-Karen-Nine days passed by and nothing changed. I fought them every time I saw them in the room. On the second day, I tried using the restraints they left behind to bar the door and hang myself. They managed to get in and stop me before I died. I was restrained for two days and refused to eat or drink. An IV was put in my left arm but I ripped it out and bled all over the floor and bed. I tried to attack them all and became even more combative than I had been in the beginning. I tried getting on to the small balcony so I could jump off. They chained the door shut. I started trying to make weapons so I could end my existence. I was trying everything I could possibly think of to die. I was desperate to die, and I was persistent in trying to make it happen anyway I could. I tried everything from hiding under the bed, to hiding in the armoire, the second room’s small closet. I tried to break the table and chairs, hoping I could stab myself with the wooden shards. I managed to break the
-Karen-I slowly woke up curled up to a wet pillow again. I cry even in my sleep… How have I not dried out from all these tears? I tossed the pillow to the foot of the bed and watched it fall off onto the floor. I’ll hold onto this one. I pulled a different pillow from behind my back and latched on to its semi-warm fabric. I had the feeling that I was being watched. I sat up slowly trying not to use up the small amount of energy that I had. I looked over at the center of the room and saw Joanne watching me silently with a sad yet concerned look on her face. “You should leave, Joanne.” I ordered plainly. Sister or not. “I don’t want you here.” I don’t want anyone here. I just need to be alone.“I can’t leave you Kay... Roger put me on suicide watch last night.” She replied sighing sadly. Lovely. I just need to find something sharp so I can cut the big vein in my neck. I should be able to bleed out in a minute… “Everything is going to be just fine Kay.” I scoffed at her. No, it’s not!!
-Conor-“Karen? Karen!” Conor whispered caressing her gaunt cheek. Am I too late? “Yes.” Eldon called from the door.” “You are all far too late.” Everyone turned around except Roger.“Please- Please tell me you are going to revive her!” Conor cried, immediately feeling sick to his stomach.“Uh- What is wrong with Roger?” Bart asked, confused.“I have stopped time for him. I don't want him to know what can be done to Mages.” Eldon explained. He walked over to where Karen lie lifeless. “She truly lost her will to live.” Conor stood silently looking down at her. “I can break the contract if I so decided- But she's not done growing and I won't honor her request. Yet.”Eldon pulled the wispy figure up from the body. The wispy woman sat there in silence with a small bundle cradled to her chest.“Let me go.” She whispered. “Let me move on with my son.”Eldon sighed and looked over to Conor. “No. I can't let you go yet. You've done a wonderful job growing so much but you're not done.”“Can s
Conor nodded as he leaned down and kissed Karen’s forehead. I have to reach you… I hope you can hear my voice. What do I even say? He thought for a moment as it came to him. “Kay, you made a promise to me when we first met, that I wasn’t allowed to die until you killed me in cold blood. And you can’t kill me if you die before I do.” There’s no need to bind her when she is so frail… She could barely hold her hand up. He carefully untied the tether that held her left arm to the bed. Roger came over and brought him a chair so he could sit next to her. Conor slipped his warm fingers between her cold bony fingers. She’s so cold. He pulled her hand to his cheek and stared intently at her for a while in silence. She looks so frail. Her skin tone has changed dramatically… Almost an ashen color from the lively light peachy white. Robert came over and injected something into her arm as Bart changed the IV bags out. Bart fully removed the left IV as Robert instructed. Roger stood next to Conor
-Karen-I felt a strong warmth seep into my cold bones. I had the urge to roll on my side so I could soak that warmth in. I haven’t felt so much heat in a long time… It’s just like when I was sick from Lewis. I tried to roll over but I couldn’t so I tried to press myself as close as I could to that heat source. A warm hand touched my cheek. Mm… So hot… Like fire.“Wake up.” A gentle voice whispered to me. I grunted in reply. No. I’m tired and I just want to sleep until the end of time. “I command you to wake up, Kay.” The voice whispered in my ear. I shook my head slightly and started to drift again. No, damn it. Go the hell away! “Come on Karen… Don’t be so stubborn. Please wake up for me…” Wait… I’m alive still? Are you kidding me?! All that work and I’m not dead?! What a rip off!I groaned but reluctantly obeyed. The room was bright, so I closed my eyes quickly. “Open those eyes, Kay. Don’t be so stubborn!” Bart ordered from my right. Why? Why can’t I die?! Why is this so much to a
-Karen-On the eighth day, Joanne stayed with me for the hour while Conor was at a meeting with Bart and the king. I ate a small bowl of porridge as she talked to me. She even brought me a couple strawberries to savor.“It was so horrible Kay! Bart and I woke up a day later after the attack and luckily, we only had minor injuries but Conor- He was in such a critical status.” She shook her head sadly. “Roger worked on him for twelve hours straight trying to figure out what was causing all of the issues with his liver and heart. He put Conor on a different machine to clean his blood. The weird part is that made his liver shut down completely! And his kidneys almost shut down too!” I gave her a horrified look as she nodded. His liver died?“Yeah! We were all freaking the hell out because it was like every time Roger was trying to get Conor back on track something else would go wrong! Bart tried to help as best he could, but he was not allowed to while the king was here. Roger had to grow
-Karen-“It means we have to be on guard against all of them, including my father. Like I said, I can’t prove it yet, but I have a feeling he is working on something for us... And even though Monica and Michael are “under guard” they can still plot against us. It is very possible that they can still hurt us.” Conor explained taking a step towards me and cupped my right cheek. “If anything happens to you, the only way they are gonna stop me is with several bullets or a bomb.”“Oh no… I can't have you full of holes, Conor.” I replied taking his hand and kissing his palm. “If I can’t die, you can’t either.”There was loud pounding knock and then the handle turned on the door as someone tried to come in the room. “I said to go to the end of the corridor and then come straight back you two!” Roger snapped angrily. “You two are awful!”“Whoops.” I snickered, grabbing his hand. We giggled together and hugged tightly.“Well, that sex will be worth the chewing out we are about to get, Kay.” He
-Karen-“Karen…” Joanne smiled thoughtfully. “I’m sure you can… It will just be harder than normal. But that means longer nights full of pleasure with your man. So, that’s the silver lining on that rain cloud.” Joanne added with smirk.“He said the same thing, Joanne.” I replied with a giggle. “Just thinking about him… I want him right now too…” I grumbled under my breath. Joanne burst out laughing and gave me a hug. “I understand Kay… Right now, Bart is taking care of a couple soldiers who got into a bit of a scuffle over an apple… He told them to shut up or he was going to give them a better reason to stay in the medical ward if they started brawling again.” She explained with a smirk. She seemed to get lost in thought for a moment. “Can I ask you something?” I nodded at her as she bit her lip. “Is it bad that I still want a child with Bart even though I have to marry another man? I’m not sure how I should feel about it. And I can see the question makes him really uncomfortable but