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."

the front door and

me, something that I became painfully aware of as

think I can manage that," he

the way he

if he were somehow devouring me with his

that I could have sworn

it was just the

"Make yourself at home."

quickly I walked around him into the

trying not to let myself become too comfortable around

the room was

day, the place

it felt larger than some

elaborate party

exactly an ideal place to do something where people might see," he said as he walked behind

do with the space we

at him, I had to fight the urge t o just spin

he stood to the side as he watched me, slowly starting the

in surprise, unable

way though, his lip twitching into

he said, as

want it to

his chest as he continued unbuttoning,

that was revealed seemed moulded around

I never would have expected to be hiding behind

was strong...but this? I swallowed and quickly tried to

"_..Ruined?" I asked feebly.

the shift?" he said, almost a

to prove

Oh.

Right.

But, wait...

my mind immediately recalled the massacres

that...dangerous?" I

I need to lock

much to my embarrassment.I

make assumptions based on the knowledge I

that knowledge...it

lost in thought over

notice when

instantly, a shiver ran through me

quietly, drawing

world that could ever make me hurt you.I am the last

of me wanted so badly

me to start pushing couches and other pieces of furniture out the

a semi-large open space

ready?" he

a step back cautiously and

..And then...something unbelievable happened.

in shocked silence as I watched him

transforming effortlessly until all that was

at me

like running or feel even

felt recognition from deep within

As though this felt...right.

him, moving until I was crouched right in front of

the ground, presumably

move if he instructed it to? He looked

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

soft," I mused aloud

allowing me to

I didn’t feel the same sparks as when I touched

be something

think that I could go from blackouts and

apparently disagreed with

me a nod, confirming that this really was something

chest ached with

want to learn

don’t want to

always felt so lonely, thinking I was a

seeing Kieran like

and was willing to help me learn about who I

like the final piece

I had were apparently

Natural.

or

purely a part of being

far… did that mean I really could trust him? Abruptly,

little off guard by the sudden movement but tried not

already that he had no

finally emerge again, he was back to his normal self and tugging on

turn," he said, walking over

this immediately made me

do first.Some way to

me to just jump right in

any way to learn other than to just do it.I'll be right here to help talk you through it.Nothing bad will happen,

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