Blessing of Luna (Wolfgods Book 1) by Blaise Ramsay (best books under 200 pages .TXT) 📗

drag Damien to the bathroom to get him out of his bloody clothing. She lay him down gently on the floor. The tile on the floor began to blur, a sign she was losing the battle with unconsciousness.

“Kain,” Jill’s words were hushed as her breathing became shallower. Sweat began falling from her brow. “I have to call Kain.”

She pulled out her phone to dial Kain’s number.

A brief silence on the other end indicated an answer. “Jillian, did you find him?” the lycan asked, concerned.

“Kain, we’re at Damien’s house,” Jill took a breath to keep talking. “Please hurry.”

Before Jill lost consciousness, she made her way to Damien, laying her cheek on his chest. Greatly weakened against the poison of the silver inside her veins, she blacked out.

Outside, the rain began to fall, the thunder alerted the town to the arrival of yet another storm. In time winter would come to transform the angry rains to soft, comforting flurries of snow.

Jill opened her eyes to find she was staring into the lights of her room in the gym. She had no memory of how she got there but was grateful when Kain had gotten her message.

Damien lay beside her. His shirt had been removed. His ribs wrapped up from the shoulder down to his stomach.

“I am glad you’re awake, Jillian.” Kain’s relieved voice broke through the haze of Jill’s mind.

“Damien?”

Kain sat on the bed next to Jill. “He lost a rather large amount of blood but it appears he’s going to be fine. His body is repairing itself perfectly. Worst case, he might just be tired as sun’s hell for a few days. Whatever you did saved his life. You need to rest. I’ll help you recover tonight at moonrise.”

Jill forced herself to sit up. The anger at the situation still fresh in her mind. “It was Stoker. What am I going to do, Kain? The vampires are getting more aggressive.”

“Don’t worry about that now. You need to rest. I about burned my hand when I lifted you. You are full of silver.” Kain held up his burned hand. The wounds were fading but still evident.

“I’m sorry, Kain. Tonight, we can go behind the gym. I don’t want to do a full recovery in front of him just yet. He hasn’t even seen me transform. I don’t want to overwhelm him.” Jill replied, concerned and tired.

“Jillian, you need to stop being so concerned with hiding who you are from him. I spoke to him briefly when you went to get his truck. He’s more open than you think. From what he’s been through, I think seeing you transform is going to be the last thing that bothers him. Show him and let him decide. I think you will find you’re pleasantly surprised.” Kain smirked, his eyes laced with certainty and hope.

“Okay. You’ve never steered me wrong, old friend. I’ll see you tonight?”

“Of course. Sleep well.” Kain replied, nodding. He closed the door behind him, leaving them alone.

****

True to his word, Kain met Jill in the evening at moonrise. Damien hadn’t stirred all day. Dr. Langston dropped by from time to time to administer pain medicine as needed and to check the bandages.

Kyle insisted he was present at Jill’s recovery as a physician so he stood next to Kain, watching. “It’s amazing. Damien’s healing ability is more than we could have ever imagined. His rib was almost completely rejoined and the muscle in his side gave no indication it was even punctured. In all my years in medicine, I’ve never seen this. Not even in our kind.”

“Kyle, we don’t understand the Purifiers. No one does. We can’t hope to comprehend their power or what they’re capable of. Damien’s still asleep. I can only imagine what he would be able to do when he awakened,” Kain replied, still calm despite Kyle’s obvious excitement. He turned his attention to Jill. “Ready?”

Jill made an annoyed groan. No she wasn’t ready. Full recoveries hurt like sun’s hell and had to be done in human form which made it worse.

“Gods damn, these things sting!” Jill yelled. Her blood bubbled slightly where the silver poisoned it. If she hadn’t been immortal they would have killed her. Despite that, it didn’t make the experience any less uncomfortable.

Kain nodded, a crooked smile formed across his face. “Good luck.”

“Thanks.” Jill replied, less than thrilled at what she was preparing to do.

Jill flexed every muscle in her body, her eyes softly glowing. Her back arched. She growled a wolf’s growl, her fangs growing as her nails dug into the soft, wet soil.

The bullets slowly emerged from her flesh. Each dropped to the floor like hail stones during a storm. Her bones ached from where they’d splintered. Her blood was on fire from the sting of the toxins.

The moon’s light through the clouds gave her just enough energy needed to heal the wounds left behind. The whole process left Jill so exhausted. She had her tongue hanging out of her mouth panting.

“That is never…a pleasant experience.” Jill said, sitting on the ground while Kyle came over to check on her.

Kain shook his head. “I can imagine it isn’t. It has been a while since I have had to do one.”

“This is getting out of hand, Kain. We’ve been lucky so far but what happens when luck runs out?” Jill asked, slightly defeated.

Kain sighed. “Jillian, the easy thing for you to do is something I know you don’t want to do. If your sun’s hell-set on taking him as your own, then protecting him is a part of the deal. Yet another reason why we usually don’t go after one of them and keep to our own kind. I know you are going to find a way.”

“Kain, Jill’s going to be okay. Are you doing alright?” Kyle asked.

“I’m fine,