Chapter 227: A GHOST

Chapter 227 A GHOST

Haven screamed like her life depended on it feeling the excruciating pain tear across her knees. The panic of not knowing where she was coupled with the pain burned badly causing her eyes to well up with tears.

“ Don’t worry, I just need to disinfect this and then it’ll be over.” Avena assured and that was when Haven remembered about her injury. She had fallen when running from the pack house earlier and bruised her knee. She had tripped and fallen a couple of other times after that bruising the wound even more but she had no idea it had festered already.

“ Almost done...” She heard the girl say again and Haven bit down on her lips to stop herself from crying out. With teary eyes, she watched the girl skillfully disinfect the wound before cleaning it up with some wound. When she was done, she wrapped bandage around it and moved back.

“ Okay. It’s all done.” The woman announced before she started packing the blood– stained cotton wools had used. Her hair still ran down the sides of her face and from where she laid, it made it impossible for Haven to see her face.

Ignoring the pain on her knee, Haven attempted to sit up.

“ You shouldn’t move too much.” Avena tried to stop her. “ Your healing ability is at it’s weakest right now. Such a small wound, yet it festered so badly… that’s not a good sign.” She commented. “ Trust me, you need all the rest you could get right now.”

Haven pretended not to hear her what she said and pushed herself up amidst the pain she felt. This made the woman Avena shake her head as she walked away.

“ How did you get hurt by the way? How did you end up all alone in such a forest? Were you trying to run away? ” She asked.

“ Thank you.” Haven replied instead looking towards the door. “ Thanks for helping me treat my wound. I think I should get going now.” She added getting off the bed.

Dizziness hit Haven the moment she placed her feet on the floor but Haven shoved it aside and tried to walk. Ignoring Avena’s warning, she wobbled towards the door.

“ I wouldn’t do that if I was you” Avena had her back to Haven but she could guess what the latter was doing. “ You’re not strong enough to walk.”

‘ Neither is your wolf' She wanted to add but decided against it. She could sense something was definitely wrong with the woman she had brought to her home. Her wolf was suffering badly and if Avena guessed right, her particular suffering was possibly linked to a rejection. But she wasn’t sure so it was best she kept quiet.

Besides she still had to know who this woman was and why she also had the peculiar silver hair. Avena turned around right on time to see Haven about to exit the cottage.

“ Hey!” She yelled in alarm “ Wait! Where are you going? You can’t just leave, your wound hasn’t even healed yet. Listen!” She called after Haven.

Seeing nothing she said would make the latter stop, Avena hurriedly walked after her. She couldn’t let this Haven leave just like that. After so many years and for the first time in her life, she had finally met someone who had something similar to hers. She couldn’t let her go, she had to know who this woman was.

In no time, she caught up with Haven and grabbed her arm.

“ Wait.” She said. “ You cannot just leave, not until you answer my question.”

“ What are you doing?” Haven tried to pull away but couldn’t because of her weak state. The dizziness she felt still wrapped around her head but Haven was determined to leave no matter what.

“ Who are you?” Avena asked without wasting anymore time. The question made another frown settle on Haven’s face.

“ Excuse me?” Haven wasn’t sure she heard her correctly. She turned around, her eyes finally landing on the woman’s face and when they did, Haven’s breath hitched in her throat. Her eyes widened in horror as the whole world around her started to spin.

This couldn’t be.. Wh– What was she seeing?

“ N– N– No.. It– It ca– can.. it can’t be..” She stuttered staggering a few steps backwards.

“ Are you okay?” A slightly confused Avena asked. The way the woman before her stared at her made feel extremely uncomfortable. She had a facial expression which reminded Avena of someone who’s just seen a ghost and it creeped her to the marrow. She looked like she was going to pass out any moment from now.

What was wrong with her? Why was she staring at her like that?

Seeing the way the her face got paler and paler by the second, Avena was afraid she really was going to pass out.

“ Are you okay ?” She asked again but Haven barely heard her. She could only stare at her face, lips parted with shock. Right before her very eyes was the one woman she had never thought she would ever see in this life ever again— not even in her wildest imagination had she thought of seeing the face she was staring at right now.

“ Excuse me?” Avena tried taking a step towards her causing Haven to move backwards unconsciously with all the shock in the world written on her face.

This made Avena wonder what on earth will make the woman before her stare at her with that expression till she heard her next words.

“ M– M– Mom?”

Mom?

Did she hear correctly or? Did she just call her.. mom?

“ Mom?” Avena repeated a bit unsure of what she just heard. She stared back at the Haven who had stopped moving backwards now.“ I’m sorry but did you just ca— Hey” She gasped when she saw the Haven's eyes start to roll to the back of her head.

By the time Avena reached her, Haven’s body had landed on the floor with a l

oud thud, eyes closed and consciousness long gone from this world.