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No, instead, I rescinded into my mind further to escape.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 my entire body shaking, feel the tears beginning

everything would be fine, and yet

incapable of being helped? Was I

"Fine’?”

 ‘Fine’!?" I repeated,

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

trying to stop the bleeding but he then grabbed my hands

are you doing?!" I

"Stop," he ordered.

even

it’s not.How can you

calm down and look,"

I...I’ve killed you...I-I didn’t mean

yelled this time, forcing me to

"...I said I’m fine."

at his chest, I found that

already stopped bleeding a while

"W-what...? I don’t understand..."

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

from a few broken pieces of furniture,

No blood in sight.

I had seen it so

could that all be in my head?

said, and proceeded to lift

still confused by what was happening, but it didn’t take long for me to realise what

was that he

That he was safe.

"J-I’m sorry," I cried.

sorry.I fucked

stroked my hair, indulging my abrupt

blanket, his warmth was helping to calm

"You’re fine," he said.

didn’t do

I did,"

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

I was still a failure.It didn’t matter if I was human or a

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

life now; useless to my father, and useless at

screw-up to add to the

didn’t seem to

face so

was your fault," he

"I mean it."

"But I—."

he instantly

breath and

was not my

my mouth to protest but he gave

telling me this exercise

fault," I finally said in

he still seemed satisfied

a small nod in approval, he

never seen anything like it,"

don’t know.It’s giving me a weird

mean? Are you saying there is

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

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

for me given m y day

"No."

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

becoming increasingly more confused

in thought, visibly trying hard to come up with

could tell he was reluctant

"..What about medications?"

body immediately

shifting side effects; mostly

By a doctor.

A professional.

at least, they were a

have though, right? Because that

Kieran prompted when I

the bile in my throat, hoping Kieran was wrong about

"Yes," I answered.

"Yes. I have medication."

you show

where I'd left my

of shuffling

everything happening so quickly, my fingers were

finally said, presenting it to

followed behind and swiftly took it from

watched as he worked, subconsciously pulling the blanket around

that this really would be

it was rarely

"These...these are suppressors,"

said in shock, slowly looking

and used in chemical warfare.I llegal

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