166- Success and shock
After sending off the email to Shelly giving her my number to share around, I decided I needed a break because between the email, the phone call and my nightmare visions, I’m exhausted and completely overwhelmed. Bellamy sends me up to bed. He does offer to come lie down with me but I can tell he has stuff he needs to get done, I’ve seen his inbox and he has like ten unread messages on his phone. I convince him to stay and do something productive. I doubt he will stay away for long, he hasn’t really let me out of his sight in days. I probably have an hour tops before he comes looking for me. I lie in the bed, but it feels oversized. Probably because I’m by myself, usually Bellamy is crowding me, or I’m clinging to him. I suppose I’ve gotten used to it. I close my eyes and try to sleep. I toss and turn for about half an hour before I give up and decide to try meditating again instead. I’m very high strung right now though so I don’t expect I’ll have much success. I start with my breathing, forcing myself to take even, slow breaths. I can hear a dripping coming from the shower in the ensuite bathroom, so I match my breaths to the constant sound;. Next, I work on my body. I find a comfortable position half curled up on my side, then stretch and relax each individual part of me, starting from my toes and working my way up in tiny increments. By the time I reach my neck, I’m actually feeling much better. I turn my thoughts inward and focus on Kiara Brooks. I picture her and mentally begin listing every detail I know about her. By the time I reach the new information about her magic, I can tell that something is different. Every other time I’ve tried this I can vaguely sense her, but this time my awareness of her fills my mind. My body aches, my heart feels small and like it’s beating so hard it might burst. My face feels like someone has taken a sledgehammer to it. I’m cold and shivering and I am struck by a nearly debilitating amount of fear and guilt. I am also starving, which is odd because I ate not too long ago. Except, no. I’m being stupid. I’m not the one who needs to eat, Kiara is. With that realisation, she comes into view. She’s sitting with her knees pulled up to her chest and her arms wrapped tightly around them. She looks so small. Oh Kiara you poor thing. As I think of her name, her head suddenly darts up. She looks around in confusion, her eyes darting from place to place. Is someone talking to her? But why does she look so confused? Unless…
“Kiara?” Speaking out loud slash in my head feels odd, but somehow it works. She sits up straight again. She speaks, and for the first time, I can hear her soft voice.
“Who said that?” She asks quietly.
“I’m so shocked at Kiara actually hearing and responding to me that I gasp and my eyes fly open instantly breaking the connection.
“NO! DAMNIT!” I curse, closing my eyes and trying to get it back. I finally managed to get through to her, contact her even, and I was so surprised that I ruined it.
“Did something happen?” Bellamy’s voice is soft beside me and I bolt up. How did I not hear him come in?
“How long have you been standing there?” I ask, my voice is oddly croaky.
“Maybe half an hour? You seemed really focussed, I didn’t want to disturb you. You never answered, did something happen?” I nod excitedly.
“YES! I did it! I connected to Kiara, I could hear her, she heard me call her name!” Bellamy sits up straighter.
“That’s amazing! Why were you swearing? Did something go wrong?” Bellamy asks. I groan and collapse back into the pillows.
“I was so shocked that it worked that I lost the connection.” I grumble.
“But you know it works. Maybe she can tell us where she is. You can try again.” Bellamy reminds me. I do as he suggests, but this time I’m so excited by my success that I can’t seem to make it happen again. There’s so much pressure to succeed. I’m reluctant to give up when I’ve had a small taste of success. My head is starting to ache, I wonder if contacting Kiara that way took something out of me, because I feel like I’ve done a three hour work out and stopped drinking water for two weeks. I sigh and let my eyes drift open. Bellamy can see my disappointment. He moves to lie on the bed next to me and pulls me close to his side.
“It’s okay, you’ll manage it again soon. Don’t force it.” I nod against his chest, but I can’t help the crushing feeling of failure, particularly harsh after the small moment of success.
I hear the muffled sound of my ringtone. My eyes dart to the bedside table, but it’s not there. Based on the sound, it’s on the bed somewhere, probably hidden in the blankets. Bellamy and I both scramble around, digging through the blankets trying to find my phone before it rings out. I find it under the edge of a pillow and hold it up triumphantly. I quickly answer.
“Hello?”
“Tonight. Eight O clock. Go to the bar Witches Booze. Talk to the bartender.” Dr Dae states firmly without waiting for my response. She hangs up without so much as a hello. I guess that means her Witch contact agreed to speak to me. But, the bartender at Witches Booze… I mean there are probably other bartenders there. But given even what I’ve seen and heard about Cam giving away spells and potions, I’m willing to bet that she’s the contact. Which is actually ideal. Hopefully having met before will allow her to trust me a little more. I’m glad I’ll be meeting with someone who is approachable. Bellamy was of course listening to my phone call and when I look to him for confirmation about us going to the meeting he nods his approval. Bellamy contacts Darrien to have him come and stay with Megan while we’re out. Meanwhile, I go to update Megan on the phone call, my decision to help the Shifters, my progress with connecting to Kiara and our plans to go out this evening.
“Woah, you have had a huge day, and it’s not even over yet.” Megan observes. I nod.
“I know, I feel like I’ve been floundering around for weeks, not making any progress, then all of a sudden, everything is happening all at once. I’ve barely had tome to catch my breath!” I can hear the exhaustion in my voice. My head also hasn’t stopped pounding since I spoke to Kiara.
“I get that. You’re doing a good job, you know. I don’t know if anyone has told you that, but you are. Soon we’re going to find Kiara and save her, then you’re going to get a hold of everything here and life will be a lot less stressful. Maybe when this is all over we can have a proper relaxing night together without worrying about everyone else.” Megan reminds me and I kind of want to cry. Megan smiles at me.
“Now, go put on something cute to go out, and for goodness sakes brush your hair woman, it looks like a nest on your head!”” She calls out after me as I head to go freshen up.
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