The Beast And The Blessed
Chapter 106
The Warrior and The Witch - One: Joselin
Joselin's P.O.V. 11 years old
Everything hurt.
The throbbing in my head forced a whimper from my lips, and the cold night air made me shiver as it grazed over my body.
I had never fallen asleep with my window open before. My parents would have killed me if they knew I had managed to pry the nails free of the wood for fresh air. I had always been vigilant in ensuring I only left it open for a few minutes at a time so they would never catch me. Yet, the smell of fresh pine on the breeze told me I had failed tonight.
My body fought against me, wanting to return to my deep slumber where there was no cold or pain. Only my blanket was gone, and my mattress was hard and freezing. My eyes shot open with panic as I felt someone pulling on my leg.
My vision was blurry, and my head spun as I grimaced from the blinding agony that crippled me when I tried to move. The pain only worsened when I attempted to look down, unable to see who was touching me. Very few ever did.
Their rough hands gripped my calf tightly, and I kicked in an attempt to free myself from their hold. Their hands were too large to be my mother's, and my father hadn't ever touched me. I was their cursed child.
He called me the devil.
I was their curse to carry and their secret to bury.
’Stop moving!" A voice snapped, and my head shot back painfully against the solid surface beneath me, hitting an already sensitive spot that I hadn't remembered injuring.
I had an idea of what was happening. My parents used to call in men dressed in black who told me they were there to purge me of the demon in my body. They would tie me to my bed frame, chant and yell while splashing me with water.
But this was different.
The cold metal dug into my skin as the woman clasped the object around my ankle, pulling my leg until it was straight. I blinked several times as the world around me started to become clear. The dark night sky was illuminated by the bright glow of the moon above us, and I froze in a moment of panic when I realized I was outside and not in my bed as I had assumed.
I wasn't allowed outside.
I remembered my mother walking in to tell me it was lights out like she always did, and then there was nothing. No memory of getting ready for bed or lying down under my blanket.
Had I been sleepwalking? Was this to be my punishment for disobeying the rules?
I flinched when the old, wrinkled hand moved over my face to tuck my hair behind my ear, prying the strand away
her thumb to lift my eyelid as far up as she could, exposing the pure white underneath. It was the reason my parents had been seeking help. The lack of color in my eyes was not like theirs. They didn't like that, never mind what I could
of the rules. One of the many rules. My parents said it
I was not allowed to leave the house or be seen by anyone. The only people who knew about me were the people who came to fight the demon. They had been in a
they cut my clothes from my body. My mother caught my eye as she stood, silently crying, next
tried to get to my parents and away
understand why I was being
screamed as the stranger dug the tip
pain shot up my arm as the woman dragged the metal across my skin, chanting loudly in a language I didn't understand. My scream
begging for freedom and forgiveness was ignored as the women placed both hands on my body. I could feel them burrowing and moving
searing pain that covered almost every inch of my flesh. The only thing I could feel were the string-like tethers stemming from
out of you." The old woman croaked, sounding giddy yet strained as she gripped
have seen my gift as evil, but
men who came to exorcise the demon out of me had never come close. But they had also never done
these witches... these witches scared me. They hurt me. I didn't
resist, but it felt like they
I let them
The bright and strong feeling of magic washed over me, and I focused on
grabbing my jaw and forcing me to look at her. My eyes opened, and I gasped as I could see the darkness of her greedy soul in the
tried to pull her hand away, but I tightened my hold on
a doubt in my mind that if I could get to
them to me faster as I tried to follow them to the source. I
deserve this punishment. I
Then, it faded to black.
moon had moved further across the sky. The metal chains suddenly went
still standing there staring in horror. I had expected my mother to run to me, happy
father whispered, but I ignored
quickly
wet skin, and I glanced down to see my pale body covered in blood. "I was good. Why did you let them
didn't deserve my punishment this time was followed by me taking
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