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."

door and closed

became painfully aware of as I became trapped

can manage that," he

we were completely alone, the way he

were somehow devouring

could have sworn

maybe it was just the

"Make yourself at home."

and quickly I walked around

trying not to let myself become too comfortable around

the room was

day, the place was definitely some sort

larger than some people’s houses

to host an elaborate

the city isn’t exactly an ideal place to do something where people might see," he said as

to make do

him, I had to fight

he watched me, slowly

I yelled in surprise, unable

phased in any way though, his lip twitching

my favorite shirt," he said, as if it

don’t want it to

as he continued unbuttoning, his actions undeterred from my

skin that was revealed seemed moulded around perfectly

never would have expected to be hiding behind his

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

"_..Ruined?" I asked feebly.

shift?" he said, almost a little

prove

Oh.

Right.

But, wait...

here, was he? And my mind immediately recalled the massacres I would wake up

I quickly

to lock you

him laugh, much to

only make assumptions based on the knowledge I

knowledge...it wasn’t

lost in thought

notice when he

shiver

he said quietly, drawing

make me hurt you.I am the

part of me wanted so badly

couches and

a semi-large open space i n which

you ready?" he

step back cautiously and nodded my

..And then...something unbelievable happened.

silence as I watched him shift forms in

until all that was left

large dark brown wolf that stared at me

feel like running or feel even remotely afraid, as I

I felt recognition from

As though this felt...right.

I started to walk towards him, moving until I

the ground, presumably trying to make himself appear less

right now? Would this wolf move if he instructed it to? He looked at me as

trust that instinct...reaching out hesitantly to touch

mused

contact, allowing me

as when I touched his skin,

be something I can

from blackouts and bloody murders to anything even

Kieran apparently disagreed

his head and gave me a nod, confirming

chest ached with new

learn this,"

to be

I was

seeing Kieran like

teach me and was willing to help me learn about who I

piece of the puzzle was coming

I had were apparently completely

Natural.

or nefarious

purely a part of

did that mean I really could trust him? Abruptly, Kieran then stood up, shaking his

was taken a little off guard by

already that he had no

was back to his normal

he said, walking over

this immediately made me

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

good idea for me

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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