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."

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

was something about this entire encounter that just rubbed me the

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

and I had to bite back

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

looking to be pushed over by

"Wait, amoment," she repeated.

back

hold an intelligence

spoke in a tone so low that I almost

know the true story of the Winter Mist?" she

expression was completely serious as

me, analyzing my face for

of course, I

like a fairy tale?" I

it a book you used to

to my immense discomfort, she only continued to stare

I really wanted

so close to home, merely a foot

and I could close the

me that I

she wasn’t right in

wings loudly flying into the air somewhere, she

can save her," she

she started walking back down the street

time in stepping through

fear caused by

to say one thing that was far more terrifying than the old crone, I would have to answer that it was the man waiting

I saw a light had been left on in the

in the house should have

that had just happened, I had every intention of just ignoring it and heading upstairs to my room

...

the familiar scent of someone I knew

been on the first step of the staircase as I came to this realisation, so close to finally being able t o go

He was expecting me.

back...and headed towards the

Raven," he greeted me, sitting in

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

"Father," I replied.

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

later than expected."

old lady outside," I

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

job.The agreed upon time should have seen you home a long time

"Ah..." 

"Did everything go...smoothly?" 

No.No, it had not.

I couldn’t think of many ways in which

into things I definitely shouldn’t have, opening a door to a liability

kidnapping job...then by failing to

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

any of this

I was already in far too deep

be...but I

managed to find out? Was it related to the

it all went smoothly," I

just had some issues getting into the building, is all.A crowd of people were drinking outside and,

so...?"

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

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