55 - Learning to Adapt

[EIRA]

She carefully wiped the blood that had trickled down to the sides of his face. The piece of wood had penetrated deep inside Nate's head, knocking him unconscious. She never thought that a spell like the once she had performed could have such harsh consequence. If the wood had pierce his heart instead...

Eira didn't think any further. She had no more tears left to shed. Her heart was beating feebly, she could feel it. She had felt so much in the last few hours that now it left her feeling numb. She felt the emptiness within that ravaged her mind slowly, eating her sanity away. All hopes were crushed and there was no way to go but now.

Nate squirmed as his eyes fluttered open slowly. He blinked and his hand reached up to lightly touch his skull on the area where a while ago there was a hole, fatal enough for a human but apparently harmless to a vampire. It had sealed itself seconds after Eira had pulled the shard out.

She extended an arm and rested h