A Gift from the Goddess

Chapter 21

 In future chapters, I will also be using single quotes’ for just things Aria says to herself internally. An author note reminder will be added to the next chapter it’s used, which hopefully assists in reading/understanding what’s happening. No…

He couldn’t be here. He wasn’t supposed to be here yet.

1*”You are nothing, Ariadne,’*’I heard his voice speak in my head, an old memory replaying from my past life. ‘*”You are only here because I let you be here.”*’

No, please, no… I’m not ready… ‘*”You have been found guilty of the charges against you.“* 

Cold, familiar green eyes stared down at me.

Piercing. Like a tiger watching its prey with curiosity. “*”Therefore, with the power held within me, I, Aleric Dumont, Alpha of the Winter Mist Pack...” 

I took two steps back slowly, unable to take my eyes off the man in front of me. ‘*”…Sentence you, Ariadne Chrysalis, former Luna of the Winter Mist Pack...”*) “Aria?” a familiar friendly voice called out beside me. However, I couldn’t register their words.

1*”…To death.”*’

I fell backwards to the floor in front of the man who had been my death.

…Who will be my death.

“*”Your sentence is to be carried out immediately.“*‘ 

No, please, make it stop.

I covered my ears feebly as the rational side of my brain tried to convince me this wasn’t real, that the voice was just a memory inside my head and nothing more. 

stop… stop… STOP…

trying to

“Ariadne?”

my mental turmoil enough to make me freeze.

here?” I managed to whisper. However, I wasn’t sure if I was

allowed to be here, right? They called me back home due t o an emergency with that girl who was attacked. I’ve only just arrived.” But when I didn’t

a tone o fannoyance in his voice. The way he spoke wasn’t filled with the

me in front of a future Alpha

could hear what he was saying but all I could see was the swing of the broadsword before it hit my neck Over… and over… and over… and over again.... “Are you honestly just going to completely ignore what I’m saying to you?” he said, increasingly becoming

...So helpless.

He was fated to control my life no matter how many

tone of his Alpha authority trying to command m e,

saw me still refusing to move, he eventually lost patience and reached his hand

as I held my hands up in defence against the slap I expected was about to

…Only it never came.

peek up at him and saw he held a look of shock at my response, the hand he had stretched out having stopped midway before making contact. I looked at his arm and, to my

here. This was real. This wasn’t the trial grounds. Aleric wouldn’t be able to kill me without a valid reason in front of a witness. “What are you on about? I haven’t even done anything to her and

me however, I found I was unable to stop the involuntary flinch that shook me once again; the sight

best to also

gently touched my trembling shoulder. I wanted to look at him, to look into his kind eyes for reassurance, but I couldn’t make myself lose

her,” Aleric growled. “She

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