Unknown Creatures [Unedited]

30. Alfred

Mark's view:

Mum looks furious. If looks could kill, we'd all be dead in an instant. 

Falcon looks at her with a blank stare and just stands there, unmoving. "That, I don't know. I found him like that." 

Soon, dad, my sister and vamp joined. 

"Not a word," I say to no one in particular, walking over to Alfred and kneel next to him as I assess the depth of his cuts. "His injuries are too deep."

Brushing my hand over one of his deepest cuts, I close my eyes, focusing on my healing magic. A golden aura emanates from my hand, slowly entering his body through that wound. A few minutes later, the wound closes itself. Once done, I move to the next deep cut to repeat the process. But as soon as I reach the fourth cut my hands shake and I feel my energy drain, the room spinning as I see double.

"Your energy will drain my boy, don't force yourself," mum says from behind me. 

"I can do it, mum, don't worry," I say, a thread of sweat dripping down my forehead.

My body screams to stop as I become weaker, the pain more prominent and my hands shaking more as I try to stay focused. 

After I heal another cut, my hands shake and I break away from healing as I huff and puff. Exhaustion getting to me as I use up a lot of my energy to heal.

"I can't..." I begin, looking at the ground.

"Don't worry, baby boy, I can heal. It's my specialty, don't forget," mum says as she comes over sitting next to me. A smile on her face as she raises her hand over Alfreds cuts, a golden ray leaving her hands onto the cut, closing them up in no time at all. It was as if it took her no effort to do this, not even energy.

"How are you able to do this without wasting your energy, mum?"

"Your mother is used to her powers, I have learnt to control them and separate them from my body energy. I've been practising even where I haven't been using them."

It didn't take her long till she healed Alfred's wounds completely. 

"Thank you, ma'am," Falson says, smiling as he kneels down to look at Alfred, who was still unconscious.

"It'll take him a small while to wake up. He hasn't eaten, his stomach is empty. It seems his body was too weak to fight off whoever attacked him," she informs, looking over at Falcon. "Did you see anything?"

"No ma'am, when I saw him it was too late. I heard his call but by the time I made it to him he was in terrible shape." 

"Have you eaten anything yet?"

"Yes, I have."

"I wish I had some human meat to offer, but the only meat I have is the organs of animals that we hunted a week ago."

"Animal meat is fine. Both human and animal meats help us with our strength."

"Ok, well when he wakes up, I'll give him something to eat, but first let's move him to a bed upstairs until he wakes up."