Shifted Fate by Alicia S.Rivers

Is a mistake from the Moon Goddess 256

Chapter 255

My eyes snapped open, and I saw Wendy and Toya staring at me from the end of my bed, and Sterling's back running out the door. "No!" I screamed after him. "Come back." But I heard my front door shutting, and I wanted to cry.

"What do you need, Amy?" Wendy came closer. "We will get you anything."

In my mind, I knew she was trying to be helpful, but my heart, my body, wasn't listening. I just started crying. "It hurts." The heat became unbearable, and I rolled over my bed, doing my best to relieve a tiny bit of of the pain. I snapped my eyes open to my friends. "Water." I was parched, the need was burning through every ounce of actual thought. I just needed to be cooled. To get relief in any way possible. Wendy nodded and ran out of the room. She came back with a big glass of cold water and helped me drink it. The cool water gave me a tiny bit of pleasure. The dryness of my throat disappearing for a second, before coming back stronger. I moaned longer and pushed her away. I looked at Toya. "Bath?”

"You want a hot bath?" She started out of the room, but I called out.

"Cold."

cold bath?" I nodded, desperate for the tiny bit of relief the glass of water gave me. She went straight into my bathroom and filled

called me, or if my friends loved me enough to stop me from making a mistake, I knew I would regret. "They will reach the bathroom." She continued, ignoring my tears. "We made sure before we locked you up, so you can go to the bathroom and stuff. So you will be able to have your bath without unlocking the chains." I cried harder. But she kept herself away from me. I didn't blame her. "The king..." She kept talking, but my world focused down on

Rowan. I needed Rowan.

and the two women helped me into the bathroom. They helped me

but in my mind, I knew I was on the edge. If

and I

waited. In my mind, I was begging them to believe me. Please Goddess, believe me. But Toya snorted and my

going to leave you in your bra and underwear." She circled my

Wendy came and

wounds. And it was dark. But seeing her tattoo in the light, after seeing Nix and Megan, it looks amazing.” Wendy agreed and then they helped me out of my pants. The cool bathroom air touching my skin made it

go up another notch. I was sure that you could see steam coming from my pores. Feel it rise off me in a haze like in the desert. I was boiling,

could smell the saltiness of her tears, but I ignored