Eyes of Sin ☾ t.law x reader

Chapter Twelve

We drink the poison our minds pour for us and wonder why we feel so sick.
~ Atticus

Track 12; Flesh and Bone by Black Math

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NOVEMBER 15TH, 20XX
DAY 10
COLVILLE NATIONAL FOREST

The storm hadn't settled at all a few hours later when the doctor finally made it to the manor. After staving off your impending hypothermia, you were redressed into dry, clean clothes and placed on the couch in the great room. The fire in the hearth roared loudly, producing enough heat to combat the cold attempting to slip into the room. Astrid held a cool wash cloth against your forehead, making sure you didn't lose it during your fitful fever dreams. The white-haired Seer wasn't sure if it was because of nightmares or if it was due to the fever, more than likely it was both.

She chewed on her bottom lip and scanned the room. Yonji was asleep in the chair next to her, leaning to the side closest to you. She almost couldn't take her eyes off of the scrapes healing and disappearing without a scar left behind across his abdomen. Before showing up here at the beginning of the month, she never would have believed in rapidly healing like that. But Astrid also had never been the type of person to listen to stories about lycans or vampires, so she had walked in blind from the beginning.

Her eyes drifted to the far couch, where Niji and Kira were placed. Niji was sprawled out across it, the ravenette laying atop him with her head on his chest. She was asleep, and the lycan accompanying her had his eyes locked onto the chandelier dangling from the ceiling above, his fingers mindlessly running through her long black hair. They had...a complicated relationship to say the least. More often than not, he was a masochistic psychopath that did whatever he pleased with her. The other part of the time he was love bombing her—and she bent over backwards for him.

Finally, she looked at the last lycan in the room. Her heart quickened a bit while the bite on her neck began to simmer lowly, almost incomprehensible when his scent filled her senses—a deep, dark cherry atop the subtle aftershock of a winery vineyard. She swallowed the spit in her mouth when his abysmal eyes met her own over the edge of the book he was reading. His back was to the fire, leaving his front half in the shadows. Azure flashed in the dark and her stomach churned, she wasn't sure what caused that to happen. Her body started to run hot, beginning as a bloom in her chest when she couldn't break from his stare. Her heart quickened when he glanced to the side as if he was asking himself a question before trapping her again. He smirked.

The tense moment was ruined when a distant knock disturbed the odd silence of the room. The only one who didn't stir at the sound was you, still tossing and gasping on the couch. Yonji had sat up and Astrid slid away from the couch when he moved to approach you. Niji sat up, waking Kira and making her slide onto the free cushion. Ichiji rose to his feet and vanished around the corner.

He returned with a short, stout man in a lab coat. He wore thick glasses that concealed his eyes entirely, which Astrid found odd. She rose to her feet when Yonji lifted you from the couch after removing the blanket you had been tucked into, gently placing you onto the dining table like you had been just six hours before. He tucked a damp strand of hair behind your ear and kissed your forehead when the doctor stepped up to your side.

He quickly opened his briefcase and took your temperature. You had a fever of 102.4. The dark bruise beginning to bloom on the left side of your head gave him reason to believe you had a concussion. He checked your arms to get a look at the gashes covering your exposed skin. Your palms were scraped, but they looked to be already healing well on their own. His dominant hand neared your torso and he suddenly felt sharp eyes sear into him. A quick glance up made a cold sweat cover the doctors back when Yonji straightened to his full height. Reminding himself that it wasn't a human family that called him for aid, he swallowed hard.