Prophecies

The room slowly comes back into view, the beeping still presents and loud in like a ringing in my ears.
I can hear voices now too, I can’t make out what they are saying but there are quite a few of them, all of them talking over one another.

My vision is slowly becoming less and less blurry everything is coming back into focus. The room is dimly lit, the yellow wall lights illuminating the faces of those in here.

I’m laid on a sofa, looking over I can see Selene laid on the one opposite nut she is out cold, there someone fussing over her from the colour of her hair I would say its Cynthia.

Looking back up at the ceiling there is a stinging sensation in the back of my eyes, the lights making me want to snap my eyes shut again.

*” Hey she’s awake”*

The sound of footsteps is like the banging of a drum as people make their way over to me.
Cynthia towers over me, she lifts my hands up and lets it drop back down, then she shines a torch in both my eyes this time I give in and clamp them shut.

**” It’s okay you can open your eyes the torch is gone”**

I hesitate before doing what she says.

**” How are you feeling?”**

How am I feeling? Confused, unsure of what the hell is going on. I could give her one thousand answers and fifty thousand questions. I don’t even know if she will have all the answers I’m looking for.

I struggle to find the right thing to say and besides the one question I really want to know the answer too, I’m not about to blurt out in a room full of people.

“Erm.. my head hurts. What happened is Selene okay?”

**” Selene? She’s fine. She will wake up soon. I'm sure there’s no damage to her.”**

She must have sensed the panic on my face, my eyes continually darting between her and Selene.

“Cynthia I don’t understand what happened. Where is everyone else? Where is Salvi”

I can feel my heart palpitate at the thought of her, her anger. Her power, how did she manage to tear that shield.

**” Salvi left Sekreta, don't worry. When you helped us it closed the shield, she stayed behind for a while but then she disappeared off”**

“It can't be a good thing if she has left, It makes no sense that she would come here and then leave again”

**” Well you put on quite a show, maybe she just decided against it”**

*” Sekreta is right. Salvi wouldn’t have just left for no reason”*

Artemis enters the room holding something tightly in her hand.

*” Good to see you awake. You gave us quite a scare there”*

“What are you both talking about? What happened to me last night?”

*” You mean you don’t remember?”*

“I don’t remember much after I took your hands everything just kind of went blank. I could here Artemis saying I just needed to stable out but then nothing”

I contemplate telling them about my mother, telling them that I saw her in the forest. Something is putting me off though, something is telling me that now is not the right time or place for it.

Artemis and Cynthia look between each other I can tell they are keeping something from me, it’s like they know something I don’t.

Artemis walks towards the sofa taking a seat at my end and ushering me to sit up she slides whatever she is holding under her leg.

*” Well when you linked with is was like a power surge, it was unlike anything we have ever felt before”*

**” And then the tear started to repair, Salvi was fighting against it but she couldn’t”**

*” And then…”*

**”*And then you stayed suspended in the air eyes glowing snow white while the rest of us were shot halfway across the grounds*”**

Selene sits up rubbing her head and smiling at Calder having rushed to her the second she spoke. Cynthia too rushes toward her checking her over.

My eyes dart to Artemis, she’s staring at me intently and then back to her sisters before she scoots closer to me.

*” I found this on the floor”*

She pulls out my book from underneath her leg, I hadn’t even noticed it was gone. Normally I feel lost without it, it's like a second limb.

Taking it back from her slowly she smiles at me.

*” I thought you would want it back I know it's important to you”*

“Thank you”

Around fifteen minutes later the room has cleared and I’m left with the sisters and their mates, each one of them staring at me all with different expressions.

**”*So are you going to tell us what happened to you out there, or do we have to keep guessing ?*”**

Selens voice is filled with distaste but also a concern, her eyes are also seemingly confused. Why does she have to be so snappy with me all the time? I know what happened with Artemis was awful and I'll forever be apologising but this is never-ending.

Putting on my best fake smile, trying to hide my annoyance I respond.

“It’s like I said I don’t remember at all. Also, you said my eyes were glowing white?. That can't be correct my power is red”

*” Sekreta, I have seen your eyes red and now your eyes white. I think that White is the colour they are supposed to be”*

“That doesn’t make any sense why would they have two different colours”

**” Maybe it has something to do with you mother, maybe she has mastered something we haven’t”**

Maybe Cynthia was right, maybe it was my mother but why wouldn’t she have told me any of this in the forest it doesn’t make any sense.

“I don’t know, the time I had with her wasn’t exactly... Well let’s just say it wasn’t exactly the best time in my life and when we did speak it wasn’t about what we could do that was the topic we tried to avoid”

The three of them look at me with pity in their eyes.

“You don’t need to pity me it was a long time ago now”

**” We just know what it’s like to lose the people your care about”**

I smile at them all, but on the inside, it feels like I need to get out of here. The conversation with my mother is still at the forefront of my mind.

The conversation around me resumes but I’m still lost in thought, they are discussing the events of tonight but I feel as though I’m being sucked in.

I can feel my chest tightening like all the air in the room is being sucked out and I’m struggling for oxygen.
*” Sekreta are you okay ?”*

Arti places a hand on my leg to force me to face her. She looks worried.

