A Gift from the Goddess

Chapter 120: Book Two - Chapter 13

I left Noah in Zac’s capable hands and got his word that he’d call my father to say the job was completed per normal.He was risking a lot for my sake, I knew that.

A lot of risk for what seemed like absolutely no reason.

The level of danger associated with this insane plan wasn’t lost on me.

After all, the last thing 1 wanted was for Zac’s name to end up in my next manilla folder.I headed home as soon as I could, leaving enough time to arrive well before daylight, and walked towards my front door.

But it was as I was entering through the front gate to our property that something caught my eye.

It was an old lady, huddled up in a shawl, standing just on the street outside.

She had grey hair and eyes to match, clearly at an age that would suggest a retirement home or carer was required.

And yet she stood randomly outside my house at three o’clock in the morning, staring directly at me.

I paused for a moment and looked around, trying to see if she was with someone.

But when the empty street was completely silent and devoid of all other life, I started to wonder if maybe she’d gotten lost.

...Did I really have the energy to deal with this right now though? I was already so exhausted and just wanted to go inside to sleep in my own bed, something that would be a first after many days.

I could already perfectly visualise how soft my pillow would be...

just begging to be laid on and—.

"I can save her," the old lady suddenly said.

"I can save the girl." …

What? I took my hand off the gate handle and turned back around to fully face her, part of me still wondering if she was even talking to me.

"..Pardon?" I called back.

Wasn't it common for older people to lose their minds at a certain age? What if she was a dementia patient who wandered off? I should probably just look up where the closest hospital or retirement home was and tell them where to find—.

"The girl.Clarissa," she said.

As if that was of any real help.

I blankly stared back at her.

"I’m not Clarissa," I clarified.

"I think you’ve—."

"I know that," she snapped sharply, making me flinch a bit in surprise.

"Oh...kay.Well, is that...your daughter?" I asked, still trying to be polite.

"Or your carer? Do you want m e to call someone for you—?" 

But then she started to walk towards me, her stride more steady than I would have expected given her appearance.

There was something oddly strange about her too.

A weird atmosphere around her.

Or maybe I was just slightly unnerved by the whole creepiness of the situation.

"Do you not know who I am?" she asked once she stood within a few feet of me.

"Ma’am, truthfully, I’m not even sure if you know who you are.No offence," I said, starting to get more uncomfortable the longer this drew out.

"If you just wait here a moment though, I’ll head inside and wake up one of the maids.They can maybe help you out or something."

and just wanted to

something about this entire encounter that just rubbed me

the hair at the back of my neck standing up.I turned around and tried to open the gate,

I had to bite back my instincts telling me

suggest that there was nothing to be worried about.She was just

pushed over by

"Wait, amoment," she repeated.

reluctantly turned back around to meet

to hold an intelligence there that

in a tone so low that

story

serious as I shuffled uncomfortably under her

feel her scrutinising me, analyzing my face for any sort of recognition that I knew what she was talking

of course, I

a fairy

used to read to your grandkids or

only continued to stare

I really wanted

so close to home, merely a foot

a step forward and I could

she was so close to me that I wasn’t sure what she would do if I

she wasn’t right

flying into the air somewhere, she finally turned away,

can save her," she simply

walking back

the hell had that just been? I didn’t waste any more time in stepping through the gate and

caused by just

I had to say one thing that was far more terrifying than the old crone, I

door, I saw a light had been left on

most people in the house should have been asleep by

happened, I had every intention of just ignoring

...

couldn’t help but catch the familiar scent of someone I

the staircase as I came to this realisation, so close to finally being able t o go to bed, but I knew

He was expecting me.

sigh, I stepped back...and headed towards the living room

me, sitting in a leather

I was standing, I could only see his arma s he held a drink in his hand,

"Father," I replied.

not long ago," he said, taking a sip from the

later than expected."

old lady outside," I

trying to talk to me and wouldn’t let me

from the job.The agreed upon time should have seen

"Ah..." 

"Did everything go...smoothly?" 

No.No, it had not.

ways in which it

things I definitely shouldn’t have, opening a door

by failing to take

continuing to hide that consequence because I didn’t want

I couldn't mention any of this to

this point, I was already in far

be...but I couldn’t help

had that smuggler managed to find out? Was it related to the documents?

all went

outside and, well, intoxicated o r not, they'd still

that so...?"

was bubbling in my chest.He couldn’t know I was lying...could he? But then again...there was

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