< 155 Creeping in.\u00a0<\/p>\n
156 Like her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
156 Like her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jarek\u00a0<\/p>\n
My heart raced as I paced from one end of the hospital hall to the other, shaking in fear at the thought of Leilani being in pain or going through any form of distress.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I had seen her face before the doctors practically chased me out of her ward. I had seen the panic in her eyes, and noticed how impossible it was for her to move even an\u00a0<\/p>\n
inch or breathe.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her once creamy skin had become so pale, so white and covered in sweat that it made her look like a real time vampire from the movie: Twilight.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But that wasn\u2019t what scared me the most.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What scared me the most was her eyes. Usually purple. Usually warm. But a few minutes ago, they had shone with a strange white light and were so cold, if I didn\u2019t know her better, I would\u2019ve thought she was about to murder half of us present in her ward.\u00a0<\/p>\n
-And I fear that she is strong enough to murder us at this point.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My hands grew clammy from balling them into fists over and over and over again\u2026 until\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cJarek?\u201d My head shot up when I heard someone call my name.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, I instinctively frowned when I was met with a familiar pair of mischievous eyes that I didn\u2019t want to see right now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her mouth fell open as if in awe, and then she stalked close, swaying her hips slowly as she approached me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As soon as her manicured fingers touched my chin, I stepped back, and I felt my wolf stir in outrage. She probably felt it too because then she took a step back, her wide eyes apologetic as she muttered;\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry, Jarek.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to listen to what you have to say Keisha.\u201d I bit out coldly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My hands balled into fists by my sides- and this was partly because deep down, it was itching to get wrapped around her neck, squeezing tight until her eyes bulged.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She glanced at me wearily then took another step back, her expression careful as she\u00a0<\/p>\n
15:09\u00a0<\/p>\n
O\u00a0<\/p>\n
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156 Like her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
said; \u201cI\u2019m not here to annoy you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t care what you\u2019re here for.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
you\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI just wanted to know why you\u2019re at the hospital. Are ill?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
At her words, I turned to look at her- more like glare at her- and turned away, my\u00a0<\/p>\n
frown deep as I whispered;\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s none of your business.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard that there is a girl in that ward,\u201d she drawled, pointing at the same spot where Leilani\u2019s ward was as she spoke. \u201cI heard that her condition is not so good\u2026\u201d she added. and then dropping her voice until it was barely above a whisper, she looked at me and continued; \u201c\u2026and that all the werewolf doctors are on deck, but she doesn\u2019t seem to be feeling any better.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I rolled my eyes. The last thing I wanted right now was to listen to her stupid gossip, especially since the person involved was my Leilani.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I turned away from her to continue pacing around the hall, but then she joined in, her voice small but cold as she advised; \u201cJust so you know, I may know what\u2019s wrong with\u00a0<\/p>\n
her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t care.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI know it\u2019s the girl I found in your office the other day\u2026 and that \u2018s probably the reason you do not want to talk to me about it. But Jarek, she is a freak. I don\u2019t know what kind of freak she is but she\u2019s one\u2026 and I can feel it in my bones.\u201d She added, but still, I made no attempt to listen to her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And then she stopped. \u201cYou can get her some scented candles\u2026 drop some chamomile in them and let it burn. It\u2019ll make her body calm\u2026 calm enough to stop rejecting treatment, and maybe calm enough that she doesn\u2019t tear down the entire hospital\u00a0<\/p>\n
soon.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
And that\u2026 that had me freezing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My eyes widened slightly as I turned to face her, and to my utmost surprise, she was smiling at me, her eyes warm but there was a hint of something in them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Was that fear\u2026 was that sadness? Or regret of pain?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her voice broke slightly when she spoke again, and this time, I couldn\u2019t help but notice the slight tremor in her hands as she whispered; \u201cIf you had been there for me the way\u00a0<\/p>\n
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156 Like her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
you are here for this new girl, then I wouldn\u2019t have derailed so much.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cKeisha.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou swore that you loved me then. You swore that you would always be there for me, but when I started showing signs of being different, what did you do? You weren\u2019t\u00a0<\/p>\n
there.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou and I know that that was a lie.\u201d I growled my hands tightening in rage. \u201cYou know for a fact that I cared so much, I even made you live with my parents and I.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, you gave me food, you gave me shelter. You treated me like I was some broken doll but were you ever there when I had episodes like that?!\u201dshe seethed, pointing again at Leilani\u2019s ward.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And upon hearing that, I felt my anger intensify. \u201cAre you saying this shit because of that one time that I was out of the country with my father?\u201d I asked, and when she rolled her eyes, I snorted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Typical Keisha character.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease grow a pair, Keisha.\u201d I said slowly. Now my voice had dropped so much, but managing to insert every ice I could muster into my tone, I continued; \u201cI made sure my sister stayed with you at the hospital! I even forced my mother to leave her duties and remain by your side all through\u2026 and this is all you have to say?\u201d I snarled, but before I could finish, she rolled her eyes again and spat;\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes you did! But they were not you!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I shook my head.\u201dI don\u2019t care what you think anymore.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat girl will be the end of you!\u201d She spat venomously and I could only smile\u2026 because what else was there to do besides that?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s not you.\u201d I bit back, not missing the way her jaws dropped nor the way she recoiled as if struck by my words.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She opened her mouth as if to say something else, but I couldn\u2019t wait to listen anymore. Not when Leilani needed me\u2026 not when one of my greatest fears had been\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018somewhat\u2019 confirmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I stumbled forward, running out of the hospital to find the nearest spice shop\u2026 or anything like that, as long as I could get my hands on Chamomile and some scented candles.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It took me a few minutes to finally get one and when I did, I rushed back to the\u00a0<\/p>\n
15:10\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u104b\u00a0<\/p>\n
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3\/5\u00a0<\/p>\n
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156 Like her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
hospital, got into Leilani\u2019s ward despite the way the doctors tried to get me out of there and then I lit the combo.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My eyes widened when she exhaled loudly and then began to jerk violently before going limp.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The doctors then turned to me in shock, their eyes widening as they stared between me and the lit candle; but I wasn\u2019t paying any attention to them. My eyes were on Leilani\u2019s fingers and I noticed to my horror that they were elongated- almost paw-like and behind them were the most beautiful mass of silver fur I\u2019ve ever seen in my life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ps: I\u2019ve never seen one before. I always thought they were myths.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I covered it before anyone else could see it and then told the doctors to leave before sending a quick text to Orion.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It read:\u00a0<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a bottle of half drunk water in my office on the table. It may contain some\u00a0<\/p>\n
DNA. I need it tested.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With that, I dropped my phone and turned to Leilani, my heart racing at the thought of what was happening to her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Indeed she was a freak. A weird one. And right now, I couldn\u2019t help but wonder if it was the reason her parents had tried to suppress her wolf for so long.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But if it was, then why the fuck is none of her siblings like her?\u00a0<\/p>\n
4\/5\u00a0<\/p>\n
15:10\u00a0<\/p>\n
Healing Slowly But Surely By R. Joseph 156 < 155 Creeping in.\u00a0 156 Like her.\u00a0 156 Like her.\u00a0 Jarek\u00a0 My […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chosen-by-none-feared-by-all"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}