Shadow Former

[14]

"Death." Konnya rested her elbows on her knees and set her chin on her hands. She stared past the tome on the table. She lost count of how many times she'd read it the past two days. Nothing in it helped.

She was dying. The pressure in her head grew steadily every hour.

"Always alone, always afraid," Tur'svan whispered.

Konnya huffed a mirthless laugh. "Seems so." Tur'svan turned her head and wiped a tear off her cheek.

Did she actually care for her? Konnya scrunched up her eyes. No way. She just didn't want to be alone. Typical Tur'svan.

More and more memories from other lives trickled into Konnya's head. With each one, the pressure behind her eyes grew. In none of them could she sense any fear of death. Maybe because in some weird subconscious way she knew she wouldn't actually die? Konnya rubbed the sides of her head. That would explain some things. Like why she wasn't afraid to take big risks for Svanturum. Like how when her parents died it wasn't a terrible shock. Humans died. Shadow Formers did to, but much slower.

But death still didn't really scare her. She just didn't know what to do with what time she had left.

"I should've released your Former when I was supposed to," whispered Tur'svan. She stood and started pacing. With every turn her face hardened, until it was so dark nobody in their right mind would cross her line. She muttered like she'd forgotten Konnya was in the room. "The people were still mad at us. Even though they were dead. I didn't want to be alone. But I didn't want to watch the last one die. I couldn't do it. Not again." Her eyes locked with Konnya's. The intensity scared her in a way Konnya couldn't remember. "Never again."

Sorry guys. Short and boring chapter. I just needed to start writing this again.

So, some things you should maybe know. 1. I'm rewriting Shadow Former so I most likely won't be posting any new parts for a while. 2. I auditioned for a play and found out earlier this week that I got the female lead. So once practices start, I'm going to be really busy. 3. I may double up on some school to maybe graduate this year, so I'll be even more busy. 4. My goal is to finish the most important book I'm writing, and that's one I'm not posting on Wattpad, so yeah... 5. I'll let you guys know when I post the rewritten version of Shadow Former.

Thank you so much if you've stuck with me this far! You are seriously the best, I love you 😘