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…

began to rock, trying to force the memories

“Ariadne?”

his voice. It broke through my mental turmoil enough to make me

the same. Nothing was different. Nothing had changed. “... Why are you here?” I managed to whisper. However, I wasn’t sure if I was asking the question to him

They called me back home due t o an

The way he spoke wasn’t filled with the same level

You’re embarrassing me in front of

it hit my neck Over… and over… and over… and over again.... “Are you honestly just going to completely ignore what I’m

...So helpless.

changed. He was fated to control my life no matter how

 up right now!” I could feel the tone of his Alpha authority

he saw me still refusing to move, he eventually lost patience and reached his hand out towards me. And

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

…Only it never came.

to my surprise, I saw how it was positioned as if he had been planning to pull me to my feet rather than slap me. I’d acted on impulse when there had

was real. This wasn’t the trial grounds. Aleric wouldn’t be able to kill me without a valid reason in front of a

 He gestured down at me however, I found I was unable to stop the involuntary flinch that shook me once again; the sight of

right now. Probably best to also keep in mind she’s

him, to look into his kind eyes for reassurance, but I couldn’t make myself lose sight of Aleric. My body’s natural reaction was to fear the pain he could inflict at any

her,” Aleric growled. “She doesn’t belong to

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