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time.”
“If he gets any
closer to death, he’ll leach one of us,” Shae said.
Leach? What did
that mean?
Suddenly, I
realized I was in great pain. The pain was a burning throb throughout my body,
and I hadn’t noticed it when I first woke up. I heard a noise, so strange among
the other voices, and the people carrying me hurried.
“Faster!”
Astrid screamed. “Can’t you hear how much pain he’s in?”
That sound was
me? The scream sounded so inhuman. What happened to me? I couldn’t remember.
“What happened
to him?” Champagne asked in her sultry voice, though now it sounded worried.
“He was
attacked by Tack,” Rockne said. “Tack was being possessed by Nalke.”
“What happened
to Tack?” Shae asked.
“I killed him,”
Rockne said bluntly. “But not before he killed the Belles down the street.”
We stopped
moving and I felt myself being lowered into warm, bubbling water. If I’d been
in pain before, it was nothing compared to what I felt now. I knew I was
screaming at that point because water filled my mouth. I felt like I was
drowning.
When I finally opened my
eyes, I was in a bed. It was the same bed I woke up in after the party. I sat
up and winced at the fantastically awful pain throughout my entire body. Even
my fingernails hurt. My skin felt really sensitive; I saw scars on my chest and
arms. I couldn't remember how I got them.
Getting up from the bed was
so difficult I almost gave up. I somehow made it to the door and down the
stairs. Rockne and Shae were sitting on the couch, talking to each other. They
stopped when they noticed me standing there.
“Dr. Debelko,” Rockne
greeted.
“I feel like I need a
doctor,” I said.
He laughed. “You were in a
bad way this morning. We barely got to you in time.”
“What happened?”
Shae answered. “Tack
attacked you, trying to get to Astrid. You tried to protect her and he threw
you around a bit.”
“He threw you through a
window,” Rockne elaborated.
“That explains the scars,” I
said.
“Those will fade in time,”
Rockne said.
I jumped suddenly, which did
not feel good. “Where's Astrid? Is she okay?”
Shae smiled. “She's fine,
thanks to you.”
“We took care of Tack, as
well," Rockne added sadly. “I couldn't save him. And the Belles are gone,
as well as their nurse. Nalke was ruthless.”
“I’m sorry I never got to
meet them.” I suddenly remembered something. “Shae, I heard you say something
about me leaching off you guys, or something like that. What did you mean?”
She shrugged. “I don't
recall saying that. Maybe you imagined that.”
“Maybe I did,” I said,
though I knew I hadn't.
Chapter
15: Rewan
Even though Rockne tried to
assure me it wasn ’ t
my fault, I blamed myself for what happened to Tack. If I hadn ’ t forgotten my necklace
Nalke wouldn ’ t
have been able to follow me to the island. Two days later and that thing never
left my neck.
The soreness faded more
everyday until it was nothing but a bad memory. I was a lot more observant at
work, worrying another creature would sneak past me. I still couldn ’ t believe what Rockne ’ s spell did to Tack; he
clearly didn ’ t
play around when it came to protecting the island.
Cormac came along one night,
and I was happy to see him. If any more creatures tried sneaking in, the giant
could step on them for me. I let him in since Astrid wasn ’ t there to greet him like
last time. I waved at him as he lumbered by, and he returned it.
I hadn ’ t seen Astrid since the
night of the attack. I figured Rockne was keeping a tight leash on her, so to
speak. I didn ’ t
blame him.
As I sat there, staring at
the monitors, I thought of Aneela and what she told me at the bookstore. Until
recently, I wouldn ’ t
have believed anything bad spoken about Rockne. How could he create such a
horrible spell? Would the spell have affected me too if I hadn ’ t met him on the rail my
first day? What other spells did he have around
“If he gets any
closer to death, he’ll leach one of us,” Shae said.
Leach? What did
that mean?
Suddenly, I
realized I was in great pain. The pain was a burning throb throughout my body,
and I hadn’t noticed it when I first woke up. I heard a noise, so strange among
the other voices, and the people carrying me hurried.
“Faster!”
Astrid screamed. “Can’t you hear how much pain he’s in?”
That sound was
me? The scream sounded so inhuman. What happened to me? I couldn’t remember.
“What happened
to him?” Champagne asked in her sultry voice, though now it sounded worried.
“He was
attacked by Tack,” Rockne said. “Tack was being possessed by Nalke.”
“What happened
to Tack?” Shae asked.
“I killed him,”
Rockne said bluntly. “But not before he killed the Belles down the street.”
We stopped
moving and I felt myself being lowered into warm, bubbling water. If I’d been
in pain before, it was nothing compared to what I felt now. I knew I was
screaming at that point because water filled my mouth. I felt like I was
drowning.
When I finally opened my
eyes, I was in a bed. It was the same bed I woke up in after the party. I sat
up and winced at the fantastically awful pain throughout my entire body. Even
my fingernails hurt. My skin felt really sensitive; I saw scars on my chest and
arms. I couldn't remember how I got them.
Getting up from the bed was
so difficult I almost gave up. I somehow made it to the door and down the
stairs. Rockne and Shae were sitting on the couch, talking to each other. They
stopped when they noticed me standing there.
“Dr. Debelko,” Rockne
greeted.
“I feel like I need a
doctor,” I said.
He laughed. “You were in a
bad way this morning. We barely got to you in time.”
“What happened?”
Shae answered. “Tack
attacked you, trying to get to Astrid. You tried to protect her and he threw
you around a bit.”
“He threw you through a
window,” Rockne elaborated.
“That explains the scars,” I
said.
“Those will fade in time,”
Rockne said.
I jumped suddenly, which did
not feel good. “Where's Astrid? Is she okay?”
Shae smiled. “She's fine,
thanks to you.”
“We took care of Tack, as
well," Rockne added sadly. “I couldn't save him. And the Belles are gone,
as well as their nurse. Nalke was ruthless.”
“I’m sorry I never got to
meet them.” I suddenly remembered something. “Shae, I heard you say something
about me leaching off you guys, or something like that. What did you mean?”
She shrugged. “I don't
recall saying that. Maybe you imagined that.”
“Maybe I did,” I said,
though I knew I hadn't.
Chapter
15: Rewan
Even though Rockne tried to
assure me it wasn ’ t
my fault, I blamed myself for what happened to Tack. If I hadn ’ t forgotten my necklace
Nalke wouldn ’ t
have been able to follow me to the island. Two days later and that thing never
left my neck.
The soreness faded more
everyday until it was nothing but a bad memory. I was a lot more observant at
work, worrying another creature would sneak past me. I still couldn ’ t believe what Rockne ’ s spell did to Tack; he
clearly didn ’ t
play around when it came to protecting the island.
Cormac came along one night,
and I was happy to see him. If any more creatures tried sneaking in, the giant
could step on them for me. I let him in since Astrid wasn ’ t there to greet him like
last time. I waved at him as he lumbered by, and he returned it.
I hadn ’ t seen Astrid since the
night of the attack. I figured Rockne was keeping a tight leash on her, so to
speak. I didn ’ t
blame him.
As I sat there, staring at
the monitors, I thought of Aneela and what she told me at the bookstore. Until
recently, I wouldn ’ t
have believed anything bad spoken about Rockne. How could he create such a
horrible spell? Would the spell have affected me too if I hadn ’ t met him on the rail my
first day? What other spells did he have around
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