Slave Of A Wolf

Chapter 25 : The Holy Church

Kane's POV

I groaned as I shoved my head against the pillow, why the hell did I say that? Even through a few hours of sleep, I couldn't get it out of my head. Thankfully she was pretty out of it when she heard that but even so, she actually said she loved me too.

I felt my face heat up as I got out of bed. It was about 7 in the morning now, the sun was out at fully display, giving off a warm glow inside the bedroom. I looked over to see Gale still out like a light, snoring softly on the bed. I sighed as I leaned in and fixed her long brown hair, I don't know how to react to that at all.

I then heard some noises from downstairs. I walked down the stair case to the living room to see what was going on. The door creaked open, through the huffing and wheezing I saw Nilaya covered in blood, bruises, and dirt at the doorway, she was coughing and breathing irregularly as if she was sick, her bow string was torn, her blue and red hair was now mudded and singed, she was covered in cuts and bruises with her eyes barely open. 

I yelled,"Nilaya!!" I jumped down the stairs and rushed over to her as she was about to fall against the door. I held her to support her, I asked concerned,"What the hell happened?"

She was about to lose conscious, she mumbled,"Church... Raided... Took some of our friends... The ghoul girl too... I.. Couldn't..."

She then passed out, I started to panic, there's no way she's... I checked her pulse, thankfully she was still breathing, barely. I rushed her to the couch, Gale was coming down to see what happened, she was yawning, half asleep but then her eyes flung open as she smelled blood, she turned around and looked in horror,"Ni!! Kane what happened!?!"

I looked at her and said in a strained voice,"Get me my backpack!!" She nodded and ran back upstairs. I then looked down to see what I was dealing with.

She looked like she was attacked by dozens of swords and was blasted with magic, there was a gaping hole in her shoulder which I rushed to put pressure on. But what concerned me the most was the abnormal amount of coughing and hacking, she even appeared a little green. It was a curse. I bit my lip, it's a miracle she's still breathing. Those bastards... No doubt the ones from the church did this, I could smell them. This was my fault, I let them escape. Now they targeted and hurt someone I cared about because of my stupidity.

Gale threw me my backpack in a rush, I first took out my first aid kit. I asked Gale,"Ripp off her clothing, there getting in the way!" 

I knelled down and took out some bandages to give Gale,"Put pressure on the shoulder wound, I need to deal with the curse first."

I took out my spell book and quick rummaged through the pages, common Kane, think. I need to identify the type of curse first. I looked over the symptoms, it all appeared to be physical so I assume it's a hex. Which means I need a medium to transfer the curse over to destroy it, I took out from my pack a doll I bought for these purposes. A small wool doll of a girl in a pink sweater. I smeared some fairy dust and unicorn mix onto it, I started a chant in ancient Greek. I winched in pain as my mana still hadn't fully recovered so I felt this awful boiling feeling in my stomach, green smoke began swirling around, we watched as it plunged into Nilaya and then shoved into the doll.

We had no time to celebrate as she began shaking uncontrollably with her mouth foaming, I said,"She's having a seizure! Help me turn her to her side."

We pushed her over, with our hands now soaked in blood, I opened her mouth to try and get all the fluids out, I then took a sedative from my kit and punctured the needle through her neck. She mad a small gasp, and then started to calmed down, and we rolled her back. We sat back in relief and exhaustion.