A Gift from the Goddess

Chapter 101

Chapter One Hundred & One 

...Dead? 

No... that couldn‘t..... 

I could feel my heart racing at hearing her words. 

Why would she have done that? Why do something before... 

Unless... unless she expected me to rush into war regardless of whether she used him as bait. Because she knew I wouldn‘t have any way of knowing he was alive and would assume that I would come for him blindly anyway. 

‘It‘s just another move made to hurt me. 

During our stay in the cabin, I‘d always avoided the topic of Aleric marking me. I hadn‘t wanted to tie him t o me knowing I might not be long for this world, and I didn‘t want to put him through feeling that pain upon my death. But I hadn‘t anticipated for the reverse to now become detrimental to me. If only I‘d actually done it, I would have known the minute it had happened and saved everyone from rushing in to save him 

So then, was he actually... dead? 

And the most guttural, animalistic growl then escaped my lips, forcing several people nearby to flinch and shy away from the pressure. 

This wasn‘t how it was meant to go. 

He wasn‘t meant to die from my own failure to save him in time. 

He wasn‘t meant to die before me. 

I could feel Thea‘s eyes watching me closely, feel the smirk on her face. 

...And suddenly I knew what I needed to do. 

My legs started sprinting towards her, pushing myself to move faster and faster. Several people were fighting between us but I didn‘t let that distract me, manoeuvring around them with ease without breaking stride even once. 

“Aria!” I heard someone yell. 

But I wasn‘t stopping. 

This was because of her. It was her fault. She needed to pay. 

I kept on running to the treeline, towards the figure waiting for me there. Nothing would be able to stop m 

...Not even the ten or so rogues I could now feel following me. 

They were trailing behind just close enough that they would probably catch up soon, having the advantage of four paws over me But just before I could make it to the trees, I sensed as one of them went to lunge at my legs, trying to pull me down. 

Not that this would be nearly enough against me though. Not when I could see their next move. 

Teffortlessly dodged their attack, countering with a dagger into their side, and their body slowly rolled to a stop two feet away. 

The others became frenzied at seeing me kill the rogue and began circling around me, snapping and 

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Chapter One Hundred & Une 

growling towards me as they waited to strike. They were now laking their time to size me up as their pack mentality kicked in. 

But I didn‘t have time for this. 

I looked up towards the trees, now close enough to meet Thea‘s eyes, and a mixture of frustration and desperation consumed me. I needed to get to her in time. To catch her before.… 

And then my heart sank as she did exactly what I feared, 

With a final smirk at my situation, she quickly turned around and began running into the woods, away from the battle. 

Fuck. 

“Get lost already!” I yelled at the rogues angrily. “I don‘t want to fight you.” 

Clearly, they took this the wrong way though as I watched them begin eagerly approaching closer. They stupidly ignored what I‘d just done to their comrade and took my words to mean that I was afraid of fighting so many of them at once. 

....Something they then acted upon, attacking me under that false belief. 

Without any further hesitation, they all began to charge me, trying to overpower me with sheer numbers. Unfortunately for them though, I saw every one of their attacks, 

‘Left... dodge... Swipe....‘ 

I moved around all the rogues fluently, swiftly taking them out one after another. 

‘Drop... side–kick... stab....‘ 

And before even five minutes had passed, soon I was all that remained. Standing in a circle of dead rogues around me, covered in their blood as I looked down with distaste. They‘d failed to land even a single scratch on me. 

All they‘d accomplished with their lives now lost was wasting my time. Time that could have been better spent going after Thea. What a meaningless death indeed. 

Aster one final look at the bodies around me, I then resumed running towards the woods, tracking Thea‘s disgustingly sweet scent through the trees. I could feel as the branches scratched against my skin as I ran through the foliage, not caring to take the extra seconds needed to slow down and avoid them. My mind was set on one thing, and one thing only. 

Thea 

“Suddenly, another clearing came into sight, opening up into a large empty plain. I could see how the trees surrounded the area in a circular way, giving it the appearance of being almost like an arena. And yet. something about this place felt familiar. Something that was impossible given I‘d never travelled anywhere near here before, 

caught sight

a woman now isolated from

completely still. Her demeanour was telling me to face her, wanting me to close the distance. And I obliged

she greeted with a smile, sending a chill

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way my name

I didn‘t waste time with pleasantries though. No, I decided to immediately get to the point instead. W e both

“Is he dead?” 

my breath as I waited for the answer, my heart beating deafeningly loud in my

was as if the seconds that ticked by were actually hours, dragging on so excruciatingly slow. I could feel the heavy weight of my impatience crushing me, needing to

appearing in

head to the side slightly, her eyes watching me closely.

was all she said.

I exhaled as if the wind

mattered to her, I already knew this. But it felt like salt in the wound to hear her confirmation a s

you,” I whispered under my breath, staring at the ground

my eyes but I

did you just

said I‘m going

straight up at her with a burning hatred in my eyes. All I saw was red, saw my own anger and the blood on her hands. The blood

pointed my dagger up towards her, my hand

said. “You have taken everything from me. Everything. I don‘t care what it costs anymore. I‘m ending this.

it more amusing than anything, and it only acted in

bloodlust pulsing through my

without even taking another moment to think.., I charged

as her hand came up in defence, looking to deflect my arm by hitting it to the side, but I read her like a

the last second, narrowly missing the attack to leave merely a small scratch behind. It was

I expected. Before I could stop

distance. “This dagger seems

a low growl escaped my lips

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! DIUCU UI 

death you need to be concerned about right now is your own,” I warned. “After all, the

that, no longer finding the situation as humorous as

me, child….”

The real Thea. The one who speaks how she really

different blows on her body. Pushing myself to hit her even once. And, before too long had passed, soon only the sound of our daggers colliding filled the

sense my moves as I could hers.

...Oh. 

looked up to see her smiling at me once more, confirming

was in my

was basically impossible for

she had to do was wait it out until | reached my absolute limit, something dangerously close already after ordering the

defeat me easily without cheap tricks. After all, you should possess a wealth of knowledge with endless experience... or is it that you’re becoming senile in

contorted into a

very last thing I

*Clinnnnk.* 

collided once more, the sound of the metal kissing screeching into the air around

barely with a second to spare, and it marked the

person was seeing the other‘s move before it could land in what felt like an endless dance, soon becoming more just a game of speed.

faster than even my eyes could properly follow, even the smallest mistake here could end in a lethal blow. I was now completely reliant on my instincts as I moved, putting complete trust in my ability to sense

rest a moment. A drawback of her mortal body, I

as our battle progressed, her movements becoming progressively more forceful as opposed 10 swift. It was only a matter of time before she got this

asked, now smiling in my chance to gloat. “Having some

“You would have been dead a thousand times over by

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riunoreu a

that was stolen

if a mortal were of equal power to you. Really makes you think,

rather than speed. It was something I‘d anticipated... and yet was

something so

until I hit the ground roughly. I‘d tried to cushion the fall with my arms but still ended up rolling a few

far worse

onto my side to try and get up

Make her pay.‘

I wasn‘t the only one losing grasp on their ability. If anything, that alone would make all of this worth

suddenly asked, walking

to regret doing that,” I said, ignoring her comment. “A lucky shot isn‘t that

the distance

and she sent another kick to my chest, forcing me onto my

desperate for the oxygen that had been stolen so aggressively. My whole body had already been aching so much from just

are you...,” she started, a frown

then I felt it. The rummaging in my

her. End her. Get up and finish

–Protect him.’ 

let her

hold me

hide,” | spat, squirming under her

to me!”

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