The blood secret

Chapter 16

I woke up to the soft sound of someone breathing, i could feel their warm breath on the back of my neck and the presence of their body behind me. I turned around slowly so that i didn't wake them and i'm glad i did because the pain that shot through me as i moved was excruciating and it took my breath away. I let out a loud cry in pain and before i could do anything Finn shot up and was now sitting up holding me tight against him. I let myself cry in his arms until the pain started to dull  down but before i moved away from him, i made sure that it wasn't going to happen again.

"Are you OK?" He said searching my eyes, looking to see if i was still in pain.

"I'm fine, it just bloody well hurts to move." I stated as i tried to sit myself up but Finn put a hand on my shoulder to tell me not to even try. "Really, i'm fine now. I just want to sit up." He nodded and helped me sit up against the bed frame, at first a small shooting pain went down my spine but once i was up it vanished.

"Does it still hurt?"

"No i'm OK but how come i'm in so much pain, i don't remember breaking any bones or hurting myself in anyway." I said looking at him.

"It's not physical pain your feeling but more pain in your mind. It's an effect from the mind game they played on you, it makes you think your in pain when your not. It will wear of soon, just don't get up or do anything too fast." He said as he got out of bed and went over to the bathroom that was attached to the bedroom.

When Finn walked back in he was wearing his usual black jeans and a black button down shirt. He was about to head out the door but before he could i stopped, "Finn wait, i need to talk to you."

He stopped at the door and sighed but instead of walking off he turned around and came and sat down on the edge of the bed. I wasn't sure how i was going to ask him the question i had been wanting to ask since Ace told me about him knowing about my fathers death but i knew i had to ask. I needed to.

"why didn't you tell me you were there when my father was killed?" I said looking him straight in the eye.

He sighed deeply and ran a shaky hand through his hair, "I didn't tell you because i didn't want you to know the way he died, i didn't want you going around with the image of your father being eaten alive. I wanted you to see him for who he was, not for how he died. I was trying to save you from yourself." It made me laugh the way he thought he was protecting me just like Ace had told me, he knew Finn was doing it to protect me but at the same time he was lying to me and about my own father.

"I don't need you to protect me, i need you to stop lying to me and start telling me the truth, especially if it involves my father or anyone that i love." I couldn't hold back my anger, i trusted Finn and all he did was lie to me. "I want the truth. i want to ask you something and i want the real answer, not some lie you've made up to try and protect me."

"OK." He said softly, "What do you want to know?"

"I want to know if what Ace told me was the truth. Was my father really killed by this Rakshasa thing? and were you really there when it happened?"

"Ace didn't lie, about either of them. Your father really was eaten alive and i was there, so was Leo but there was nothing i could do to save him. Trust me, i would have if i could have but when a Rakshasa has been summoned and given an order to kill, there's no stopping her. The Archangels are the only thing strong enough to kill them and they never come down to earth." He took a deep breath and then looked me straight in the eye not blinking or even breathing now, "I'm truly sorry Sky. I really didn't want you to find out this way and i'm sorry i couldn't save him."

All i did was slowly move towards him, i could see he was in pain from the thoughts and memories of that night but he knew he had to tell me and i knew he was telling the truth. Before he knew what i was doing i rapped my arms around him and we just sat there. I could feel his chest rising with each breath he took and the warmth of his breath caressing my neck. I wanted to kiss him then and there but i knew it would ruin what we had and i still didn't know if he had the same feelings for me as i did for him.