A Gift from the Goddess

Chapter 123

Book Two – Ch.# 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 me 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No, instead, I rescinded into my mind further to escape.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 my 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.

Blood flowing from it. Increasingly becoming worse pooling, on the ground around us, 

And, suddenly, it was as if the whole world obted,

 there was blood Red painted on every surime, on every piece of furniture, on every wall, curtain and lamp,

 had I

 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

 looked at himn incredulously, as if he were insane for not seeing the amount of

 this is okay.. You‘re going to die because of

 everything would be fine, and yet everything had still yone wrong,

 out! 1 I don‘t even have time to call

 then grabbed my hands and held them away from

 are you doing?!”

 “It‘s barely even

 can you say that? You‘re,” “Raven, calm down and

 he yelled this time, forcing me to

 that the wound was barely more than a surface

“w what

I don‘t understand…”

 look at the room… and found it completely normal Apart from a few

 it so clearly, smelt the strong

 it didn‘t take long for me to realise what this meant. I threw my arms around him in relief,

 hair, indulging my abrupt need for comfort. Along with the blanket, his warmth was helping to calm me. “You‘re fine,” he said. “You

 failed. I–I wasn‘t strong enough. Regardless of whether it was minor, you

to help me, it was clear that I was still a failure. It didn‘t matter if I was

felt like I would forever be a disappointment that this was my life now; useless to my father, and useless at things that

to add

 seem to

pulled me away and held my face so

 Nothing you did was your fault,” he said adamantly. “I mean it.” “But 1–.” “No,” he instantly cut

 to protest but he gave me a look that made me stop. As if telling

my fault,” I finally said in defeat. I‘d mumbled the words quietly but he still seemed satisfied by my reply nevertheless. With a small nod in approval, he let go of

that was… I’ve never seen anything like it,” he said. “By far the slowest, most painful changes I‘ve ever witnessed. But… I don‘t

 me?” “No… not wrong with you. But maybe more… something external affecting you,” he said, his brow furrowing. “Are you wearing any jewellery? or have anything

 I‘d look something like silver.” I thought about it for a moment before shaking my head. Accessories weren‘t a good idea for me given my day

 

 diet. Do you drink any teas?

 the strange questions. Kieran then stopped for a moment in thought, visibly trying hard to come up with something else

“…What about medications?”

 immediately stilled.

 took for anxiety and post–shifting side effects; mostly the pain and nausea. But… that was something I

 he wouldn‘t have though, right? Because that would mean…. “Raven?” Kieran prompted when I still hadn‘t spoken. ) I swallowed back the bile in my throat, hoping Kieran was wrong

 you show it

 it. With everything happening so quickly, my fingers were trembling uncontrollably. “Here,” I finally said, presenting it to Kieran. He‘d followed behind and swiftly took it from me, starting to inspect the contents

 that simple. “These… these are suppressors,” Kieran said in shock, slowly looking up at

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