Page 61 of Thrust into the Light

When Connor told us about what happened to her, and what the sick fucking bastard cut off of her, we both lost it. He beat my fucking ass, and I let him. I heal faster than all the others, so better me than them. Farlen was already asleep, so we didn’t have to worry about her feeling any of it, and we were far enough away. Vashu has been having a hard time since then, like he is afraid of hurting her. I nod my head to him to get him to get out here and he shakes his head.

I look around and there’s a lot of fucking people here. More and more fear permeates the air and people give Farlen a wide berth. Dumbasses. Oh well, more yummy fear for me to snack on here. Hmmm. I lean down to Farlen's ear. “Vashu is afraid to come out here and dance with you. Why don’t you go get him and dance with him for a little while?” She looks over at him and then back at me and she looks sad.

“Why’s he afraid?”

“I think he’s afraid of falling over or some shit. Who knows, go get him and show him if you can do it, so can he.” She nods her head and walks over to him with determination in her step. Damn right! You show the big grumpy asshole who’s boss missy! She starts to pull him, and he doesn’t move. I look over at him and roll my eyes. He finally lets her pull him out onto the dance floor and he scoops her up and dances with her.

There, one down. Now, where did Connor go? Zachariah disappeared. Guess his surprise is going to happen soon.

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Vashu

My dragon has been a right dick to me lately. He wants me to claim Farlen, but I can’t fucking bite her and give her another scar. He doesn’t seem to understand that. And I was told we can’t do any of the biting shit until after our bond ceremony anyway, which we can’t do until the match group is all here, and it gives people a chance to fucking hurt her. I hold her close to me just thinking about it. If any of them reject her, I’ll shift into a dragon and rip out their still beating heart and lay them at her feet.

I may just do it now, with all these people looking at her like this. I growl at a few who get too close and they back up quickly. Farlen doesn’t seem to notice she just has her head on my neck and is smiling. I thought she was asleep at first, but she keeps popping her head up and looking around.

I look around too, wondering what she keeps looking at. There’s a bitch with nasty yellow eyes glaring at her. I turn us so Farlen can’t see her and is being blocked by my body. Fuck, at least being this big is good for something.

My dragon wanted to give her a fucking necklace when she came out of her room earlier. Her hair swept to one side, and it was just begging for an old necklace we have. I don’t even remember when we found it, just something we’ve always had. I wasn’t sure how she’d react to it, so we didn’t.

My dragon makes a content sound in my chest. This is the most at peace we have ever felt. Growing up like we did wasn’t easy. At least my scars aren’t the physical kind. Farlen is sofucking amazing, she doesn’t show much anger or rage about anything, even with all the shit she has been through. The music stops and someone walks onto the stage. Farlen looks around and she is staring at them. I look up to see what she’s looking at, and there is fucking Zachariah standing there with a mic in his hands.

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Farlen

Idon’t know why Vashu was so afraid! Dancing with him was nice, and nothing bad happened. I kept feeling eyes on me, and every time I looked to see where they were coming from, the one lady with the yellow eyes keeps looking at me through slits in her eyes. The music stops and Vashu stops dancing with me. I look around and Rhi is standing on the raised part of the room. He has something in his hands.

“Most of you know me as Instructor Fry, and if you don’t, then count yourself fucking lucky. But I’m not here to talk about me. I’m here to talk about the fucking most amazing woman I have ever met. Farlen, your strength and compassion for others is unparalleled. It doesn’t matter what this fucked up world keeps throwing at you, you find a way to smile, and when you smile, it lights up the entire fucking room. I look forward to a lifetime of seeing you smile gorgeous, so this song’s for you.”

There’s a bright light that shines on me and Rhi starts to sing. His voice feels like it wraps around my heart and squeezes it. He starts singing about how he loves me, and I can’t stop crying. When he sings about the part about me being beautiful when I’m crying, people around me laugh, because I’m crying now. As he finishes his song, people start to clap. Then some people start to scream. I look around for the guys, but they are talking to each other. I look back to the spot Rhi just was, and he’s gone.

I turn around again to start walking towards the guys and I see something shiny and metal flying through the air at me.Before I can do anything, it hits me in the boob. I look down and there is a knife sticking out of me. I turn back to the guys and it feels like a million more are stuck in my body.

There’s a ripping sensation in my back, and it feels like I am lifted up off the ground. My beast is thrashing around inside of me. I can feel its loud screams in my head. I can’t hear anything other than my beast.

I am sorry for what we must do; the bindings aren’t free and if we do not change now, it will take us too long to heal you.

Pain like nothing I’ve ever known before consumes my entire body. I feel all the bones in my body break at the same time. I try to scream, but no sound comes out. It feels like it goes on for a long time.

Suddenly, the pain stops and I feel like I am inside my happy place. I’m too tired to keep my eyes open, so I fall asleep.

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Connor

My Mom has been sending me messages all damn day and won’t answer any of the questions I ask her. She just keeps asking me the same things. I leave Farlen with the other guys and step outside to call her.

“WHAT ARE YOU DOING CALLING ME GET BACK TO HER NOW!”

“Mom, calm down. What’s going on?”

“Connor, you need to get back to her now! Remember what I told you before? Breathe, and just show her how much you love her. Remember that no matter what you see tonight, that is still the girl you love, now GO.”

I am running as soon as she hangs up. Fuck. She’s seen something bad happening tonight. As I get closer and closer to the gym, I hear screaming. I try to push as much strength into my body as I can. As I burst through the doors, I look around on the dancefloor for Farlen. My heart feels like it falls out of my chest. She isn’t on the fucking dancefloor; she is flying above it!

She has wings sprouting from her back. Is she partially shifted? The wings match her dress. They start out white and slowly they fade to midnight black. She has about twenty knives in her. I run under her and yell at her to try to get her to come back down. She needs to get to a healer and fast. She’s going to lose too much blood.

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