My leg was healing fine and I'd make a full recovery, it was still sore and took some effort to move it. It was best to stay in bed so I did for nearly two days until I was certain I was back to a hundred percent. Finn was doing much better and Bren was...well getting there, he isn't be a jerk to me anymore and I'm grateful for that--thanks to Raidyn and his talk.
I look in the mirror at my stomach, I was nearly a month along and I couldn't believe what I was seeing; a bump an actually little bump someone would see nearly three months along. I had gained two pounds, it is all in my stomach. My energy felt fantastic, I didn't crave Raidyn's energy as much as normal--I still crave him physically and intimately but not as much as the dependency forced on me.
Eating in the kitchen with Raidyn, Raven comes rushing in crying. Her face is wet and eyes red.
"Raven." I look at her worried and frown. "What's wrong?"
"Duck! He's gone. H-He l-left me." Raven cries and wipes at the tears rolling down her face. She reaches into her pocket and takes out a crumpled up note and tosses it on the table, getting it wet from her tears. "R-Re-Read it."
I take it before Raidyn can grab it. "What?" I skim the note and am confused at the context. Duck loves her--I don't understand. He left her, he left the kingdom and he's never returning. I look over at Raidyn with a sad expression and hand him the note. "Raven, I-I..." I don't even know what to say. She looks absolutely heart broken.
"Raven, this must be some sort of mistake. Duck loves you." Raidyn shakes his head and then he reads the notes over. "This note doesn't make any sense."
"You think I don't already know that Raidyn!" Raven snaps at him peering at him though her tears and then covering her hands in her face. "I don't understand and I love him so much. How could he do this to me? I would expect this with anyone else except Duck."
"Raven," I stand up to hug her and I rub her back as she sobs over my shoulder holding me loosely. "We will figure everything out." I say calmly. I look over at Raidyn who is frowning. "We can look for him if you want--give you the answers you deserve."
"You read the note right? He left. He left and he's not coming back, Byrd. He doesn't want to see me." She sobs, the pain is evident in her strained, shaky voice. "What do I do now? I'm in shock still but what do I do without him? He was everything." Raven breaks and Raidyn walks over to hug her too.
"Everything will be okay." But I know it isn't. I don't know how to comfort her and her broken heart. I'd kill him if I ever saw his face--if whatever is true in that note and he up and left her, I'll kill him. "What you do know is to stay strong, you keep your chin high and y-you don't need him to make you happy. You can be happy I promise." Gods I suck at comforting.
She shakes her head and continues to cry; shaking even harder. "I'm tired of being strong, staying strong. I was locked away for years and I did no living and all. Duck was so much more than company to me, he brought me a sense of what it was to live. He was everything. Not only my boyfriend left me, my best friend did too. Duck was it for me. He-well I thought he was my future."
I try my best to fight back the tears now burning my eyes. "I'm here for you." I say quietly. "You're my friend, my sister, I'll help to try to fill that void. I know it's not enough but it's all I can offer you right now. Raven, I'm so sorry." I frown. I look over at Raidyn not knowing what to do, what to say. I am devastated over this news.
"No one can fill that void." She pulls back Raidyn and I. "I'm going to sleep or to lay in my bed. I-I don't want to talk about this any further right now. I have a blaring headache now." Tears still sat at the brim of her eyes and her face is the most puffed out I've ever seen it. Already this was taking a huge toll on her.
