Broken Fay-te by Cama seeney (free novels to read TXT) 📕

every time I did a fresh bolt of pain wracked my body. 

 

I knew I wasn't normal. I never had been. I could take peoples pain away. I could harber it. I could even heal... sometimes. It wasn't always certain though. I had tried with my mother so oftern that it exhausted me. She never became better though. I could only take away so much and when the pain came back it would be so much worse in the end she refused my treatment. 

 

I was a freak. I had always known that. A defective one at that. I sighed, I guess that was why I helped animals so eaisly. Wherest it would take Drs hours to fix broken bones it took me minuets. The only issue? It sapped my energy rappidly. 

 

 

Chapter Fifteen

'Skylar... Sky wake up!'

 

The voice was worried, though it was strong and did not tremble. My eyelids fluttered pathetically, even that hurt. 'Can't' I managed to croak out eventually, my voice sounded rough. How long had I been out. After a minute of trying I finally managed to open my eyes. 'Hayden?' I asked holding my shoulder, he was near by I could feel his presence, now that I carried his pain we were connected. Nothing like a little life and death to make friends right? I almost laughed, it was close but something in me still wasn't quite ready to laugh or smile yet.

 

'Yea?' He asked jogging into view, the right side of his jaw was slightly shadowed, a bruise? Hmm. 'What's a kelpie?' I asked, it was something I thought I needed to know. It wasn't right that I was pressing him I mean he didn't ask me what I was. But something deep down whispered that I needed to know. 'The scottish name for a water horse that roams in the lochs.' He replied not looking me in the eyes. 'Kelpie?' I asked again jaw clenched. 'A shape shifter water spirit. A fay.' He muttered painstakingly. 'They tell stories of horses appearing from the water, then turning into human, though they also say we retain hooves like the devil himself.' He continued grinning awkwardly to the wall, still not looking me in the face but standing in front of me looking at the wall behind my seated form.

 

 

'The scots also made up the Lochness monster, tell her the truth Nessie.' Liam growled from next to me, he was knelt in front of me still. I stared into his pained eyes, no longer seeing him as the person I once knew. What was he? I wondered quietly. 'They believed us to be gods of the water so gave us sacrifices, in return of not kidnapping children or young women.' He continued cringing. 'Did it work?' I asked completely fascinated. 'For a time.' He shrugged nonchalantly. 'Imagine a cute little pony drowning in the water or a cute harmless horse on the shore of water. It became too much for the solitary fay, you see the seelie and unseelie courts do not have to feed on humans. Not like the solitary fay do.' He finished sounding sad.

 

 

The whole thing confused me, solitary - seelie - unseelie what was the difference? Liam must have seen the utter confusion on my face because he spoke. 'Solitary fay are those that have been banished from their own world to this one, either they have broken the laws or lost favour. There are two different kinds of fay, the bright and the dark. Those of the skies and those of the earth. Though you don't have to have wings or tails to be in either court. The seelie court being the lesser of two evils own the summer whilst the unseelie own the winter.' He finished sounding tired.

 

 

'Own?' I asked yet again confused. 'Have more power during these seasons. In the summer the seelie will retain the most power whilst in the winter the unseelie will possess more power.' He continued. 'The autumn and spring?' I asked a slight tremble breaking my voice. 'The solitary in.' Hayden whispered his voice low and steady. 'How have humans not heard of this?' I asked the tremble in my voice not yet leaving me, it was attached to me now. My second shadow.

 

 

'Both courts fight to control them, the courts are selfish and do not want the solitary - or in other words the fugitives living in their own back yard.' Liam spat glaring at Hayden. 'Is that why you hate one another?' I asked looking between the two. 'No. We were friends once.' Hayden replied sighing. 'What happened?' I asked focusing on Hayden he was the easier of the two to read. 'His queen ordered my father died.' Liam replied in the stone coldest voice I'd ever heard him use.

 

 

'Why?' I asked generally confused. 'Because he was the leader of the solitary. He wanted nothing but to come home. He wasn't a criminal, none of the second generation were, but we were all exiled for our ancestors mistakes. 'Why hayden?' I asked my eyes once again skipping between the two. 'Because he was always the favourite. Always put on the best guard duties, his parents were also fugitives no different from me yet he is a royal guard yet I still remain a foot soldier fighting the real battle.' Liam explained staring at a patch of my couch eyes unwavering. I put my hands on Liam's shoulders, 'you need not fight with those closest with you Liam, there will come a day when you need someone fighting in your corner.' I whispered ashamed instantly that I was backing Hayden the pain in his eyes registered for a second before he closed them. I too was losing Liam.

