Bound by Destiny by Elaine Pierson

Author:Elaine Pierson [Pierson, Elaine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-02-16T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Kaia

I opened my eyes and grimaced from the pain that shot through my head, touching every nerve in my brain. It felt like I had been hit in the head with a hammer. Repeatedly. I raised my hands to massage my temples and was surprised to see that they were both bandaged in white gauze.

Confused, I glanced over and saw Nolan asleep on the bed next to me with his arm draped across my belly. Not wanting to wake him when he seemed so peaceful, I wiggled out from underneath his arm and scooted to the edge of the bed.

“Where are you going?”

I jumped at the sound of Nolan’s voice and glanced over my shoulder to see him wide awake and staring at me. “What happened?” I asked and held my hands up for him to see the gauze.

Nolan propped himself up on the bed with his elbow. “Don’t you remember?” he asked.

I turned around on the bed to face him. “If I did, I wouldn’t need to ask what happened, now would I?” I replied with a bit more sarcasm than I intended.

“What’s the last thing you remember?”

“I remember being with you, Brin and my mom in Brin’s room. I remember saying a spell to allow me to connect with Drycus’ memories” I paused and thought about what I’d seen. And learned. So much information now resided in my head, yet I had no idea how to use it to save my father. Or my friends.

I locked eyes with Nolan and continued, “And I remember everything I saw in his mind.”

“That’s it? That’s all you remember?” Nolan asked as he moved to sit beside me on the edge of the bed. “You don’t remember destroying Brin’s room and attacking me?”

My eyes widened in disbelief. “What?” I asked, not entirely sure I had heard him correctly. “I attacked you?”

“You did” Nolan said. “But you didn’t know what you were doing” he added quickly. “Your mom thinks you were reacting to the emotions you felt from Drycus.”

Fear washed over me as I lowered my head in shame. “Did I hurt anyone?” I asked and silently prayed that he wouldn’t confirm that I had.

“No.”

I exhaled deeply as relief filled my chest. But I still didn’t want to look over at Nolan. Especially since I couldn’t remember anything other than what I’d seen while shifting through Drycus’ memories. “I’m sorry” I mumbled, then sighed heavily. “It’s seems I’m saying that a lot lately.”

“Like I said, it wasn’t your fault” Nolan replied, then paused, “Do you want to talk about what you saw?”

I thought about his question. I knew I needed to let him and everyone else know what I’d discovered because the fact was, I now had the missing piece to the puzzle. But at that moment, I didn’t want to talk about anything or see anyone. I just wanted to be held. I needed to feel loved. Just for a little while.

Shaking my head, I laid back down on the bed and scooted close to Nolan.

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