"So, are you ready to finaly accept it?"
I roled my eyes and sighed despite myself. "Realy,
Kayden? I feel like I nearly die and the only thing you want to
know is if I'm ready for your little game stil? You get old fast." I
turned around and started the walk back to my house. Kayden
caught up and fel in silently by my side.
caught up and fel in silently by my side.
"And here I thought maybe feeling your insides burn up
would make you curious about the new unbridled power running
rampant through your veins, but hey, that's just me," he said
sharply.
I turned to say something to him when I tripped and fel
onto the ground. A sharp pain shot up my right elbow as I felt the
skin scratch itself apart. I got back up to my feet easily and took a
look at my elbow. Fresh blood bubbled out of the scrapped skin
staining the skin and my sleeve.
"Go figure I spend a whole day convulsing to death and
don't have a scratch on me, but then I step outside and manage to
hurt myself around you," I grumbled stiffly under my breath. I
turned to look up at Kayden but he vanished into thin air.
"Kayden?"
The air around me rippled and before I knew it something
was hurtling towards me. I crossed my arms and covered my face
before screaming. The rippling grew with force then suddenly
stopped just as a burst of bright light iluminated the backyard.
I waited for whatever was going to hit me, only it never
came. I opened my eyes slowly and moved my arms down, but I
definitely wasn't ready for what I saw.
The entire backyard was cast in a soft, angelic white light.
Kayden stood across from me, his face contorted and twisted with
the horns and scales of the face I had first seen. His mouth was
open and growling, showing his razor-sharp teeth. Only his eyes
held the tiniest shred of humanity as they bled a color of melted
gold through the onyx. He didn't step closer to me or make a
gold through the onyx. He didn't step closer to me or make a
move, but his eyes stared al around me as if something was right
beside me. That's when I saw them.
Two long, see-through crystal wings arched around me,
their shimmering glamour eerily hypnotic. Both wings spread out,
spanning nearly the whole backyard. It was then I realized that they
were what had protected me from whatever had tried to attack
me. I wanted to thank the creature, the angel that had saved me,
but when I turned around I saw no one. I spun back to look at
Kayden who stil stood unmoving across the yard, a knowing smile
spread sickeningly wide across his face. Carefuly I reached behind
my back and stopped in horror as I felt the extension of something
from my back. The wings were mine.
My eyes roled into my head and I blacked out.
E I G H T
Cold. Everything was cold. I couldn't shake the feeling I
was under water. My skin felt wet, slick with the chiling liquid that
roled over me in swalowing waves.
Another wave hit. "Wakey wakey, Ess-uh-lee."
My eyes snapped open and came into view. Kayden held
a bucket just above my head, water dripping from the rim. Wel, at
least explained why I was soaking wet.
I sat up slowly, shivering from the breeze I created with
each move. My clothes and hair were soaked to the bone as if I
had jumped into the ocean for a midnight swim.
"How long was I out?"
He sat down across from me and tossed the bucket to the
side. Within second it had disintegrated into nothing, as if it had
never even existed. "Three, five minutes maybe?"
I nodded absentmindedly as I started to wring out my hair
as best my frozen shaking hands could do. When our eyes met, the
question quietly slipped out of my lips. "What just happened,
Kayden?"
The smug smile I had seen only minutes ago turned
thoughtful, almost pensive. "Are you saying you're finaly admitting
to there being something off?"
My eyes drifted down to ends of my hair. Admitting
something was off would mean he was right. Admitting something
was off would mean I believed
I roled my eyes and sighed despite myself. "Realy,
Kayden? I feel like I nearly die and the only thing you want to
know is if I'm ready for your little game stil? You get old fast." I
turned around and started the walk back to my house. Kayden
caught up and fel in silently by my side.
caught up and fel in silently by my side.
"And here I thought maybe feeling your insides burn up
would make you curious about the new unbridled power running
rampant through your veins, but hey, that's just me," he said
sharply.
I turned to say something to him when I tripped and fel
onto the ground. A sharp pain shot up my right elbow as I felt the
skin scratch itself apart. I got back up to my feet easily and took a
look at my elbow. Fresh blood bubbled out of the scrapped skin
staining the skin and my sleeve.
"Go figure I spend a whole day convulsing to death and
don't have a scratch on me, but then I step outside and manage to
hurt myself around you," I grumbled stiffly under my breath. I
turned to look up at Kayden but he vanished into thin air.
"Kayden?"
The air around me rippled and before I knew it something
was hurtling towards me. I crossed my arms and covered my face
before screaming. The rippling grew with force then suddenly
stopped just as a burst of bright light iluminated the backyard.
I waited for whatever was going to hit me, only it never
came. I opened my eyes slowly and moved my arms down, but I
definitely wasn't ready for what I saw.
The entire backyard was cast in a soft, angelic white light.
Kayden stood across from me, his face contorted and twisted with
the horns and scales of the face I had first seen. His mouth was
open and growling, showing his razor-sharp teeth. Only his eyes
held the tiniest shred of humanity as they bled a color of melted
gold through the onyx. He didn't step closer to me or make a
gold through the onyx. He didn't step closer to me or make a
move, but his eyes stared al around me as if something was right
beside me. That's when I saw them.
Two long, see-through crystal wings arched around me,
their shimmering glamour eerily hypnotic. Both wings spread out,
spanning nearly the whole backyard. It was then I realized that they
were what had protected me from whatever had tried to attack
me. I wanted to thank the creature, the angel that had saved me,
but when I turned around I saw no one. I spun back to look at
Kayden who stil stood unmoving across the yard, a knowing smile
spread sickeningly wide across his face. Carefuly I reached behind
my back and stopped in horror as I felt the extension of something
from my back. The wings were mine.
My eyes roled into my head and I blacked out.
E I G H T
Cold. Everything was cold. I couldn't shake the feeling I
was under water. My skin felt wet, slick with the chiling liquid that
roled over me in swalowing waves.
Another wave hit. "Wakey wakey, Ess-uh-lee."
My eyes snapped open and came into view. Kayden held
a bucket just above my head, water dripping from the rim. Wel, at
least explained why I was soaking wet.
I sat up slowly, shivering from the breeze I created with
each move. My clothes and hair were soaked to the bone as if I
had jumped into the ocean for a midnight swim.
"How long was I out?"
He sat down across from me and tossed the bucket to the
side. Within second it had disintegrated into nothing, as if it had
never even existed. "Three, five minutes maybe?"
I nodded absentmindedly as I started to wring out my hair
as best my frozen shaking hands could do. When our eyes met, the
question quietly slipped out of my lips. "What just happened,
Kayden?"
The smug smile I had seen only minutes ago turned
thoughtful, almost pensive. "Are you saying you're finaly admitting
to there being something off?"
My eyes drifted down to ends of my hair. Admitting
something was off would mean he was right. Admitting something
was off would mean I believed
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