A/N: I made it to 40! Wahoo! Thanks for reading
Graycynn Point of View
I woke up early the next morning, I was still getting used to waking up when it was still pitch black out. The stars hung in the sky and the wind whistled through the trees I crawled from my bed and walked down the hall noiselessly. I turned my head around the corner trying not to disturb kestrel's slumber; she looked so content lying on the bed wrapped in the blankets. I knew how much pain she was in, and I still couldn't believe I could do such a thing to my best friend. It hurt me to watch her with pained expressions on her face and cold sweat rolling from her brow. I sat on the edge of the bed and I could tell Ayden had been here before, it smelt like him not to mention the cloth on her head. I touched the cloth lightly to see if it was still wet, but it was completely bone dry. I stood up with the cloth in hand and walked to the bathroom putting it under cold water. The fibers in the cloth loosened as the cold water flowed over it.
I placed it on Kestrels head and went down the stairs quietly Ayden was at the bottom with a look on his face. I groaned. He wasn't going to let this go, I just wanted to forget this ever happened but I knew he wouldn't let me.
"Good morning…" I said smiling widely walking down the remainder of stairs.
"Morning" he grunted moving out of the way so I could pass.
"We need to talk about what happened" he said quietly, if I didn't have enhanced hearing I knew I wouldn't be able to hear him speak.
"All right" I said we both sat on the couch which was still stained with Kestrel's blood.
"What happened" he said looking at me.
"You saw what happened" I said quietly
"I know, I thought I told you to drink before any of this could have happened" he said he was starting to sound angry.
"I know. I did. I just blanked and…" I said trailing of guilt was hidden in my voice.
"You lost control..." he said he sounded uncomfortable like he had a run in with it before. He shifted.
"I know, I didn't mean to" I said honestly.
"I know you didn't mean to, you just can't let it get like that" he said he stood up and started to pace the room.
"Has anything like this happened to you before?" I asked he look shocked at the question, his face turned a light red/ green colour, before speaking again.
"My sister…" he said trailing off he looked down at the floor and took a breath.
"You had a sister?" I said confused he had told me he was an only child this was the first I've ever heard about a sister.
"She was killed… she was like one of us, she refused to eat saying she was a monster and that she had no right to live over any animal or human. She was right, none of us do. She stopped drinking for weeks and one day she lost control. She almost killed me and my mother. My father killed her; to keep himself alive. It was a maid who turned me and my mother. My father never looked back at what he did; he held no remorse for killing his oldest kin and leaving his son and wife to die". Ayden said his voice was full of anger and sadness. I stood up and walked over to him not saying a word I just hugged him. He put his head on my shoulder.
"Just promise me, you wont let this happen again" he said not looking up from my shoulder. I nodded
"I promise" I said softly after a few minutes of standing there we heard footsteps up stairs, we both froze and didn't say a word…