 

 

'I tell you he eats people and you take his side?' He asked outraged. 'He doesn't eat people.' I whispered back annoyed. 'He's a fucking Kelpie Sky what else do you think he does?' He shouted. 'Saves humans from drowning.' I whispered back shocked, another revelation hitting my memory hard. 'What?' He asked. 'Otherwise I would be dead twice over. I informed him standing up painfully, the two of them needed time to talk and personally I really needed a shower.

Chapter Sixteen

'Skylar... Sky wake up!'

 

The voice was worried, though it was strong and did not tremble. My eyelids fluttered pathetically, even that hurt. 'Can't' I managed to croak out eventually, my voice sounded rough. How long had I been out. After a minute of trying I finally managed to open my eyes. 'Hayden?' I asked holding my shoulder, he was near by I could feel his presence, now that I carried his pain we were connected. Nothing like a little life and death to make friends right? I almost laughed, it was close but something in me still wasn't quite ready to laugh or smile yet.

 

'Yea?' He asked jogging into view, the right side of his jaw was slightly shadowed, a bruise? Hmm. 'What's a kelpie?' I asked, it was something I thought I needed to know. It wasn't right that I was pressing him I mean he didn't ask me what I was. But something deep down whispered that I needed to know. 'The scottish name for a water horse that roams in the lochs.' He replied not looking me in the eyes. 'Kelpie?' I asked again jaw clenched. 'A shape shifter water spirit. A fay.' He muttered painstakingly. 'They tell stories of horses appearing from the water, then turning into human, though they also say we retain hooves like the devil himself.' He continued grinning awkwardly to the wall, still not looking me in the face but standing in front of me looking at the wall behind my seated form.

 

'The scots also made up the Lochness monster, tell her the truth Nessie.' Liam growled from next to me, he was knelt in front of me still. I stared into his pained eyes, no longer seeing him as the person I once knew. What was he? I wondered quietly. 'They believed us to be gods of the water so gave us sacrifices, in return of not kidnapping children or young women.' He continued cringing. 'Did it work?' I asked completely fascinated. 'For a time.' He shrugged nonchalantly. 'Imagine a cute little pony drowning in the water or a cute harmless horse on the shore of water. It became too much for the solitary fay, you see the seelie and unseelie courts do not have to feed on humans. Not like the solitary fay do.' He finished sounding sad.

 

The whole thing confused me, solitary - seelie - unseelie what was the difference? Liam must have seen the utter confusion on my face because he spoke. 'Solitary fay are those that have been banished from their own world to this one, either they have broken the laws or lost favour. There are two different kinds of fay, the bright and the dark. Those of the skies and those of the earth. Though you don't have to have wings or tails to be in either court. The seelie court being the lesser of two evils own the summer whilst the unseelie own the winter.' He finished sounding tired.

 

'Own?' I asked yet again confused. 'Have more power during these seasons. In the summer the seelie will retain the most power whilst in the winter the unseelie will possess more power.' He continued. 'The autumn and spring?' I asked a slight tremble breaking my voice. 'The solitary in.' Hayden whispered his voice low and steady. 'How have humans not heard of this?' I asked the tremble in my voice not yet leaving me, it was attached to me now. My second shadow.

 

'Both courts fight to control them, the courts are selfish and do not want the solitary - or in other words the fugitives living in their own back yard.' Liam spat glaring at Hayden. 'Is that why you hate one another?' I asked looking between the two. 'No. We were friends once.' Hayden replied sighing. 'What happened?' I asked focusing on Hayden he was the easier of the two to read. 'His queen ordered my father died.' Liam replied in the stone coldest voice I'd ever heard him use.

 

'Why?' I asked generally confused. 'Because he was the leader of the solitary. He wanted nothing but to come home. He wasn't a criminal, none of the second generation were, but we were all exiled for our ancestors mistakes. 'Why hayden?' I asked my eyes once again skipping between the two. 'Because he