Kyera stared into the cup in her hands . She pondered his question, while his hand rested gently on her own . Her heart throbbed as she thought back to that night . She had tried so hard to forget it, that she had never told a soul what had happened in that dark room so close to morning .
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"It was my the winter I turned twelve . I had gone to bed like any other night . It was dark out, but nearly dawn . Shifters were strictly night creatures back then it cut down on human exposure . " Kyera began, her voice soft and her eyes lost deep inside her memories . "Keenan had put me to bed, like he always did then Kendrick and Kain would sing their songs till I passed out . I don't know exactly what woke me, but I felt something warm splash my face . " her hand raised subconsciously to caress that place on her cheek where the liquid had splashed her fair skin .
"I remembered the smell, strong and metallic . When I opened my eyes I saw him . He was mere inches from my face . I screamed and lashed out slicing his face open . He roared and retreated from me and I looked to my brothers for help . Kain slept closest to me . His chest was clawed open, blood… blood was everywhere . I was frozen on my matt barely protecting me from the blood . I…" Kyera's voice cracked as she laughed darkly at herself . It was almost mockery . Clovis reached for her hand and took it firmly in his, his thumb moving back and forth over the tender skin . She brought his hand to her lips and kissed it gently before continueing .
"I was so young . I tried to convince myself it was water . It couldn't be blood it had to be water reflecting red off something maybe a blanket . I tried so hard to convince myself . I heard Keenan growl and the fighting began . I just wanted the fighting to stop . I ran to the alarm . I pulled it hard over and over . I heard a child screaming, I thought other villagers were in trouble . They weren't . It was my own voice I heard . I don't even know when I started screaming . " Kyera had to take a moment to wipe the tears from her face . Clovis watched quietly, offering her support but no pity . She was too strong a woman to accept pity .
"Keenan, he fought hard . He kept telling me to run, but I couldn't . I couldn't leave him . I attacked Kan . I tried to save my last brother . He was bleeding so much . Kan took Keenan by pure muscle . He was so much older and more experienced there was no true contest . He finally grabbed Keenan by the throat and threw him into the wall before running out . I tried to help Keenan… I tried but it was too late . He pulled me against him and… he died holding me . " Kyera's arms wrapped around herself, trying to hold herself together . "I stumbled out of the house with my dolly . I tripped on the doorstep and fell on the porch . Blood smeared everywhere . I couldn't get it off . " her voice was barely a whisper now . "Verone and his father, Daxin and several guard were the first to arrive . Verone's father dealt with the bodies, we laid them to rest in the gardens . Verone… he took care of me, him and Daxin until Half Eye took me in . I was so lost no one could reach me . It took awhile before I was deemed 'normal . ' I don't think I ever really felt normal again . " Kyera was finished retelling and Clovis had no idea of what to say . He could only imagine her pain .
"Kyera, come here . " He whispered standing to move a few feet in front of her . Kyera stood slowly, shakily and did as she was asked . He wrapped his arms around her, holding her close to his chest . Every fiber of acceptance and warmth he could offer flowed into her . Kyera held him close, no tears in her eyes but her heart still broken, he didn't say a word . The time for words had belonged to someone else . For now only action belonged to him and he was okay with that .
Chapter end
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