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."

anymore and just wanted to leave as

entire encounter that just

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

bite back my instincts telling me to

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

be pushed over by the

"Wait, amoment," she repeated.

turned back around

hold an intelligence

in a tone so low that I almost

story of the

as I shuffled uncomfortably

though I could feel her scrutinising me, analyzing my face for any sort of

course,

that like a fairy tale?"

it a book you used to read to your grandkids or something?"

she only continued to

really wanted

so close to home, merely a foot away from being back on the

and I could

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

wasn’t right in the

flying into the air somewhere, she finally turned away, pulling the

can save her," she

forget that." And she started walking back down the

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

fear caused by just one crazy

that was far more terrifying than the old crone, I would have to answer that it was the man waiting for me once I finally entered

saw a light had been left

in the house should

that had just happened, I had every intention of just ignoring it

...

the familiar scent

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

He was expecting me.

back...and headed

Raven," he greeted me, sitting

only see his arma s he held a drink in his hand, the chair facing away from

"Father," I replied.

Zac not long ago," he said, taking a sip

than

this old lady

was lost.Kept trying to talk

job.The agreed upon time

"Ah..." 

"Did everything go...smoothly?" 

No.No, it had not.

of many ways in which

shouldn’t have, opening a door to a liability

employee for a kidnapping job...then by failing to take

I was continuing to hide that consequence because I didn’t want

couldn't mention any of this

was already in

be...but I couldn’t help but feel

managed to find out? Was

all went smoothly," I

into the building, is all.A crowd of people were drinking outside and, well, intoxicated o r not, they'd still be witnesses.I decided to play

that so...?" he

in my chest.He couldn’t know I was lying...could he? But then again...there was no such thing as a secret from Eric

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