Finding Myself in The BeastWorld

1. What happened

⚠️ Trigger warning there's talk about suicide.⚠️ if you or someone you know feels this way, please get help and reach out to someone. ❤️ also know you're not alone. ❤️❤️❤️ there is holiness you can call too. So please don't hide it. Love you, beautiful!
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Paige Pov:

The moon looks bigger from up here. I think to myself. Looking down at my hands. My wrists still have bruises from yesterday... hah.. what a way to just be done with everything. My vision starts to get blurry. Grabbing my sleeve, I wipe my eyes.

"No, Paige, be strong." I lightly whisper to myself.

I look down from where I'm sitting. My feet dangling over the side of a gray building. An old mall that once was a big thing here in this small Danky town. My lace night gown floats from the cool breeze. It's so dark that the stars are out. Nobody comes here anymore. All I hear is the sounds of trees lightly rustling.

"Well, I hope when I return... I'll be happy.." I close my eyes with a smile. A few warm tears trail down my face. As I slowly lean forward until I'm weightless.
Goodbye.

I hit the ground, and everything goes black.

It's weird I didn't feel anything hardly. I just felt myself land lightly on grass. I open my eyes, looking around. What the hell is this? Am I in heaven? I'm surrounded by forests in every direction. The trees look massive. I'm laying on a grassy little opening on the forest floor.
I started to try to get up while ignoring the pain of everything from yesterday. I wince knowing I might have leaned on my bad leg. I grab a bit of grass as I cry.

"It's  over.. finally.." I put my head down and cry a bit.

"Female?" I hear a soft males voice in front of me. I flinch and look up. Oh god, oh god, don't.. please.
I can't see clearly, but I see a man in front slowly walking twords me.

"Hey, hey, it's okay, female. I'm here. I won't hurt you, okay? I'm going to try to help, is that okay?" He gently asks.
By then, my anxiety and trauma got the best of me as I started to pass out.
I feel warm hands on my back.

Unknown Pov:

I noticed a few medicines growing, so I get down to my knee and gently pull them up from the soil.

"Well, good thing it rained." I mutter to myself as I get a good size of gold root.
I grab the sack, putting the root delicately inside a nice leather wrap. Just what I was running out of.
As I spot a few cry roots. So I pick a few. I mark the tree next to it with a line. so I know this will be a great gathering spot. as well as the normal places. I start my way to the usual areas. Of course, I find a few more things.

I spot a nice rabbit, so I change into my form. Hunting the rabbit it was quite tricky due to the size of the rabbit fitting in places I can't. It took a good few minutes. I started walking back to my sack I left. But I hear a sob. It's a heartbreaking sob. I walk slowly over as I hear it better. A female! I ran over, dropping my prey. I find her on the ground, clutching grass. Crying into it.

"Female?" I slowly examine her as I'm walking up. She has long white hair draped in front of her face. She's wearing an odd white fur dress. Then I smell blood. With her scent.
I rushed up to her, but she flinched, so I slowed down my steps. She's hurt.

"Hey, hey, it's okay, female. I'm here. I won't hurt you, okay? I'm going to try to help you, is that okay?" I ask her, but she just looks twords my way, barely peeking. She starts shivering and breathing harder. Then falls unconscious. So I rush to her and look her over. I pick her up, and her head rests on my shoulder. She smells so wonderful, but I need to get her home.

I leave my medicines and prey in the forest and just run the best I can without hurting her more. I wrap my cape around her. Hopefully, she will be warmer. I get to my hut. As I start cleaning her wounds that I can see. I try talking to her to wake her.

Paige Pov:

My head is pounding. I feel warm and comfortable. I smell herbs everywhere. I open my eyes and see a handsome man beside me. Holding a wet cloth cleaning my hand. I sit up fast and scoot myself away. I put my hand on my mouth and just look.

"Hi, I'm Harvey. I found you hurt in the woods. I'm a healer here in Camel Hump Valley. I won't hurt you. Can you tell me what hurts?" He asks quietly, making sure probably not to scare me.

"Um. I'm fine." I look at my feet talking to him. Did he say camel hump valley? Wait.. like the story? I peek up at him. Seeing he has long blond hair. Baby blue eyes and cat ears. Oh my god! It's Harvey! I never finished the story, but Harvey is one of my favorite characters. He's always gentle and sweet.

"You're not fine at all. In fact, your arm was bleeding. Who did..." he shakes his head. "I need to know where else you're hurting so I can apply medicine. I don't want to see you in pain. Will you let me?"

He gives me a sad look. Is this a dream? Did I survive jumping? Do I trust him to see my ugly body? Do I care about him seeing me? Well, I do care, I can't.. he will be disgusted. Won't he? Shit what do I do? If this is a dream, then what will all this matter... I nod a tiny yes, still curled up, hugging my legs.

"Ca.. can I do it myself?" I try to speak louder, but it comes out broken and quiet.  I sigh, defeated. Still shakey, I reach for the bowl he's holding. My sleeve slips up a bit on my arm, revealing bruises. I cover the spot with my other hand.

"Haa... sure you can. I'll walk you through it, okay? Let me get some warm water first so you can clean yourself. I have the paste and wraps for you." He gets up slowly, grabbing a bowl and heads outside. I look around, still sitting in my spot. His home is cleanly organized. There's herbs hanging to dry. There are a few bowls and jars on a flat rock. There's a small indent on the side of the rock where a fire is going. I lift a few furs, and there's long grass that has a bit of flowers in it that I'm sitting on. It's actually quite comfortable. I see there's a few sacks and a small pouch. Also, a big leather hide hanging from a doorway. Oh, there's two doorways.

"Hi, um.. I'm coming in, okay?" Harvey asks. He moves the leather hide aside and walks in, and goes in the other room. I watch him curiously.

"Well, it is ready. Do you need some furs to wear?" Harvey asks me.
Umm, do I? Probably, but I don't like my ugly body.

"Can you make one like what I have on, please? I'll pay you back.. I can work or."
I start to ask.

"Hey... you don't have to do anything. If you really want to pay me back, then just get better for me, okay?" He gently asks me. I nod.. I can do that, can't I?

"Okay.." I whisper I start to get up but a slight sob leaves lips.

"Can I help you walk?" Harvey puts his hands out twords me. I bite my lip. okay, i nod to him. I reach my hand to his and take it. His hands are warm. His fingers are slender but big. I feel tingling on my hands up my arms. Wow, he's so gentle. He lifts me lightly. And I go clean myself with a cloth and bowl of warm water.
I clean myself, and then Harvey walks me through bandging myself.

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❤️ I hope you enjoy the read. Anyways I'm taking a break from my previous book right now. ❤️ love you all!!