---- my chest.
Icant see her body because shes covered up to her chest, but her hands, resting outside the quilt, are wrapped in white bandages, just like her neck.
Her face shocks me the mostshe has a bandage around her eyes, covering her vision, and from its edges, horrible red burns spread across almost all the skin on her cheeks and forehead.
"Ga...
brielle," I say, holding back tears as I carefully sit on the edge of the mattress.
I dont even want to touch her.
Im afraid of hurting her with just a touch.
"My child, you re finally awake," her voice comes out in a whisper, tired.
Her fingers near my hand start moving, trying to reach me.
Trembling, I carefully take her hand.
Even through the bandages, the red, burned skin is visible.
Tears begin to fall from my eyes.
I barely know her; I only saw her fora moment.
How could such a strong woman end up like this? Dont cry, dont cry, my baby.
Everything is going to be okay," she tries to squeeze my fingers, and that action alone seems to take all her strength.
Will you be able to recover? You're a Selenia.
Do you need blood? Is there something we can get you? More magic?" "I need you to be well and safe, to find the happiness youve never had until now," she interrupts me.
"You have no idea how sorry I am, daughter.
You can't imagine how much I wish I could turn back time and make better choices." ---- Isee tears rolling down from beneath her bandage.
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Her pale, cracked lips tremble as she holds back sobs.
"When the Goddess summoned me, for a second I thought about refusing.
I didnt want to be separated from you.
But when I held you in my arms and looked into your little eyes, I knewI had to sacrifice myself so you could live in a safe world," she confesses, caressing the back of my hand.
"I never imagined I was saving you from Umbros only to deliver you into the arms of an even greater enemy." The pain she feels reaches me, despite trying to contain it to avoid affecting me.
"What happened, happened.
Im fine and alive.
Ma...
ma..." I say the word I only ever used for the she-wolf who raised me, but I had always longed to call my real mother that.
"T dont blame you for anything.
I know you did what you thought was best for me.
I can forgive everything except you giving up now.
You cant leave me alone again, Gabrielle.
You just cant." Tlean forward, carefully lying beside her.
Her hand moves slowly to caress my hair.
The bond of blood is something that irreversibly unites hearts.
Thad never seen her before, yet I feel so close to her.
She emanates the same feeling as Nana's magictrustworthy and protective, the warmth of amother.
The door was weak with the power of the Selenias out of place, and then it exploded because of that damn bastard, she explains in a whisper that resonates through the dimly lit room.
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