Crown On My Head

chapter 32

Port of Souls Lacey

I don't remember how we got out but we did. My memory is fuzzy and scattered.

Bright lights and hush voices is what i wake up to. I squint my eyes open. A girl greets me with a smile, I look around and see Doorlan. I slowly get up the room, is white with a light green design.

I look down and I'm bandaged up, everything is sore. As i move. Doorlans face looks better than it had looked that day. Or days. It feels like a distant memory.

"How did we get out?" I said quietly.

"You."

He says to me, Before the girl tells me I should take it easy. She lets me know that the wounds will heal, but some will scare. A constant reminder of what happens. Why are some people so cruel?

Her name is Mara, she works as a vet. Her and Doorlan seem to go back.

We slowly make your way through the labyrinth of the ports. As he explains what happened a week ago.

"As they were touring you, when you were close. Close to death you looked at me like you knew. And your eyes had a light red low to it. That's when my suspicions were right." He looks at me when I stop. One to catch my breath and two to think about what he means'

"What am i?"

"You're a wraith, a creature of destruction. At least that's what the books say, I know you Birdy that you don't wish to destroy. But I also saw what you did."

We carry on walking.

"You burnt him, you placed your hand on his face as he screamed. He was burned, red and scorching the skin. Leaving boils on the surrounding area. I don't know what really happened but the clothes seemed to burn."

The port is buzzing with hush whispers. As if they knew something was up. Maybe it is the lack of fear that controls them now.

We are closer to the bridge, just a few streets away, the house gets closer, smaller and thinner the more you get to the tracks.

"They died, layed on the floor with their blood pooling out their faces."

"Why don't I remember this?"

"The book that I remember reading said that the powers that are unknown to the host, become unknown to the mind. Meaning that next time your powers do rise again that you will remember. However it takes a long time to control your ability and a lifetime of training."

"How do you know all of this," I say as we turn the corner and the bridge just up ahead.

"I had a feeling about you."

Of course he knew. Why wouldn't he!

"I wouldn't tell this to anyone," Doorlan says in a hush tone as we enter the haven.

Before I enter the haven under the bridge I whisper into his ear. Something i think i have know the whole time i had been here. "You know dont you?"

Bomb, Simon and Krin are sitting at the long table, they all simultaneously take a sigh of relief. Krin bounce up and gives me a light hug. I walk over to the bomb where she sits on her green chair, I come behind her and give her a hug. Her red hair brushing my face, the scent of strawberries washes over me. Simon stands up and his big figure comes to embrace in a hug. He is so warm and it's one of the best hugs I have had in a while.