0164
Neah
Eric hadn't said anything for a while. He had sat completely still the entire time, holding my hand as we waited for some news from Klaus.
It had felt like hours, maybe it had been. I wondered if Dane had felt this way every time I had ended up in here. Wondering if he was never going to hear my voice again. And somewhere along the line, I had become concerned about Mallory's survival.
I watch the room like a hawk, waiting for the slightest change. Klaus must be nearly done, though I still wish that Raven was here to help. She is good at what she does.
The door finally opens and Klaus steps out in a gown that is soaked in blood. I pull Eric off the floor and to his feet as we wait in silence while Klaus moves towards us. "She is alive. Just." He lets out his own sigh of relief 'Thank goodness for that.' Nyx whispers.
"Thank you Klaus."
"It wasn't easy, but she is a fighter. She didn't want to go."
Eric's hand tightens around mine. "Her heart stopped."
"And we got her back. She is very weak though and she has lost a lot of blood. I will have to see if any of the Lycans are a match to help her."
""Me." I mutter
"No, Too risky." Klaus mutters
"Can I go see her?" Eric mumbles
"Of course. Just give the nurses a couple minutes to clean up in there. She is out cold and will be for some time."
"I will tell Damien." I will do it in person rather than through a link. "I will ask him to come over and get checked."
I wait until Eric is given the all clear to go and sit with his mate.
I decide to head over to the house.
I had a feeling Damien had gone to question Raven about why she wasn't helping. I wanted to know why too. Something feels off as I enter the packhouse. It almost reminded me of the day the boys were killed in Dane's office.
It just had an eerie feeling to everything.
I could hear Dane calling someone delusional, followed by Raven screeching. "I am not the delusional one! You are the one who can't see what is right in front of you."
Slowly, I make my way up the stairs, listening to them argue. It wasn't just Dane and Raven. Damien and Abraxas were here too. Though they could barely get a word in over the siblings arguing.
"Raven, this isn't you." Damien mutters, though he sounds a little lost. Like his usual tricks to calm his mate down wasn't working.
"Maybe this is me, right. I mean you said it yourself, didn't you Abraxas. My soul died. Or was that another lie."
"It wasn't." Abraxas replies coldly. He was probably staring at her in the same way he did when he was curious about my reactions. Or maybe his hand was already resting on a gun, ready to blow Raven's head off. I hoped not.
'Something is off about this whole thing.' Nyx groans. 'Why wouldn't she help? It's what she does.'
'I don't know. I want to say she is grieving, but that doesn't seem right. She checked over Maddie after the fire.'
"So you can tell the truth about some things." Raven's tone is full of sarcasm
"That's enough Raven!" Dane warns her
"I don't think it is." She shouts back and I hear glass breaking.
Hurrying to her room, I find Dane and Abraxas holding onto Raven, the window behind her is shattered. Her dark eyes settle on me and a grin spreads across her face. "You should never have come here. We were happy before you. We were powerful before you. We had control before you."
'Doesn't this seem a little out of place for Raven?' Nyx asks. 'It's not like her. She's gone from quiet and grieving to flat out being a bitch.'
I stare at Raven, struggling between the two men. Something was wrong and it was more than just her losing her twin. The way she talked sounded just like Jenson. Too much like him when he didn't get what he wanted.
'You don't think....' It didn't feel like it was Raven. I could smell her scent. It looked like her, but the words coming out of her mouth sounded nothing like her.
'I don't know if that's even possible.' Nyx mutters back
'There's only one way to find out.'
I move closer to Raven. "You couldn't help Mallory because you didn't know how, did you?"
"What are you talking about?" Dane frowns.
I don't look at him but press a finger against my head. Hoping he understood that I wanted him inside my head to listen to my thought process. If I was right.... I didn't want to be right.
Raven smiles at me. "I don't know what you are talking about."
"Yes you do."
Dane is staring at me now, like I have lost the plot.
But stranger things had happened.
And it was common knowledge that Raven and Jenson shared more than just a birthday.
Abraxas had said they shared a piece of each other's souls. Abraxas also talked about how the darkness seeps in. It finds a spot and grows. What if that is possible between twins who share twin wolves? They did have a piece of each other in them.
"You moved them all in when I wasn't paying attention." Raven mutters. She stops struggling against Dane and Abraxas. "You moved more Lycans in when I wasn't able to do anything to stop them."
"What's happening?" Damien asks. "Someone tell me what is happening!"
I watch Dane hold a hand up to him as I carry on questioning the person in front of me.
"Where's Raven?" I demand and Damien stares at me in utter confusion.
"I knew you were smart Neah, the very first day that I laid eyes on you. You were peering out from around the corner at Moonshine. Barely"
""Raven wasn't at Moonshine." Dane mutters.
"No, but Jenson was." I stare at Raven's face. She had made me feel at home here before Dane had. Her advice at the time was brutal, but I loved the honesty from her. Now, I didn't even recognise the person standing in front of me. How could someone's soul be taken over by anothers?
My eyes burn as I try to hold back the tears. Was Raven even in there? She must be. Damien is still connected to her.
""How long?" I demand
Her lips curve up but she doesn't answer. I grab her face. Claws inching out the tip of my fingers. She lets out a growl as they begin to pierce her cheek. "How fucking long?"
"Neah!"
I ignore Dane. I wanted answers and I wanted answers before anyone thinks of leaving this room.
Her dark eyes hover on mine. There is an emptiness to them like never before.
"It started in the hospital." Her dark eyes move to Abraxas. "You told us about our souls. How a part of us lives within the other. I heard you and I wondered if becoming my sister would work and look, it did."
Blood spills from her cheeks, but I keep my claws steady. No more could come out or I will kill her... him... them, I don't even know what to call it.
"Where is Raven?" I demand
"Almost gone."
"This is impossible." Damien mutters. "You can't take over someone else's soul! Raven, come on, this is just because you are upset about Jenson. We know you are grieving."
"You're right, I am grieving. I am grieving over how pathetic this pack has become. Full of fucking Lycans in every direction I turn. One as the Luna, one as the Beta. What's next, oh that's right, the heirs of the pack are Lycans too."
My claws grow a little more, settling deep into the skin. "You were sleeping with one."
"I wanted to see what it was like to fuck you. To see what it was like with you underneath me, moaning my name. I didn't see Blair, all I saw is you Neah Kitson."
My stomach ties itself up in knots, disgusted by Jenson. I knew he had gone to her because she looked like me. I knew he was trying to get something that wasn't his, just like he had done with others.
'I'm going to kill him!' Nyx growls.
'No. Not yet.'
I keep my claws locked in place, more blood leaks out as I bring my face in really close. That was the thing about Raven and Jenson, they looked so similar that when you are close enough, you can forget everything but the face right in front of you. I wanted to see him as I say my next line.
"But you will never have the real thing."
Letting go, I watch the blood spurt from the wounds. They healed quickly as my claws retreated
"Bitch!"
A gun goes off, almost deafening me. As Raven's body hits the floor, I turn expecting to see Abraxas pointing it at her, but it's Damien.