Chapter 259: This was my fate... tangled with a lot of hearts...
Selene POV
"Kragen!" I gasped, as relief flooded through my chest. "You came?" I murmured feeling tears at the corner of my eyes. "I wasn’t even expecting you and..." I pushed myself into a standing position, while I waited for him to turn but as he did, I trailed, off, the words on my lips dying.
Something was terribly wrong – with Kragen.
He didn’t seem his usual self. His eyes were dull and sunken and his face gaunt, as if he hadn’t eaten or slept in days. Surely, gods had time to do that, right? He looked... broken.
I was so stunned that I couldn’t say a word. I watched as he went to check on Jared, then sighed with relief that he was still alive. Lifting him as he if weighed nothing, he tied him up to a tree before he came to where I was still standing.
"Are you okay?" he asked, his voice a whisper as if he was trying to conceal a pain from within.
I nodded. The being before me was a shadow of the Kragen I knew. The carefree, sarcastic god who could brighten any room with jokes that were constantly on the tip of his tongue. Now he seemed to be carrying a weight so heavy that he couldn’t smile and it terrified me.
He didn’t say another word. He took my hand and led me towards the thick forest around us. It was almost evening and the cool night air hit me like a balm I was also cold, but it was nothing compared to the turmoil within me.
"Brace yourself," Kragen said softly as we arrived at a car. "I’m too tired to teleport – that’s the word you call it right? So, we’ll just drive instead but my driving skills are rusty. But with the help of my power, we would be able to arrive at Moon Whisper in no time,".