A Gift from the Goddess

Chapter 120: Book 2 - Chapter 14 

Over the next few days, I found myself feeling anxious.

Under the constant watchful eye of both my father and Gavin, I continued to play along with my usual daily routine.

Acting as if nothing was amiss.

Doing all the training that was asked of me.

But, inside, I was thinking back to that keycard.

The one I’d hidden under my mattress.

Waiting for exactly the right moment for when I’d be able to use it.

...A moment I found finally presented itself on the night of the third day.

With my father expected to be staying overnight elsewhere for a late meeting and Gavin only working until seven o’clock, I saw an opportunity to take advantage of the soon-to-be quiet house.

And I devised a plan to leave as soon as the sky grew dark.

A few hours later, I was slowly scaling to the ground from my bedroom window.

This being something I did with ease and without being seen.

And though I never thought to use my abilities to go behind my father’s back, I certainly couldn't deny that it came in handy.

Soon, before much time had passed at all, I found myself facing the door I’d been thinking of so incessantly.

The door I’d been wondering about every day, contemplating all of the things I could possibly discover once I entered through it.

A door that might just possibly change my life forever.

And I stared at it.

...And stared.

......And stared.

And I kept staring, even while my hand reached out several times to knock, failing every time to go through with it.

..I’d been so certain in my decision and come all this way, only to—.

But then, suddenly, the door opened in front of me.

"_.Are you just going to stand out there all night?" came a voice from inside.

It was his voice.I recognised it well now.

"I ah...," I started, feeling a little awkward for being caught.

"I’m sorry.I just...I—."

"It’s okay.No need to be sorry," he said, his face then appearing from the other side of the door.

Instantly, that same effect started to hit me, a reassurance spreading throughout as his presence held me.

"I get it.If you need more time to think, I can just leave this open.I’m not pressuring you to “

 "No!" I quickly blurted out.

"No, it’s okay.Everything is okay...I’m ready."

I came here with determination to get answers.I couldn’t back out now.

Whatever happened tonight, at least I could say that I tried.

My mistake would only lie in wanting to hope for a better life.

"Okay...well, come on in," he said.

I was ready to step through the door but was stopped a s he held a hand out to me.

Just as he had done so once before.

However, the last time he’d done that, I had been too overwhelmed to reciprocate.

Too many thoughts and questions holding me back, so unsure of everything that had been happening at the time.

Now, when I looked at his outstretched hand, I sawa possible beginning.

"T just need you to trust me," he had said to me that day.

Well, I couldn’t be sure if I was ready for that just yet, but I was at least willing to believe.

Believe that there was a chance of this being real...if only for a moment...And so I cautiously reached out...hesitating once or twice as I moved...before, finally, those same sparks tingled along my skin in greeting upon contact.

"I'm really glad you came back, Raven," he said, his voice low and eyes so intense.

And, instantly, I felt as my cheeks began to burn ever s o slightly.

..Clearly, I would need to be careful in more ways than one around him.I could see how easy it would be to become distracted from the mission at hand.

"This doesn’t mean I trust you," I clarified.

"And I… I'd like some sort of proof.I’m risking a lot by coming here and I feel it’s only fair that you prove you are what you say you are."

me forward through the front door and closed it behind me, his

he towered over me, something that I became painfully aware of as I became trapped between him and

can manage that,"

completely alone, the way he looked at

somehow devouring me with his

I could have sworn appeared darker for a

maybe it was just

"Make yourself at home."

quickly I

trying not to let myself become

the room

day, the place was

felt larger than some people’s

host an elaborate party

like this indoors but...well, the city isn’t exactly an

to make do

But as I turned to look at him, I had to fight the

side as he watched me,

you doing?" I yelled in surprise, unable to stop

any way though, his lip twitching into

he said, as

want it to

caught sight of his chest as he continued unbuttoning,

was revealed seemed moulded around

I never would have expected to

I knew he was strong...but this? I

"_..Ruined?" I asked feebly.

shift?" he said, almost

me to prove we were the

Oh.

Right.

But, wait...

And my mind

I

I need to lock you

him laugh, much to my embarrassment.I was

could only make assumptions based on the

that knowledge...it wasn’t

becoming lost in

notice when he appeared

a shiver

said quietly, drawing

is absolutely nothing in this world that could ever make me hurt you.I am the last person you

a part of me wanted so badly to

he moved past me to start pushing couches and other pieces of furniture out the way, clearing an area in

open space i n which he

you ready?"

step back cautiously and

..And then...something unbelievable happened.

silence as I watched him shift

effortlessly until all that was left was a

dark brown wolf that stared at me knowingly,

feel like running or feel

felt recognition from deep within

As though this felt...right.

I started to walk towards him, moving until I was crouched right in front of

he laid down on the ground, presumably trying to

it to? He looked at me as if he

to trust that instinct...reaching out hesitantly to touch

I mused aloud to

eyes closed upon contact, allowing me to continue

as when I touched his skin,

something

and bloody murders to anything even close t o this level

Kieran apparently disagreed

his head and gave me a nod, confirming that this really was something

ached with

to learn this,"

to

thinking I was a

Kieran like this

willing to help me learn about

like the final piece of

had were

Natural.

lies or

part of being

so far… did that mean I really could trust

off guard by the sudden movement but tried not to

he had no intention of mauling

back to

turn," he said, walking

immediately made me

be like...exercises or something to do first.Some way

idea for me to just

learn other than to just do it.I'll be right here to help talk

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