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."

for the tiny bit of relief the glass of water gave me. She went straight

safe." She swallowed. "To keep you from making a mistake." I started to cry and I couldn't tell you if it was because I wasn't going to jump the next male who 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

Rowan. I needed Rowan.

bathroom. They helped me undress, but froze when they realized something. "We can't remove your shirt without

and smiled. "I'm under control. You can take off the chains." I sounded reasonable, but in my mind, I knew I

closer, and

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

my shirt and it fell away. "I'm going to leave you

came

on the 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

could see steam coming from my pores. Feel it rise off me in a haze like in the desert. I was boiling, and no one seemed to care. I cried out, but my friends just helped

Wendy cried. I could smell the saltiness of her tears, but I