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."
courtesy anymore and just wanted
something about this entire encounter that just rubbed
hair at the back of my neck standing up.I turned around and tried to
to bite back my instincts telling me
logic would suggest that there was nothing to be worried about.She
pushed over by
"Wait, amoment," she repeated.
turned back around
an
tone so low that
know the true story of the Winter
as I shuffled uncomfortably
her scrutinising me, analyzing my face for any
course, I
a fairy
you used to read to your
my immense discomfort, she only continued to stare
I really wanted
merely a
step forward and I could close the
that I wasn’t sure what she would do
she wasn’t right
the sound of bird wings loudly flying into the air somewhere, she finally turned away, pulling the hood of
save her," she simply
that." And she started walking back
I didn’t waste any more time in stepping through
caused by just
was far more terrifying than the old crone, I would have to answer that it
through my front door, I saw a light had been left on in
people in the
every intention of just ignoring it and heading upstairs
...
catch the familiar scent of someone
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
He was expecting me.
small sigh, I stepped back...and headed towards
greeted me, sitting in
could only see his arma s he held a drink in his hand,
"Father," I replied.
Zac not long ago," he said,
than expected."
this old lady outside,"
was lost.Kept trying to talk to
late from the job.The agreed upon time should have seen you
"Ah..."
"Did everything go...smoothly?"
No.No, it had not.
many ways in which it could have gone
have, opening a door
killing an employee for a kidnapping job...then by failing
because I didn’t want the death on my
any of
this point, I was already in far
shouldn’t be...but I
had that smuggler managed to find out? Was it related
ah, it all went
all.A crowd of people were drinking outside and, well, intoxicated o r not, they'd still be
so...?" he
couldn’t know I was lying...could he? But then
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