A Gift from the Goddess

Chapter 104

Chapter Une Hundred Foul 

Chapter One Hundred & Four 

“What you seek... it may have greater repercussions than you realise,” Selene said. 1 

The cold of the Abyss was stinging me, a reminder that I wanted to leave as soon as possible. Leave and hopefully not come back anytime soon. 

“This is what I want,” I reaffirmed confidently. 

Her lips tightened into a line, considering my request further. “Ariadne... What I do is not an exact science. There may be complications with what you seek, ones that even I have no control over. Just your revival alone could have issues without this added risk. Are you willing to accept that, despite what it may produce? That this may bring about a legacy that has waves far greater than you anticipate?” 

But I simply nodded my head, certain in my decision. 

I didn‘t care about the risk. If there was even a slight chance of this working, I had to take it. This would b e my one and only opportunity I wanted to start my new life with minimal regrets. 

“I’m sure,” I said. “If there are issues then I‘ll figure it out. Just like always.” 

“... Very well, then,” she said. 

And with that, she took a step forward, cupping my face in her hands to kiss my forehead, and sent an eruption of familiar tingles where our skin met. Instantly, I felt those same intense emotions rushing through me all at once. Something I‘d almost forgotten from the last time we stood here. 

Once done, she moved away and looked at me with distaste. A stark reminder of how our relationship had drastically changed over these last few years. 

“Be warned, child, that this is it,” she said sternly. “There will be no third revival. The next time we meet, you will accept what has happened and begin your life anew inside the Abyss as all souls must.” 

The thought of that alone filled me with dread but I knew returning here would be inevitable. Death was a normal part of life. However, I wouldn‘t fight back next time. No, I‘d allow myself to give in and enjoy the happy memories of my life. Hopefully, by then, there would be several more to add to the collection. 

Selene then began to fade before me, her eyes never faltering as they watched me carefully. Even up until the very last second, I could feel the resentment and bitterness she held. Luckily for her though, now she was whole again, she would live out her eternal life where I would exist for only a blink of her eye. Something of immense reassurance for her, I was sure. 

Before I could contemplate on her demeanour any further, a weightlessness then came over me, a dizziness consuming my head. 

And before I knew what was really happening, I felt the familiarity of my body once more. 

And everything felt… hazy. 

As if I were underwater 

I could start to feel my heartbeat... feel the warmth of my body. 

But I wasn‘t quite... there yet. 

It seemed different from the first time when I‘d awoken in bed at fourteen. Something felt... off. Was this because I hadn‘t travelled back? 

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And with another moment, I realised something important; instantly explaining the sensations I was experiencing 

Thea‘s death would have become a fixed point in time. I couldn‘t return to when she was still alive because I was using her dead body to revive. So, if this wasn‘t the past.... 

...It meant that this time, I was returning not to my prior self… but rather to my own corpse. What I was experiencing now was my body reanimating. 

“...Wanted to s... goodb...,” a voice then said, piercing through the fog. 

Someone was here. Next to me. Could they see me coming back? 

Their words were too unclear to understand what they were saying, too muddled as it cut in and out. 

“...‘m sorry... I didn‘t...,” it continued. “...I thought… It‘s been a whil...” 

It was slowly becoming more distinguishable but not quick enough for my own impatience. I wanted to hear what was being said right now, see whoever was talking with my own eyes. 

I‘m right here,‘ I screamed inside. I‘m alive.‘ 

But if anyone noticed, I couldn‘t tell. 

“...I love you,” they then said, a tone of finality in their voice. 

And I realised they were leaving 

But I was here. They just needed to just wait a minute. Wait until I could find the strength to break through this veil. Just a little bit longer. 

further, something else then came to my attention. A new

Sparks. 

hand was now

fact, I remembered it well from a time long ago.

It meant.... 

I abruptly woke up with a long heave at the

lungs greedily took in their first breaths, desperate for the oxygen, and I quickly felt my body begin to

once more; feeling as my heart started rapidly

was back. I was really

to return just a year earlier, I would have firmly rejected it, telling myself I was crazy for wanting this. And yet now I‘d never wanted anything

“–What the fuck?!” 

side, already knowing what I would see, but finding myself

suddenly... stopped.

vanished around me and left behind

one thing that mattered

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accurately, one

...Aleric. 

crisp scent of the forest enveloping me... an overwhelming assault of sensations hit me all at once. Of a new yet familiar experience beckoning me forward and drawing me

something else deep inside me then awoke

absent for too long. Once a staple within my life, it had gone missing amongst my trauma, regressing to the furthest part of my mind. Now thinking back, I wondered if that were partly due to

a result, just one word was

heard myself

wolf had

away the moment I‘d come back, somehow managing to not have a heart attack at seeing his dead mate return. The sheer fear at the situation had caused his face to pale and almost make him fall

became frozen in place for a different

bond forming within my new life... Only this time, we could both feel

cheek, sending more sparks throughout my body. Enough to make me

thing. Everything I‘d felt in the Abyss felt like a cold, lifeless imitation in comparison to what I

he was just as consumed as I was, and I immediately

I was here. This is

face down, inches from my own, and spoke the only words I

all the pain and sacrifice worth

“Mine,” he repeated. 

burning within. A hunger driving me on that I couldn‘t resist, nor did I

fingers through his hair dark hair and pulled him closer towards me, needing more of his touch, needing

get much further, Aleric then pulled away, apparently having more self control than

a frown, confusion crossing his features. Looking at me as if questioning whether

said brightly, a smile spreading

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with happiness from just being able to see him

you?” he asked. “...Am

his cheek, relishing

I replied, tracing

wake up from this. But I‘m also at a

just did what I‘m best at... blackmail and negotiation. It comes in handy

again, a humour in his eyes

realised you‘d be too stubborn to stay dead for long. Apparently, not even a

joke, but then my smile instantly faltered instead. There wasn‘t anything funny about how badly I‘d wanted to come back. “I just... I really missed you, Aleric. I

wrapped his arms around me, sending waves of his warmth through me. Making me feel

as another reminder of my current situation.

cold, metal table with only a thin blanket to cover me. The place I would

been

way for me to tell how long had passed. Because of this, I wasn‘t sure exactly what date I‘d been brought back

many people know what happened to you yet. Though your parents will

them. I was happy to hear they were safe and would be coming home finally after all this time. So many things had gone wrong after their staged death... things hoped to make amends for, to the

feeling?” Aleric asked. “Is

my parents‘ forced departure was s o their lives couldn‘t be used as hostages against me. Or worse...

surface. Once a constant voice of pressure, pushing me ever

was

than I ever had. The only new addition in m y head was my wolf, one I wasn‘t concerned by. Her

amazing.” I said honestly. “I can‘t remember the last time I felt so free. My thoughts are finally mine again. It‘s.... hell, I can’t even begin to describe how incredible

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