Chapter 4
1097 Words
Alex's p.o.v.
As I walked into Katherine’s I could smell the blood and feel her pain
as if it were my own. The bond between us is solidifying. My being near her
will help her wounds heal but it may take more time than normal for it to
affect her. She has never been around druids, except maybe Heather for
most of her life. I don’t know if she has any siblings or not but they would
have been around her as well. As I walked into her bedroom and saw her
lying there covered in dried blood and the look of pure pain in her lovely
green eyes tore my soul to shreds. We said our greetings and Heather
asked me to help hold her still because antiseptics don’t work on Katherine.
I sat on the bed across from Heather with Katherine in between us
and laid my hand in the middle of her chest and across her hips. I have
never noticed just how narrow her hips were. My hand fit almost from hip to
hip on her. She seemed so small and fragile laying there looking at me. We
simply stared at each other for a few moments. When I asked her how this
happened to her she didn’t hold anything back. Each word she spoke and
everything he did to her just made me even madder then I was to begin
with. If I ever saw this Ian guy I would kill him before he got anywhere near
her again.
Finally Heather was done with the stitches, I’m not sure Katherine
even noticed she was done. Katherine looked down at herself and I could
see the disgust in her eyes for allowing this to happen. The blood on her
stomach has dried and had begun to look black not red. Heather saw this
as well and asked if Katherine felt good enough for a shower. Katherine
wasn’t sure if she could stand on her own, so I offered to carry her but I
could see the panic on her and Heather’s face when I said this. What
happened that could possibly make them both panic like that?
I picked her up as gently as I could and as I did I could feel some
scars on her back and on her legs. I wanted to know who would do this to
her but I didn’t want to pry. I set her in the tub and allowed Heather to tend
to her. They were in the bathroom for about ten minutes before Heather
came out and got some clothes. She went back into the bathroom I assume
to help Katherine get dressed and bandage her wounds so she doesn’t
bleed into her clothing as she sleeps. They came out together about 5
minutes later and Katherine was dressed in shorts and a tank top, damn
she looked sexy. I never noticed just how long and muscular her legs were.
Her skin was like alabaster or porcelain; they looked so smooth I just
wanted to run my hands along the length of them. Heather cleared her
throat and I realized I was staring. Katherine began to blush and I just
smiled.
Although it almost killed me to say it, I said, “I guess I’ll leave now. I
see that you are ok and no longer need me here.” I hoped that one of them
would stop me but I wasn’t holding my breath for it. I was a stranger to both
of them after all. As I began walking around the bed Katherine grabbed my
arm and said, “Please stay, I want to talk to you.” She looked up into my
eyes as she spoke. She got this astonished look on her face as she looked
at me. Then she looked at Heather with the same look. Was she able to
see auras and not know about it? She could tell I know something but I’m
not ready to say anything yet. Instead I looked at her and said, “Anything
you wish, Katherine.” She blushed slightly and said, “Please just call me
Kate; no one has called me Katherine in a long time.” I nodded my head
and motioned to the living room. Kate picked her way towards the couch
very carefully. She must be in unimaginable pain right now. It just shows
her inner strength. Her aura seemed almost luminescent with all the colors
in it. She must have a very rare power within her to have an aura that color.
We all sat down and I said, “I’m sure you both have a lot of questions,
so feel free to ask anything you want. I promise to be completely honest
with you both on everything.” They looked at each other for a moment than
Kate said, “How old are you?” I guess that is a pretty normal question, I
said, “I’m 29, and you two?” They said at the same time, “26” They looked
at each other and Kate said, “Apparently tonight I have surround sound.”
She and Heather just laughed but it seemed I was out of the loop. Kate
noticed my confused look and said, “It was something my brother used to
say to anyone that talked at the same time. He had a lot of those little silly
sayings that always made us laugh.” I wonder what happened to her
brother. Would it be too forward to ask? Maybe I should just wait to see
what she has to add to it.
Heather said, “Kate and I have been best friends for most of our lives,
we have almost always been together. We grew up together. Our dads met
in the hospital the days we were born. We are exactly 14 hours apart. They
were both looking in the nursery window and they started talking and
became best friends. So we were always around each other. We even
made sure we went to the same school. I’m not as smart as Kate so I have
to work a lot harder and study; I’ve been in school almost 8 years and am
barely finishing my masters. She is starting her under grad studies and has
only been here 4 years, lucky bitch.” 4 years and she’s already an under
grad, damn professor Lee really under values this girl. I’ll have to fix that.
I said, “So you must be pretty bored in class than.” Kate looked at
me and said, “Not really, psych is the only one I have on campus anymore,
I finished the other ones last week.” How did she get that accomplished?
That should have been impossible. Her professors must have been very
nice and knew exactly how smart she is. I have got to get Professor Lee to
see just how much of a genius this woman is. We all continue to talk for a
few minutes when her brother gets mentioned again. I continue to wonder
and keep thinking about it as we talk. I notice then that Kate is staring at
me, and that is when the conversation turns serious.
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