“I’m fine. Tonights have been a lot I think I just need to go outside and get some fresh air”

*” Okay I’ll come with you”*

She goes to stand up but I stop her.

“Do you mind if I go alone?”

*” You shouldn’t… I mean what if someone is out there still”*

“I won’t go far, I just need to get out of here for a second”

I squeeze her hand hoping she will understand me. She reluctantly smiles and let’s go.

*” Okay but please stay close”*

I nod and sneak out of the room still feeling Arti’s eyes on me. As soon as I’m out of the doors I run for it. I don’t know where I’m going but I’m looking for the closest exit out of here.

I can see a set of double doors at the end of the corridor I’m in. As soon as I’m outside I take a deep breath sucking in all of the fresh air.

Looking around I can see tables and chairs but I don’t want to sit, what I want is to run. I feel like I need to run and get all of this out.

“Savea are you there ?”

**I’m here**

Hearing her voice is like a relief of stress, I needed her.

“I just needed to hear your voice everything is so messed “

**You know what we need, we need to run. Just shift and make a let go of everything just for 10 minutes**

“I don’t know Artemis told us not to go too far”

**We don’t have to run far just around the house**

The thought of stretching out my legs is appealing, we haven’t had a chance to really do that yet. It’s not exactly been safe, but I’m safe here.

Heading towards the side of the house and starting stripping off.

“I suppose it couldn’t hurt to just go around the block a few times”

**Yesss come on let’s go !**

Running feels amazing, it feels like the freedom I’ve been missing. The feel of the air in my fur is wonderful. It’s a pity that I’ve not had the chance to experience this sooner, now I know what Ildi was talking about when he would come back from his.

I let my Savea guide me, letting her take the lead and my mind goes blank. We reach the end of the garden, the tree line not that far away and stop staring out into the forest.

*” You know if you wanted to leave you could”*

My head darts around to see Kalf staring at me, my heart starts beating fast at the sight of him. Knowing we have a mate bond and he wants nothing to do with me.

When our eyes meet, however, there’s nothing.
No feelings.
No bond.
No love.

I feel nothing for him and he doesn’t seem fazed by this, it’s like he already knew.

*” I think maybe you should shift back, we need to talk”*

He chucks some clothes at me before turning and facing the other way.

**I don’t know about this, maybe we should just go back to the house**

I can feel Savea’s nerves.

“He doesn’t seem like he’s going to do anything maybe he does just want to talk”

**when we saw him last he left us on the floor in pain, he broke us for days**

“But there isn’t anything new, I feel nothing for him don’t you think that’s weird?”

**I guess**

“Maybe he knows why”

I take some convincing but I shift back into human form and get changed, careful to make sure Kalf doesn’t see me at all.

“ Okay you can turn around now”

He does slowly hands in his pockets and a half-smile on his face.

*” So I had heard that you were here, I’m sorry I didn’t come by sooner”*

“Why would you feel like you needed to come by?”

*” I don’t know, to explain I guess”*

I start walking past him and back to the house, I can hear him following behind me.

“What is it you need to explain exactly ?”

*” Well I know your not stupid you can tell there is no mate bond between us”*

“Well sure you rejected me “

I sped up, maybe Savea was right, maybe this wasn’t such a good idea.

*” No… I mean yes I did but that’s not why”*

He catches up and stands in front of me, forcing me to stop.

*” If our bond was gone because I rejected you... You would still feel a pull and I don’t know about you but I feel nothing”*

He’s right. From the second I laid eyes on him again I felt nothing for him.

“So what are you saying exactly?”

Running his hands through his hair he takes a few deep breaths, like he’s searching for the right thing to say.

“Will you spit it out, I don’t have all night and Artemis will be wondering where I’ve got too”

*” Look… I stopped feeling anything for you the moments I was far enough away from you. I thought it was because of the mate bond because I rejected you but it wasn’t. I kept waiting to feel something and it never came”*

Thinking back when I was laid in bed crying, it wasn’t because it hurts it, my soul. I was feeling empty, rejected by the one person that should have wanted me the most. Is that because of the bond or was that just my emotions emancipating into this as a release.

*I know this sounds crazy but … I don’t think..”*

“You don’t think we were real mates at all”

His eyes widen with shock and he nods in response.

*” None of it made sense to me Sekreta, I had seen you so many times before I never felt that way toward you and then that night. It just came out of nowhere”*

“Well it must have been something, you don’t just feel that way for no reason at all.”

*” I don’t know what it was, I don’t know if it was some kind of magic or whatever but I know it wasn’t the mate bond”*

“How are you so sure of this? Also, you cant magic a mate bond, it's a gift from the moon goddess”

He looks at the ground again.

*” Well I found my real mate when I got here, and it didn’t feel the same way. With her it’s like someone as lit a fire inside me, with you it was like a pull I couldn’t get out of”*

His revelation shocks me in my panic. I just run for it. Heading right back to the house. I can hear him calling for me but I don’t stop, there isn’t anything left to say.

I don’t know if I’m more upset that he isn’t my real mate or that he has found his own and I am still alone.



*A/N
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