A Gift from the Goddess

Chapter 35

Chapter Thirty Five 

INEN 

I still remembered the excruciating pain of being hurt every single day I lived in that hell, years before he even rejected me officially. The kind of pain that could only arise from loving someone with your entire being.

I was no longer able to stop the flood of emotions coming up all at once and I was sure my father had no idea what was going on. But he must have understood enough to see that, whatever it was I was trying to tell him, it was enough to cause me to be in this much emotional distress just from talking about it.

He pulled me into his arms and held tightly onto me as I cried against him. Everything had spilled out of me all at once. Things I had sworn to never tell anyone, things I didn’t think I would ever be able to share with someone. But I didn’t care anymore if he thought I was insane. I couldn’t live like this.

“Shhh, Aria,” he soothed. “It’s okay.” I just clung to him tighter, burying my sobbing face further into his chest. “Please… help me, papa.” He didn’t say anything else after that, he just held me in his arms until I’d exhausted myself.

I was grateful that he didn’t push the topic again for that night. By the time I had finished shedding every last tear in my body, he just picked me up and took me to bed. It was a moment that I was glad to still be small enough for him to carry me as he did, knowing that there was n o way I would have been able to rely on my legs again for that day.

I continued to cling to him for dear life. He stayed with

a blessing I was too exhausted to dream

father was obviously wanting an explanation for

the more I spoke, the more that poured out of m e, and soon I

How I had so desperately fought for his love… only for it to have been given t o another. And lastly, I told him about the trial, how we’d said our final goodbyes in the cells… and how

silent the entire time, taking in every word I

looked up to my father and saw a few tears had escaped his eyes. Something I had only seen him do once before… right before I had

I felt liberated at last. I now had someone I knew I could rely on completely

answer, but he was content with the answers I could provide him. We spoke about Aleric, how I felt about him now and how I’d been since coming back. And

Alpha I was pledged to. I could see this would be the hardest part of my journey; learning to accept what had happened to me and trying to move forward. The next day, my father went to Alpha Tytus to propose a meeting be held in order to discuss the current Beta heir position, mentioning also that I would be present. I was told he was extremely intrigued by the idea of me attending and immediately

of me. The only person who probably ended up unhappy with the new arrangements was my former Luna studies tutor, Helen, who had been enjoying the easy paycheques up until recently. I also found my father definitely lived up to his reputation when it came to fighting. His lessons were informative and I saw myself making the progress I’d so badly been lacking the last few months without Cai. And though their fighting styles were completely different, I eventually was able to adjust to my father’s techniques with ease. He pushed me further than Cai ever had and I appreciated that he didn’t go easy on me. One of the most vital ways I was going to succeed in this crazy endeavour to become Beta was if I could, by

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