A Gift from the Goddess

Chapter 94

A week. 

I lasted a week before I started to get restless, wondering how much longer I‘d need to wait before my body could finally cope again. 

But surely a week was long enough, right? Enough that I would be allowed to begin what I wanted to? 

And so I quickly grabbed the clipboard at the end of my bed, the one that was for my medical chart, and flipped the pages over to start writing on the blank side. 

...And I closed my eyes, concentrating as I gave myself over to the old side of me that knew how to effectively strategise an enemy. 

It took several hours over the course of three days before I finally finished. To be safe, I only worked within small windows every day, choosing to do so between when I would get another dose of pain medication and when I would need to let myself sleep. This was something delicate and I knew I needed t o be at my most relaxed for it to work. 

By the time I was done, it was an in–depth timeline of everything since I‘d been reborn. Correlating the different events to everything I knew Thea had done, and then using those to theorise why it had been done the way it had been. Even in the moments she hadn‘t done something, I was still able to use it to better understand it all. 

… This was it. 

This was a 101 guide to Thea over the last four years 

Now I just needed to have a meeting with the others to let them know. Something I was sure Aleric would be less than pleased with considering I was meant to still be resting. 

Fuck it. 

I knew the time window was perfect. This would be my only chance until tomorrow. 

...Not to mention, that thing* had finally arrived earlier. 

And so I threw my legs over the side of the bed, getting slowly dressed into some normal clothes, and started heading towards the meeting hall. Knowing Aleric, he was probably going to be there this time of the day. 

“Where are you going?” a voice then said behind me, making me jump in surprise. 

| quickly turned around to see Brayden there, right outside my hospital room. 

“… To see Aleric,” I replied, my voice a little tense at seeing him. 

It was because of him. 

If he had just done what he was told, none of this would have happened. 

But as I looked at him more closely, I noticed how he looked exhausted. He had dark circles under his eyes and didn‘t have that normal confident air about him that used to annoy me so much. 

“You‘re not supposed to be leaving your room,” he said. “Aleric was pretty strict on that.” 

“So, you follow orders now?” | replied back a bit coldly. 

*Breathe.* 

And I sighed, clearing my head. I needed to remember that there was no reason for me to get angry now. 

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“..I‘m sorry, Arla,” he said, his face crumbling a bit 10 show how quilty he felt, “I didn‘t. I didn‘t realise. I Just wanted to stop her from getting away. If I‘d known she was going to do that 10 you, I never would have engaged in battle. I feel terrible.” 

“Don‘t apologise to me,” I said. “Just.. learn and do better.” 

And with that, I turned around, continuing on iny way to where I wanted to go. 

whole place on lockdown because you‘re injured. You can‘t just leave. Please. I don‘t want you to get hurt again because of me.”

back around to face him. “Stop If I thought I couldn‘t cope with this then I would still be in bed. I‘ve been stuck inside for over a

just that, though begrudgingly. Going as far as to drive me

I was pretty sure that Thea wouldn‘t publicly attack m e on my way there in broad

say?” I heard Aleric‘s voice speak from the

of the smaller adjoined meeting rooms and found the door slightly ajar,

hiding her somewhere else for a while,” Cai‘s voice then replied, “You‘re basically using all your available people to just keep her safe right now. Clearly, Thea knows where she is o r she wouldn‘t keep sending rogue attacks along the border to split your people and weaken your defences. It

but–.” Aleric‘s voice then cut off abruptly

in, Aria,” he finished.

his senses were. Sharper than anyone

was facing Things they‘d obviously been keeping from me while I was resting. And they were probably right to do so. If I‘d known we had been suffering attacks because of me,

to be

over to sit opposite them at the table. “I feel well enough

said, staring down at all the pages

inside

need to know about Thea. Everything I was able to figure out. If we

stony, eyes narrowed. It wasn‘t as bad as it was... but he still didn‘t trust me. Fair

me for a bit,” I continued. “This is going to take a while but it‘s important you all understand. The only way this works is if we start

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Chapter Ninety–Four 

Cai exhaled, softening his expression enough to tell me he was going

things I‘ve learnt about Thea‘s history, to try and figure out how she operates. Luckily for us, she

pen and wrote it down on a fresh page

naturally. I, on the other hand, wasn‘t that fortunate and had to learn how to control it due to being stuck in the collar. The most important thing to know is that these abilities are primarily powered by emotional energy. The more intense feeling you‘re

proper God in person. Basically, it‘s like an intense pressure to give in and appease them, gravitating without

gaze, realising what I was implying in my

hers work too. Which brings me to the first of her weaknesses – ‘detachment‘. All of her moves against me since the beginning were solely aimed at triggering a negative reaction. Because the more emotional I felt in that moment, the easier it was for her to weave her way in and magnify those already existing fears I had. It‘s how she eventually ended up taking over too; waiting until I was completely at rock bottom so I would give in to everything she was saying. Detaching yourself and reducing those spikes in

to earn me a few confused looks from both of them.

in the same way it does on me… or, if looking at the previous timeline,

for months. No, actually, it was worse than that. Thinking about

internal in how people perceive you specifically, both stemming from a manipulation in perception. She said it‘s like two magnets of the same polar, pushing away from each other. I take that to mean she convinced you of the physical effects of the mate–bond, like sparks,

looked up to see Aleric staring at me

couldn‘t jump down that rabbit

it anyway. This means you‘re the only one of us who is capable of resisting her internal

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bhupter Ninety–tout 

should make you feel sick, something you need 10 start keeping an eye out for as an early warning system. It‘s important to note though that this sickness was something you were only able t o start recovering from once she left the Silver Lake... bringing me to the next weakness;

pale. I took that to mean that I must have correctly figured out his questionable commitment to Caitlyn

you full–time in the beginning, Cai, I didn‘t experience any issues with her inside my head. In fact, it was pretty much dead silent and I felt in control for the most part... with one exception; when we met up during what was meant to be my escape. This tells me she is probably limited to a certain range and, possibly, is also limited in how many she can focus on at once. Cai, you mentioned to me in my office that she started leaving for longer periods of time after you started to get more ill... I‘d wager those times she was away from you would match up perfectly to when I was at my worst,

don‘t really help much should we find ourselves in an actual fight,” Aleric then pointed out.

brings me to the last one... ‘distraction‘.”

against a creature that can see in your

keep her guard down. Stupidly, she admitted to me that

started writing more

the entirety of our kind‘s origin,” I continued. “Rather, I saw Thea‘s origin. She used to be pretty normal. Hardworking, dedicated to the people she cared for. She gave up her entire life just to make them happy. But when she was finally at her happiest, everything was ripped

left, what can you

when things turned bad. Back when Selene robbed her of her powers, she wasn‘t able to use her ability to see ahead because, in that

still remember that moment in our fight when she had shown her true colours; how it was a mirror image of the way she‘d made me angrily

need to get

for her, what with it also stemming from a strong emotional response. If she learns how to overcome her urge to just immediately

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