Broken Bonds

Chapter 14

Chapter 14

Running.

Breathless and running.

It was dark and I was barefoot running from a white wolf. I could barely breathe but I didn't stop running. At the edge of the woods I could see figures. I stopped in my tracks. Something told me run away from the figures and the wolf. I turned and ran in a different direction, away from both. The wolf and the figures were chasing me.

Cornered.

There was no where to go, just a wall that came out of nowhere. The wolf and the figures caught up with me. It wasn't the first time that I had seen this wolf but the figures were draped in black cloaks, the hoods pulled up the darkness that I assumed were the faces. Embers of coal were the only thing that I could identify as eyes.

The figures approached me with coal in their hands...they wanted me sear my eyes. The wolf backed away as I was backed up against the wall, screaming and crying. I fell to the cold ground as they kept approaching. I curled into a little ball and screamed some more.

I wouldn't let them burn my eyes. I couldn't see myself in a cloak with nothing but embers as eyes. I screamed as one of their cloaks brushed my legs.

"Jolene!" Riley's voice brought me back to reality. I was crying hysterically, my throat was sore from screaming in my sleep. My eyes hadn't opened and I shut them harder as a fresh wave of tears came flooding in. I felt Riley pull me into his lap as I sobbed uncontrollably. "It was just a dream." he rocked me back and forth slowly. "Shhh, just a dream. You're okay." he cooed.

My breathing was uneven. Riley's hand moved slowly over my hair. "I'm sorry." I managed to get out.

"Don't apologize." he placed a small kiss on the top of my head.

I opened my eyes and what I saw nearly gave me a heart attack.

Black.

"Riley?" I asked nervously trying not to panic.

"Hmm?"

"I can't see." my voice cracked.

"What?" his hand stopped moving.

"I can't see...all I see is black."

"You can't see the light, you can't see me...nothing?"

My breathing started accelerating as I felt the tears threatening to return. "Nothing." I choaked out.

"Come on, you need to go to Madison." he ushered me off of the bed and took my hand. We started walking really quickly.

I was panicking...I couldn't see...I was blind. Pure blackness, no matter how hard I tried opening my eyes. I was crying again.

I stubbed my toe on the railing by the stairs. "Ouch." I mumbled I then cried some more. I didn't cry because it hurt, I cried because I couldn't see where I was going. I felt Riley's arms lift me up and he ended up carrying me down the stairs like we were newly-weds.

When we got to the bottom of the stairs and Riley didn't put me down or stop walking I started panicking again.

"No, I don't want to go outside." I moaned.

"It'll be easier to get to Madison from her office."

"No, Riley, put me down."

"Jo-"

"Please!" I started crying again. He put me down on the couch.

"Okay, I'm sorry." his tone made me wonder what his face looked like at that very moment.

"I'm sorry. Riley, I just...I can't..." I broke into sobs. "I can't be blind."

He came to sit next to me and put an arm around me. "Don't worry, I called Madison through the pack link, she'll be here." I crying had subsided but it was still there. "Don't cry, it's okay." he was comforting me but I wouldn't be completely at ease until I could see his beautiful face again. 

30 minutes later...

"Riley, sweety, stop pacing, you're creating a draft." Madison said as she examined my eyes.

"Sorry." he mumbled.

Madison's hands left my face and she sighed. "I'm sorry honies but I have never, in all my years as a werewolf specialist, seen this. Your eyes are fogged over to the point where I can't differentiate between your pupil and the white of you eye."

Her words brought more tears to my eyes.

"Riley, can I talk to you in the kitchen?" she asked. He didn't reply, I just heard them shuffle out of the room. I hugged my knees close to my chest as I sat on the couch in darkness. The lights were on but I was in darkness and that scared me.

I strained to listen in on their conversation. I could only catch a few words before I heard a loud bang.

"That won't help. You need to get a witch specialist in here as soon as possible so that you get your mate the help she needs.That girl is scared right now and losing your temper won't help anybody. I will help you get somebody on the phone who has studied people like her, they'll know what to do." Madison's voice was hushed but I heard every word clearly.

"People like me?" I asked loudly so that they could both hear. "What kind of people are those?" there was venom dripping from each of my words.

I wasn't angry at them...I was angry that I was like this and that I didn't know what to do.

A blind werewolf-witch hybrid. Great. I got up and felt my way to the stairs. I felt Riley's hand on mine. I jerked away.

"Please don't." I felt my way up the stairs to a bedroom I hoped was mine and lay on the bed.

How and why did I go blind? I didn't understand it!

A/N Hey guys, I'm sorry I haven't been uploading. I won't even lie, I hit a writer's block with this book but now I've got the ball rolling again so let us do this. Please keep reading and let me know what you think.

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