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No, instead, I rescinded into my mind further to escape.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

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

I was incapable of being helped? Was I actually a monster? "Raven, what

"Fine’?”

repeated, my voice becoming

o call an ambulance.Goddammit,

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

are you

"Stop," he ordered.

even

can you say that?

look,"

killed you...I-I didn’t mean

forcing me to meet his

"...I said I’m fine."

looked back down at his chest, I found that the

already stopped bleeding

"W-what...? I don’t understand..."

spun my head around to look

pieces of furniture,

No blood in sight.

had seen it so clearly, smelt

that all be

here," Kieran said, and proceeded to lift me

me to realise what this meant.I threw my arms around him in relief,

that mattered was that

That he was safe.

"J-I’m sorry," I cried.

so sorry.I

hand came up and gently stroked my hair, indulging my abrupt need for

his warmth

"You’re fine," he said.

do

I did," I

of whether

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

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

useless at

another screw-up to

Kieran didn’t seem to

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

you did was your fault,"

"I mean it."

"But I—."

he instantly

and repeat

was not

he

me

fault," I finally said

quietly but he still seemed satisfied by my reply

approval,

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

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

do you mean? Are you saying there is actually something

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

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

good idea for me given

"No."

you drink any teas? Or

again, becoming increasingly more

then stopped for a moment in thought, visibly trying hard to come up with something else before, finally, he

tell he

"..What about medications?"

my body

and post- shifting side effects; mostly the pain and nausea.But...that was something I had been prescribed for

By a doctor.

A professional.

were a

though, right? Because that

prompted when

the bile in my throat, hoping Kieran was wrong about

"Yes," I answered.

"Yes. I have medication."

you show it to

where I'd left

of shuffling

so quickly, my fingers were trembling

said, presenting it

behind and swiftly took it from

time, I silently watched as he worked, subconsciously pulling the blanket

that this really would be ordinary

it was rarely ever that

"These...these are suppressors,"

said in shock, slowly looking

in chemical warfare.I llegal now, of

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