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."

about courtesy anymore and just wanted to leave

something about this entire encounter that just rubbed me the

at the back of my neck standing up.I turned around and tried

had to bite back my instincts

there was nothing to be worried about.She was just an

enough looking to be pushed over by

"Wait, amoment," she repeated.

turned back around

seemed to hold an intelligence there that I wasn’t

in a tone so low that I almost didn’t

true story of the Winter Mist?"

completely serious as I

me, analyzing my face for

of course, I

a fairy tale?"

you used to read to your grandkids

my immense discomfort, she only continued to

really wanted

was so close to home, merely a foot away from being

I could close the gate

so close to me that I wasn’t sure what

wasn’t right in

bird wings loudly flying into the air

save her," she

that." And she started walking back down

more time in stepping through the gate and locking

fear caused by

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

saw a light had been left on in

people in the house should have been asleep

happened, I had every intention

...

the familiar scent of someone I

on the first step of the staircase as I came to this realisation, so close to finally being able t o go to bed, but I knew that the light had

He was expecting me.

back...and headed towards the

Raven," he greeted me, sitting in a

see his arma s he held

"Father," I replied.

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

later than

old lady

was lost.Kept trying to talk to me and wouldn’t let

late from the job.The agreed upon time

"Ah..." 

"Did everything go...smoothly?" 

No.No, it had not.

I couldn’t think of many ways in which it could have

have, opening a door to a liability

accidentally killing an employee for a kidnapping job...then by

continuing to hide that consequence because I

any of

was already in far too deep to

knew I shouldn’t be...but I couldn’t

to find

it all went

had some issues getting into the building, is all.A crowd of people were drinking outside and, well, intoxicated o r not, they'd still

that so...?"

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

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