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Chapter Twelve: Your Halo is Slipping Down
Aurora shot up in bed; her blood was boiling and her pulse was racing. Convulsions forced her body back down as she arched up from the sheets in pain.
"Bloody hell not yet," She tried to scream to relieve some of the pain of a forced transformation but it came only in a hoarse whisper. Closing her eyes she felt her teeth begin to form into a pair of sharp fangs, her nails began to form into claws fit more for an animal than a woman. Aurora tossed herself from the bed and stumbled on to the floor desperately trying to pull herself to her feet as she crawled to the door. In her eyes the blue seemed to recede being replaced with a deep crimson that leaked out into the whites of her eyes in a swirling pattern. Finally, heaved herself up and took off towards the front of the ship; the voice inside her mind screamed angrily at her but her words all ran together giving off a violent hum. She reached the farthest tip of the boat and looked over the edge into the water; closing her eyes she sank to her knees trying to calm the beast clawing at her surface. Warm wind whipped at her face causing her to shiver.
Please not now…Pleading in her mind to stop the pain. Something warm and soft gripped Aurora's shoulder stopping her transformation immediately. Slowly her claws retracted, her fangs dulled, and the deep crimson of her eyes swirled back into blue. Weakly she turned to meet the cool grey eyes of one of the women close enough to be called her sister.
"Veata…,"She breathed out looking up to her well endowed blonde sister. The wind whipped around her sister causing her to give a small chuckle; the pale pink dress she wore made her seem more surreal as she stood in front of her. Veata knelt down in front of her allowing the other woman to catch the soft glow of the diamond between the double crescents that hung from her neck.
"When is the last time you fed Rora?" She asked looking at her older sister with concern. The redhead slid down and sat back trying to shake the after effects.
"Three weeks," Aurora replied with her normal firm voice even if her body still twitched. Veata shook her head at her sister and pulled her to her feet.
"You need to recharge Rora remember what happened last time you didn't?" The blonde woman asked causing Aurora to think back to the night she got caught after succumbing to the beast within and was thrown in jail.
The night I met Jack… she smiled softly causing the other woman to shake her and get her attention.
"We dock at Port Isabelle next," Aurora calmly worked out a plan "Is Amaya still there?" The blonde nodded softly as she glanced out into the darkened sea towards shore.
"Yes she is," Veata answered.
"Good, have her bring me what I need," She instructed "I don't think I'll be able to hunt this time." Veata nodded and put her hand to her sister's forehead; feeling the warmth that still emanated from it.
"How long 'till you get there," Veata caressed her sisters hair softly causing Aurora to lean into her touch.
"Three days at the most," She whispers as the other woman's hand sinks beneath the loose collar of her shirt.
"Let's hope you last that long without incident," Veata says taking in the warmth of Aurora's necklace and she grasped it in the palm of her hand. The blonde leaned in and gently kissed the pale cheek of her sister that still held some light pink in it. Veata released her necklace and stepped back taking one final look at her sister before a strong gust of wind whipped around her and she was gone. As soon as her sister left Aurora collapsed onto the deck of the Pearl, the warm breeze helped alleviate some of the fire that remained in her body. She stared up into the night sky and watched the stars twinkle back at her, seemingly mocking her with their carefree nature.
Little Angel go away.
Come again some other day.
Devil has my ear today,
I won't hear a word you say.