Tainted Soul {Formerly Fallen} (Book 3) (Completed)

Chapter 8

Kait POV

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I ran out of the house and slammed the door behind me hard enough that it should have came off of its hinges. Then, I bolted as fast as I could to the one place in the world that I could think, the state park by my house. What the hell was happening?

She thought there was something wrong with me. What the hell was wrong with someone who wanted revenge on their lying, cheating, stalking ex-husband?! I was so pissed off that I wasn't even thinking correctly! All I wanted to do was kill something. I longed to see the very life drain out of something and feel it flow into me, empowering me, strengthening me. She mentioned something about my eyes and then backed away, terrified. What was going on with my eyes? Were they still the same way? I thought about everything I'd said to my best friend. God, I regretted so much of it. I never yelled at her, no wonder she was scared. All of the sudden I just explode and start screaming at her at the top of my lungs? I'd be terrified, too! A voice in my head screamed at me to abandon her and this life and drain the life out of a useless human and Awaken myself. I quickly put up a mental block from Melanie, knowing that she'd sense all this and run to find me. What if I didn't want to be found? What if I never wanted to return? There were so many 'what if's' running through my head that I didn't know what I was going to do.

Then the black figures and translucent people came back. It wasn't gradual like in the house, but all of the sudden where the just suddenly exploded out of my head and gave me that unbelievable migraine that made me want to rip my head open and pour my brains onto the ground. I felt my mental block come down as I tried to make these rotten, pain inducing fuckers leave. After they were finally gone, I cried and I couldn't stop. I sat up next to a tree and let my tears run out like a waterfall. I didn't care if anyone came to find me. I just didn't care about anything but sitting there.

Suddenly, I felt a gentle hand touch my shoulder. I didn't bother to look up because I didn't care who it was. Whoever it was, they didn't say anything. I hoped that if I acted like I hadn't acknowledge their touch, that they'd go away. Yet, another part of me hoped that they didn't. I knew I was destined to be alone. I was dangerous and even the slightest thing could set me off. Right when I thought the person would leave, they say down next to me and wrapped an arm around my shoulder and hugged me. I knew who it was from the scent coming off of their skin, but I wasn't sure how I felt about their presence. We just sat there like that not saying a word, while I continued to silently cry. I started mumbling randomly after a few minutes.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. What's wrong with me? This isn't me. I don't randomly start screaming. Little, annoying, pain inducing, black fuckers. Translucent, human ghosts. The dead are closer than you think. Get out now, or they'll fuck us all. They want to feel you pain! Your fear!" I mumbled.

"We need to go to see the queen. Now." The person said, listening to my mumbles.

"But the dead are near! They're coming for us! They're coming! They're going to make us one of them!" I mumbled.

"Let's go home and pack. We're leaving in an hour. I made an appointment with her after you left. We meet with her tomorrow morning at 9." The person said, lifting me off of the ground and helping me walk home.