My Golden Guard (Edric X Hunter)

17- Hunter's POV

⚠️TW: Gore, blood, kidnapping, etc⚠️ When there are TW moments, I will put this symbol at the beginning: ⚠️ and this at the end: ✌Kay?

I run out of Ed's house, tears in my eyes.

Why?

What did I do?

I run past Emira, who calls out, asking if I'm okay. I don't respond, and just keep running. I run out the front door, my red cardinal palisman flying after me. I run down a dark alley, curling up into a ball, pulling my knees into my chest.

I sob into my knees, images flashing through my head. Edric's wrist, his expression as he told me to leave... he looked so...furious. Was I really that awful? I punch a nearby trash bin. My knucles are bleeding slightly, but I welcome the pain.

My palisman nudges my hand, looking at me sadly. I pick it up in my hands, setting it on my knees near my face. It nudges my cheek affectionately with its head. I smile sadly. "Thanks buddy. But nothing can make me feel better right now." I whisper, petting him. Just then, footsteps approach me. "Hey kid. You lost?" A man asks me. He is around 6' 8" and looks to be around 300 lbs of muscle. "No, I'm fine." I say, walking away. He grabs the back of my shirt, pulling me towards him. I start to fight, and he punches me, knocking me out.

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I wake up in a dark room. There's no one here. "Hello?" I call. A light flickers on, and I gasp. I'm in a large room, shaped like a dome. And around me, children of the Boiling Isles my age are tied up, chained to walls. That's when I realize I'm tied up in a chair in the center of the room. The kids surrounding me looks boney, and pale.  A voice rings over the intercom.
⚠️
"Release Cardanian." A deep voice says. Two guards enter through gate-like doors in the walls of the room, unchaining a boy not twenty feet away from me. The hand him something then walk out.

He walks over to me, looking remorseful. "What are you doing? Stay back!" I yell, trying to kick, but my feet are tied up. He sits on my lap, tears forming in his eyes. "I'm so, so sorry." He whimpers quietly, pulling out the thing they had handed him.

A blade. He places it on my cheek, preparing to cut. "This will hurt" he says shakily, before slicing the blade across my face. I bite my tongue, trying not to scream.

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He steps away from me, crying loudly, the red-stained blade falling from his hand as he collapses. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I didn't want to! I'm sorry!" He screams at me as two guards drag him away, back to the wall to be chained up.

My throat is scratchy and in pain from screaming so much. Blood drips off my face, arms, legs, thighs, and back, the flesh had either been sliced open or cut off in chunks. It hurts so bad but... I can see why Edric does this... it does help distract from mental pain... Edric...

✌ (all the precious humans can come back now) (youre all precious, but I was just addressing the ones who didnt wanna read the ⚠️ part. I love yall 💜)

I pass out, thoughts of Edric swarming my mind.