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

any jewellery? Or have anything metallic touching you like a piercing? It’d look something like silver." I thought about it for

idea for

"No."

you drink any teas? Or regularly

increasingly more

visibly trying hard to come up with something else

tell he

"..What about medications?"

body

for anxiety and post- shifting side

By a doctor.

A professional.

they were a professional...employed

though, right?

when I still hadn’t

bile in my throat, hoping Kieran was

"Yes," I answered.

"Yes. I have medication."

show it

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

of shuffling before I eventually could

so quickly, my fingers were trembling

I finally said, presenting it to

swiftly took it from me, starting

watched as he worked, subconsciously pulling

more than anything that this really would be ordinary

was rarely ever that

"These...these are suppressors,"

shock, slowly

and used in chemical warfare.I llegal

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