A Gift from the Goddess

Chapter 72

Chapter Seventy–Two 

“...What‘s her name?” I found myself asking politely, though I didn‘t really feel present. 

Truthfully, I didn‘t feel much of anything. My body had gone completely numb, falling into autopilot responses as I struggled to come to terms with what Cai had just told me. 

He found his mate. 

But he was only nineteen. He shouldn‘t have found her so soon. 

‘Caius knight dies at the age of twenty–one with no Luna, mate or child‘. That was the future for Cail had known. Yet somehow this timeline had changed enough that he had met her earlier. It was a cruel slap in the face as reality reminded me, once more, that it would refuse to ever let me be happy. Even for just the few years I thought I might have had with him. 

“Caitlyn,” he replied awkwardly. “She seems... nice. Sweet.” 

‘Nice? Really? That was the best he could say about the woman who was supposedly his other half? His soul mate? 

I wanted to ask him how they met but a part of me couldn‘t bear to hear any more details. Knowing her name would be enough. 

“Aria,” he said, tilting my chin up to look at him, to meet his golden eyes. “It doesn‘t change anything for m e... I still want to be with you.” 

Instantly, my body tensed, the gears in my head finally starting to kick back into reality. His words managed to trigger a pain inside me that I was all too familiar with, something I had tried so hard to push t o the furthest part of my mind. It was almost exactly like it was in the past. 

...Except I wasn‘t the girl being abandoned by her mate anymore. 

No, now I was being set up to become Thea. 1 

“No,” I said flatly, grabbing the keys and dagger by my side to leave. “No, I‘m not doing this.” 

“Aria, wait. Talk to me.” 

I stood up and started to walk towards the car but Cai quickly rushed to stand in my way. 

“Aria, please. Can we just talk about this for a second?” 

“No, this was dumb from the beginning,” I said. “And I‘m not just referring to us. I mean this whole plan for my escape too. It‘s rushed and clumsy.” 

“We‘ve got everything sorted. We‘ll get you back to the Silver Lake and take care of you.” 

There it was again. No insinuation of moving me, no mention of Iris or the rebellion. As if he thought everyone wasn‘t going to just assume that the Silver Lake was the first place I‘d go. 

“Tell me, Cai, what exactly was the plan? Do you even have one?” I asked, folding my arms over my chest. “I was under the impression you were working with Iris for this but I‘m quickly realising that maybe that‘s not the case.” 

He frowned. “Why would I be in contact with Iris for this? I haven‘t seen her since last year.” 

A cynical laugh escaped my lips. “This is actually ridiculous. The first place Tytus is going to look is the Silver Lake, especially once Aleric is forced to confess that info. Then we‘re back to square one; avoiding a war between two territories because of me.” 

Lilapler Seventy Two 

“Then we‘ll move you,” he argued. “We can go somewhere else until it‘s safe.” 

“Just the three of us, yeah?” I snapped back snarkily. “You, me, and Caitlyn?” 

I didn‘t feel bad. He should have never touched me tonight knowing he had someone bonded to

I said, stepping past him to continue walking to the car.

I felt as Cai then grabbed my wrist and tried to pull me to face him once more.

I had already accepted that. No, I was pissed because he

situation

reached out to grab me, my

still managed to quickly bring the dagger up and hold it up t o

me,” I growled.

but I didn‘t waver. In truth, we both knew he could very easily swat my hand away without any issue whatsoever, but the sentiment was now there. The intention was clear. This was my message to

and forth from my

the side of me that still

instantly, my hand tightened

I wouldn‘t do it?” I asked him, my eyes narrowing with the

knew he was right. There was no way I would actually do it and he was

the very fact he could even ask that of me made me feel sick. It made me regret so many of my actions and question

was a reminder of who I really was, what I was actually capable of, something he was apparently

I came from. Never

my spare hand, I grabbed at his shirt and pulled his torso down so I could speak

I whispered. “You shouldn‘t test someone who

are you talking about?”

I didn‘t scare you away. But do you want to know the truth? The real truth? You see, I knew you in the past, Caius Knight, Alpha of the Silver Lake. Our packs were at war for months, neither one gaining the upper hand... and then you died. At the age of twenty-one, you died alone. No mate. No children. And do you know

in the eye. “Because of me,” I said. “I was your dooth. I killed you. I did it for my

my chest as I confessed the words! never wanted him to hear. “... I did it for my family‘s

olu! That was what your life

my words hanging in the open as

a version of me I‘d let him see. Not some young, tormented girl he

with it; to sever that tie that had become a lifeline for me. Cai had become a symbol

that this wasn‘t a fantasy, that being with him was always something that was never going to end well. Because now look at where we are.

time for us to let go of that

said, gently trying to move the dagger away.

away already. He could have overpowered me within seconds without any effort on his part...

I didn‘t want to, needed him to at least believe I would, to take me seriously, and it seemed this was the only way he

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he let his hand fall back to his side, acknowledging that there was

was of him to still look at m e with those eyes. As

least take this as my confirmation that I didn‘t want to be involved with him anymore; even though a part of my mind was still screaming at me to take it all back, to find a way to still be with him... t

him, taking a few steps backwards

voice finally betraying my exhaustion. “Go home and be an honourable man to

then I

the car, the key in the

likely the wrong choice. And so I just drove. Without

Chapter Seventy–Two 

second. 

or give in to the pain just yet... because I needed to

doing my best to compartmentalise the aching inside, I tried to focus on what to do

home meant risking my life once more to the mercy of assassins and Tytus, yet to run away meant risking my life to the mercy of the world... and Tytus. There

Mist, who was in contact with Iris, one person

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