Chapter 8: Guilt and Care

Lilith didn't understand what was happening at the moment because time was so slow as her car hit the biker and sent him flying meters away. Her car swerved out of the road and smashed into a block. The car began to smoke and threthen to flame up.

Lilith groaned as she unfastened her seatbelt and tried to open the door. She got a scratch at the left corner of her head and it immediately began to heal up but based on her situation with her locked powers it took time. She knew that if her powers weren't restrained, she would have easily avoided getting hurt or even totally evaded the biker but thanks to Lorthaire she got a scratch. Something never heard of.

When she got out of the car that was literally smoking she looked at the damage. The front of the car was completely destroyed and the glass shattered into million pieces. It leaked oil and the smoke turned to flames. Lilith watched as the car began to burn down but that was least of her concerns now. Her concern is on that biker she had just hit. She was sure he wasn't alright.

Turning to where the biker was she walked to him. He was covered in blood and unconscious. She looked at his face. He had short black hair and he looked familiar. She tried to remember where she saw a face like that but she couldn't. Well she turned around and wanted to leave but she found herself not doing so. It was almost like she couldn't leave the guy to suffer.

Then she decided to heal him but a crowd had formed and so did traffic. All she did was stop the bleeding that seemed to flow nonstop.

A passerby that witnessed the accident had called an ambulance and soon an ambulance arrived.

When the ambulance attendants had placed him in stroller and given him some first aids Lilith felt it was time to leave but her darn body refused to do so. She battled within herself to just turn a blind eye since he was in the care of the ambulance attendants now but she still didn't.

"Hey miss" One of the attendant had called and walked over to her. "Are you one of his relatives miss?"

"Um... Well...." She was struggling for words. Of course she isn't. Why is it hard for her to say so.

"Anyways we need someone to come with us. Can you miss?"

Lilith didn't even think of what the guy had said and walked to the ambulance. She sat beside the biker on the inbuilt chair and the ambulance drive away.

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When they arrived at the hospital, the ambulance attendant quickly rushed him into an emergency room and some doctors followed. Lilith stood right outside the room and decided to wait. She sat on the side bench thinking about how all this couldn't have happened if that damned devil Lorthaire didn't restrain her powers. She was mad at him. Really mad. Though she was also confused because she didn't know what to do next after all this. Among all the things that confused her was the fact that she was feeling things she hadn't before. The rush that filled her when she saw the guy bleeding after the accident and the blossom that struck her senses to let her stay. Was it emotions? Was what she felt guilt and care? Whatever, it was the reason why she was in the hospital accompanying someone she didn't know and could have easily ignored.

Lilith decided to call Malia and tell her what happened. She started by dailing the number but when the call went through all she ended up saying was 'I'm in the hospital' and she cut the call.

She stood up and paced about. Apparently she began to sweat and cursed so much. Mostly at Lorthaire but also at the feelings she was having. It was really annoying to her.

Some minutes later, the doctors came out of the room and soon some nurses transferred the guy to another room where he could recover.

He was still unconscious when Lilith entered his ward. There was a nurse who there attending to some things about him. The nurse checked his essentials and the machines around him before she turned to Lilith.

She smiled to her. "You look beautiful ma'am."

Lilith who was busy looking at the guy laying on the bed had to turn to the nurse. "Oh. Thank you?" She tried returning the lovely smile of the nurse but it came out all wrong and she just had to look away.

"Are you the guys relative?" Asked the nurse calmly.

Lilith wanted to immediately reject and claim her right of being stranger with him. Which obviously was true but she also felt it was going to be weird or a problem if she didn't lie to be a relative or at least a friend of him.

"Oh no. Just a friend." She moved to the available sit and sat down while the nurse just acknowled her answer and turned to the door smiling.

"Okay then. I'll take my leave." She said and left the room.