A Gift from the Goddess

Chapter 103

Chapter One Hundred & Three 

Chapter One Hundred & Three 

The ground came crashing towards me as I fell roughly down, unable to cushion the fall. All I could do was accept what had happened and feebly cover the wound at my gut; a futile dream of survival pushing me on. 

A dream I knew would die as quickly as I did. 

“Aria,” I heard Aleric yell, apparently having shifted back. 

My breathing was shallow as my body started to become numb to the pain; a coldness slowly spreading through me. 

...It wouldn‘t be much longer. 

“Hey, there,” I said weakly. 

A small smile crept to my lips as I looked up at the man I loved. 

His face was wrought with panic, his eyes holding so much fear in them. And yet it was his wound that drew my attention the most. There were signs of infection on the skin, surrounding where it had been split open again. Since Thea had no intention of Aleric living for long, it made sense she didn‘t have him properly treated. He needed to get to the hospital soon. 

“You... You should really... get that looked at,” I huffed out. 

“Are you insane? You‘re the one you should be worried about right now,” he yelled back. “What you did was so stupidly reckless, Aria. Why do something so senseless? Why....” 

I knew it wasn‘t me he was actually angry at, despite his words. He was just scared because things were ending this way 

I wheezed at the air, finding each breath slowly harder to take than the last, but managed to still speak. 

“I did it... to save you,” I whispered. “...I did it... because I love you.” 1 

His teeth gritted as he furiously wiped at his face, failing to completely hide the evidence of tears there. A sight I never thought I would ever see in my life. Seeing him so suddenly vulnerable only made the situation feel more real. 

That this was it. This was goodbye. 

Knowing there was nothing further I could do to stop my bleeding, I brought my hand up and cupped his ‘cheek instead, feeling the warmth from his skin against mine. 

“Hey... it‘s okay...,” I soothed. “I always knew... this day would come and... I just want you to know... that I don‘t regret it. You shouldn‘t... either.” 

“Fuck, Aria,” he growled and grabbed my hand tightly to lean into, covering his eyes. “I don‘t know what I‘m going to do without you. I–I... I need you.” 

I would have laughed at that if I could have, knowing that he would be perfectly fine without me. Aleric would live on and become the Alpha destiny had chosen for him, I had no doubt about that. I was just happy to have finally met the man he was always meant to be. The man I was meant to have spent my life with. 

Without him, none of this would have been possible. It was only because of Aleric that I was able to fight back against Thea. Only he believed in me when I‘d lost my mind, and only he managed to help me see who I could still become despite my condition. 

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Coapter One Hundred & Three 

“You don‘t... need me...,” I said, ‘You‘ve got it... backwards.” 

“Don‘t say that.” 

“Aria?” another voice then interjected, though further away. 

I recognised it as Cai‘s immediately. 

His face soon appeared next to me, trying to look down with a similar expression to Aleric‘s, but having trouble focusing. It seemed that Thea‘s attack on him was still giving him grief, the effects of the blinding still evident 

“Aria... I’m sorry,” he said. “I–I couldn‘t see. I didn‘t know what happened until it was too late.” 

But I just weakly shook my head, knowing there was nothing he could have done anyway. This had ended i n the exact way I‘d predicted. It was the most probable outcome. 

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nothing… to

waves of pain through me. Small whimpers left my lips at the movement, but I didn‘t have the strength

get you to a hospital,” he said

Aleric then quickly intervened and pushed him

his shoulder. “It‘s done. We can‘t... she won‘t make it. You’re only going to make her last moments worse.”

I didn‘t do enough,” Cai said, his face contorting with pain. “I

only tightened and instead pulled him closer, forcing him to concentrate. An

to survive. She lived through two lifetimes of hell, fighting for that very thing. Let her final moments

So cold now. 

was feeling so goddamn

feeling where you want to curl up next to a fireplace, wrapped up tightly in a fluffy blanket and

eyes for a bit, right?

be

I should try to hold off for just a little longer..

the two needing each other for support. I was glad to see evidence of a bond forming, feeling relieved that maybe they would continue to get closer. There was no worse outcome ihan if

the two men I adored. A light heralding

towards me slowly, her gaze watching me as I

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blood was her blood. This new

cruel, merciless

out in greeting.

over me without an ounce of expression or concern for her public attendance. An odd sight given

and Cai began

of what I already knew about her natural laws; that she

time?” | continued, struggling to speak.

breath, I could feel the effect of her presence. Feel the weight of her aura around

at peace, child,” she whispered

did so. An invitation urging me to let

arguments. I simply could only oblige the request, greedily caving into

everything went

long, satisfied stretch in bed, feeling more content than I had in

last few days had all blended together so much that I could barely keep track of time anymore. Was it a Tuesday? Morning? Night? I didn‘t know. All I knew was that my last week had been spent with Aleric in the cabin, living and breathing every moment he could spare for me.

the stairs

softly, standing

sound of the drops hitting the roof in a soothing way. The clouds outside were also darkening the sky enough that, once again, I couldn‘t be sure what time it was.

His eyes reminded me of the moss and trees within the woods when he looked genuinely happy, almost as

“Did you have a good sleep?”

of that happening... but it

“...Is that so?” 

I crept closer until I stood in front of him, intending to look at the book in his hands, but instead he reached out and pulled me into his lap, forcing a squeal of surprise

comfortably against his broad chest, I‘d never felt so cosy an

‘This isn‘t right.‘ 

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One Hundred

for a second frowning, wondering why that thought suddenly popped

Of course, this was right. I couldn‘t

cleared my throat and shook off the

looks like one of my books,” I said, reading the words on the

done this before.‘

vu, freezing me as I tried to chase down the

like this

a blur, but I couldn‘t recall doing

as my stomach then began to churn,

mine alone,‘ a voice alike

Had she

he hadn‘t just noticed me abruptly pause. Almost as though he‘d already known what

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