deformed bone

Reed got no response from Calvin.

He stopped and looked towards the bed.

His beloved angel, the frail and slender Calvin, was already lying on his side, sunk in the soft bedding, and fell asleep with a pale face.Calvin curled up unconsciously. When he was awake, he tried to maintain his fragile outer shell, but when he fell asleep, he was like a cornered animal in Reed's eyes. people love.

He made Reed feel a hunger from the depths of his soul.

Reed's throat rolled, and he reached out to Calvin, carefully stroking Calvin's hair with his fingertips.

Then he leaned down, and at first he just wanted to plant a kiss on Calvin's forehead.But when his lips touched Calvin's skin, he felt that he fell into another space for a moment, and the hunger and thirst became more intense. He turned his lips to Calvin's ear, and he His teeth gently gnawed back and forth on this small piece of soft meat wrapped in cartilage, and finally left a half-moon-shaped bite mark on it.

Blood seeped from the skin.

Reed lifted himself up, panting heavily, and stared at the wound on Calvin's ear.

He had to find a way to explain this to Calvin when he woke up—but Reed didn't pay much attention to the little troubles that would come later.

When the bright red blood drops came into his eyes, the heat of his body burned fiercely like a flame meeting gas.

"I'll take care of everything for you, baby, don't worry."

Afterwards, the man whispered in Calvin's ear with a hoarse voice.

-

(hours ago)

Location: Adventist Sisters' House

"Isa, wake up."

"Well……"

"Isha! Isha! Wake me up!"

"Let me... sleep for... 5 minutes..."

"Isa!"

With a muffled groan, Isa opened her eyes in pain, and she heard Madeleine's voice waking her up.

The mother was pushing her hard. During this time, Madeleine lost a lot of weight. In her memory, her warm hands were as hard and thin as firewood. When she pushed Isha hard like now, Isha Only pain can be felt.

"Mother?"

Isa rubbed her eyes and struggled to pull herself out of sleep. Her head was like a paste, and her temples were throbbing due to lack of sleep.

The room was dimly lit except for a spotlight above the cross on the wall that was still on.

Isa subconsciously glanced at the alarm clock and found that the hands were pointing to 03:30.

"Is it... praying?"

Isa asked vaguely.

She saw that Madeleine had changed into a full set of black clothes, and her whole body was tightly wrapped by the black cloth unique to formal religious clothes. If her face was not as pale as a stone statue in a cemetery, her whole body would be It seemed that they were about to merge with the darkness in the room.

Isa frowned, feeling something was wrong in a daze.

The children at the Sisters' House are not allowed to attend morning prayers until 05:30am, which is not when she should be waking up.

"what happened?"

Isa asked confusedly.

There was an uneasy panic in the air.Although everyone's movements were very light, Isa could still hear many people walking back and forth in the corridor outside the door.Madeleine had already brought her the clothes, she threw those clothes on the thin quilt, lowered her voice and scolded Isa anxiously.

"Don't dawdle, get up and get dressed quickly."

Isa's shoulders trembled, she bit her lip and looked up at Madeleine, her heart beat faster.

Madeleine didn't look right, of course, she usually looked pale, but now she was almost completely pale, and she stood at Isa's window like a faded ghost , her pupils were dilated, and while she was speaking, her eyeballs were trembling unconsciously.Sweat soaked her thinning hair, which clung to her damp sunken cheeks.

"Mother?"

Isa was infected by this panic, and she put on her clothes clumsily. Even though she knew that it would only lead to scolding, she couldn't help but continue to ask.

"Did something happen?"

"No, there's nothing wrong, we just need to change a place to live first."

At this moment, the door of their room was pushed open without a sound.

The shadow of another nun appeared in the crack of the door, and her face was also very ugly.When she saw the other nun, Isa was putting on a robe on herself, and she was almost scared by the ghostly shadow and fell to the ground.But Madeleine didn't seem to notice her daughter's shaking at all, she walked back and forth in the room anxiously...

"Friend Madeleine."

The nun called out to Madeleine in a low voice, her throat was as dry and hoarse as if it had been burned.

Madeleine's figure shook suddenly, and she passed Isa and walked towards the door quickly.

The two of them almost touched their heads and chatted in a low voice.

Isa subconsciously wanted to eavesdrop, but their voices were urgent and low. Even if they were in the same room, Isha could only hear some fragments in the end.

"How about...my responsibility..."

"No one will blame you...the priest's death...a tragedy..."

……

And the sentence she heard most clearly was the nun's last sentence.

