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."

really didn’t care about courtesy anymore and just wanted to leave as

something about this entire encounter that just

as if I could feel the hair at the back of my neck standing up.I turned around and tried to open the gate, but she quickly moved

I had to bite back my instincts telling

was nothing to

to be pushed over by the wind

"Wait, amoment," she repeated.

turned back around to

seemed to hold an intelligence there that I

tone so low that I

the true story of

expression was completely serious as I

feel her scrutinising me, analyzing my face for any sort of recognition that

of course, I

that like a fairy tale?"

a book you used to

only

I really

close to home, merely a foot away from being

forward and I could close the gate between

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

wasn’t right in

air somewhere, she finally

her," she simply

that." And she started walking back down the street towards

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

much fear caused by just one crazy

than the old crone, I would have to answer that it was the

front door, I saw a

people in the house should have been asleep

everything that had just happened, I had every intention of just

...

catch the familiar scent of someone I

to

He was expecting me.

back...and headed towards

me, sitting in

only see his arma s he held

"Father," I replied.

received the call from Zac not long ago," he said, taking a

than

this old lady

lost.Kept trying to talk to

the job, Raven.You’re several hours late from the job.The agreed upon time should have seen

"Ah..." 

"Did everything go...smoothly?" 

No.No, it had not.

of many ways in which it could have

have, opening a door to a liability of my own

kidnapping job...then by failing to take care

consequence because I didn’t want the death

mention any of this

this point, I was already in far too

I knew I shouldn’t be...but I couldn’t help but feel a

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

all went smoothly," I

were drinking outside and, well, intoxicated o r not, they'd still be witnesses.I decided to

that so...?" he

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

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