The Omega Princess

Chapter 20

“Goodness” was the first word that slipped from Theresa as Dale rushed into her hut with my drained body in his arms.

Around me the world seemed to spin and even as I tried to focus my eyes remained blurred, unable to distinguish one shape from the other. I was to some degree aware of the pain the flashed around my body but it wasn’t until Dale set me down on the table that it wracked my body, wrenching a pain filled scream from my body.

“Sorry” Dale murmured, I looked towards him and though I could not see his face I knew that it would be filled with an expression of concern.

“Great Goddess!” Theresa cried as Dale turned me onto my side, so I was no longer lying on the table. Her fingers quickly ran over my back, my body convulsing and arching away from her in response.

“Who did this?” she whispered

I heard Dale sigh and just as he was about to reply, pain coursed all over my heart running through the arteries and veins, as though they were full of an acid that wished to burn my heart. I scratched at my chest, holding back a scream. Theresa and Dale were at once at my side, Theresa small wizened hands touching my chest until she reached the bleeding hole.

My eyes cleared slowly, as though they were dusty windows and someone had decided to wipe them, and for a moment my vision was filled with her horrified face. A scream once again ran through me as I felt my heart shake, it was beating too fast, trying to rid itself of the poison she had left in me. I clutched my chest again, gasping it felt as though it were trying to rip through me anything for fresh oxygen.

Theresa, pushed Dale out of the way and moved far quicker than I was would have expected her to. Behind I heard clanging as she must have started looking for something. Dale looked around helplessly obviously not knowing what to do. Gently he moved my hand from my chest, as he did so my body relaxed just a little pain seemed to lessen just to a level where it was bearable.

“It’s not much, but it’s all I can do at the moment”

I stared at him, hoping that my gratitude was transferring over to him. I looked over at his body which was covered in blood, some that was obviously his but also that of the poor wolf that had been laying on the beach, as well as myself. The red blinded me and as I saw the fur of the She-wolf, fear filled my body, those soulless eyes had stared into mine and those clawed hands had taken the life of a child who had not even felt the pure air yet. She had ripped into my heart and taken over my mind and what was worse she had held no remorse, she enjoyed the pain and riot she had caused.

Theresa appeared before me once again a bowl of herbs in her hand, she stared into my eyes and slapped me gently.

“Do not fall asleep”

I nodded, through truthfully as my vision became blurred again I could feel my eyelids threatening to close. Dale forced me to look at him, his brilliant blue eyes bearing into my eyes. I held them as my anchor willing myself to stay awake.

“I cannot stop the venom, I can subdue it for two days but then you must take action, she does not have a wolf so she cannot push the venom herself, but you can do that for her” She explained to Dale, who’s eyes never left mine.