"...The police are probably coming, no matter what, they must not let them notice the holy children. You have to leave quickly."

The moment I heard the word "Holy Child", Isa felt like being punched in the stomach by an invisible fist.Her body froze in the suddenly icy air, unable to move.

A few seconds later, Madeleine sent the nun away. She turned her head and saw Isa who was stiff all over, and the muscles in her face twitched.

"Isa! How many more fucking times do you need me to say that? Come on! I'm done with your dawdling—"

Her face looked so ferocious at that moment, and the vicious growl brought Isa back to her senses.

"Hug, sorry..."

Isa stammered.

She was one last button away, but her trembling fingers seemed to belong to someone else, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't make that button.

Madeleine came stomping on the floor.

The sudden fear hit Isa, she didn't even dare to look up at Madeleine, she felt like she was about to cry.

"You're getting rough, Isa—forget it, never mind, we gotta go."

Madeleine said anxiously, then reached out and grabbed Isa's hand.

Feeling the temperature of her mother's palm, Isa breathed a sigh of relief involuntarily.

"Go? Where are we going..." She couldn't help asking.

"There is a problem with the Sisters' House, and there will probably be a lot of police coming later. The selection of the Holy Child is imminent, and the priests and nuns don't want you to be targeted by those disgusting unbelievers...Your age is very special, we all know What a sacred cause this is, but there are always many ignorant people in this world." Madeleine took Isa and walked quickly in the corridor, and she explained a few words in a low voice and quickly.

Behind them, one door after another quietly opened, and seven or eight white children with the same blond hair and wearing white robes rubbed their eyes, yawned and followed Madeleine and Isa under the leadership of their mother. .

Isa's lips quivered. She was cold and frightened.

Why would the police come?Why do kids have to leave just because the police come?What happened to the "priest's death" and "responsibility" that she heard just now... But looking at Madeleine who was obviously not in a normal state, she forced herself to remain silent.

After going downstairs, Isa saw all the pastors and nuns of the sisters' house appeared in the hall. Their expressions were as pale as Madeleine's and that nun's. Under the calm mask, the helpless The masked panic leaked out.

"One, two, three..." A nun pointed to the group of children and counted, which made Isa feel very uncomfortable.She felt as if she had become some kind of livestock, being raised and sold.This kind of association made Isa couldn't help holding Madeleine's hand tighter, but Madeleine seemed in a daze, and she ignored Isha's small movements.

"It's all here. It's good. It's time to go. We have to hurry up." After counting, the nun said blankly. She turned and walked towards the back door of the big house. Madeleine dragged Isa Followed towards her.

A black van parked under the porch of the back door at unknown times. The motor hummed slightly, but there were no driving lights.Isha tried hard to see if the driver was sleeping, but the person was always shrouded in shadow.

"Swipe-"

A nun stepped forward and forcefully opened the door of that car, and she patted Isa's shoulder vigorously, yelling in a low voice, "Hurry up, hurry up, get in the car, everyone get in the car. "

"and many more……"

Isa was startled, she instinctively wanted to grab Madeleine's hand, but the latter pushed Isa into the car the moment the nun spoke, and Isa almost fell to the ground.The nun at the door grabbed her by the collar like a chicken, and pushed Isa to the narrow seat.

Isa suddenly realized that Madeleine didn't seem to be leaving with her.

No matter how precocious she usually behaved, at this moment, Isa was completely in panic.She was sitting in the car, looking at Madeleine through the shadowy figure.

"mom, Mom, Mom--"

"To shut up!"

The nun pinched Isa's shoulder in a panic.

Isa froze reflexively. Before she and the group of children entered the sisters' home, they were somewhat "naughty". A fair amount of "education" is needed to know what "proper manners" are.For such a long time, the fear of nuns and priests has been unconsciously etched into the bones of children.The best proof of this was that there was some commotion among the other children, but the sobs of fear stopped abruptly when the nun sternly told them to keep quiet.

"Don't be afraid, Isha, you are going through a test, and this test will make you more mature, strong and pure."

Madeleine noticed Isa's panic, she leaned into the car and said to Isa.

"But, Mom... Mom, won't you come?"

Isa's voice finally picked up some crying.

Madeleine reached out and touched Isa's cheek.

"You should be grateful for this test. Although I won't be by your side, you will always be bathed in the love of the Son of Light."

"But……"

"Don't let me down, Isha, you will always be my dearest baby."

Madeleine said softly.

In this short moment, Isa seemed to see Madeleine in a trance, the mother who had countless problems but loved her deeply.