A Gift from the Goddess

Chapter 118 Book 2 Chapter 10

The plan was simple; Track down Kieran and demand he fix whatever he did to me.

With Noah tied up and locked inside a cupboard, I would head towards the hotel which had been listed i n Victor Lycroft’s information folder.

With any luck, his son had the same taste in accommodation.

Once I found him and got my answers, I’d then just have him undo the effects before going back to Noah t o finish the job.I’d complete my mission tonight and get back home without any issues.

As a result, Father would begin to trust me again and Gavin wouldn’t need to drag me back into the basement.

Everyone will be happy.

Well…except probably Noah.He’d be dead.

But that was unfortunately just the way it had to be.

‘C’est la vie’ some would say.Now to just pray that nothing went wrong.I hailed a taxi and gave the driver directions to the hotel, doing my best to make my clothes seem more casual on the way over.

There wasn’t much I could do but I worked with what I had.

By the time I arrived, there was nothing on me that would stand out too much in a public setting.

Upon stepping out of the car though, I found the hotel was surprisingly large.

The kind of place only the very wealthy could afford which, given he was the son of a literal mayor, I guess that made sense.

Though for a small town I’d never heard of before, they sure seemed to have the cash to spare.

Whilst this was an interesting thing to note, it unfortunately meant that sneaking in was going to be difficult.

The place would have security cameras and staff walking around everywhere.

So how was I meant to…And then I smelt it.

That intoxicating scent that I could recall so vividly now.

The one belonging to Kieran.

He was here or, at least, he’d been here sometime recently.I would just need to follow it and hopefully scope out the area before entering his room.

But the scent didn’t lead me towards the elevator as I expected.

No, it led me to the hotel’s bar area.

A place where far too many people would be around to witness.

Certainly not an ideal development in this plan.

“Apologies, madam,” a man at the entrance said, holding a hand out to pause me.

“I just need to quickly confirm your name and room number, or the room number of the person you’re here to see.” I stared at him blankly, confused.

This hotel was apparently far more exclusive than I’d realised.

However, I’d had to deal with far worse obstacles than this before.

“Oh! Is that so?” I asked innocently.

“That’s a little awkward…You see, I was sent here to surprise Mr Lycroft but no one told me his room number.I guess i t was just a mix-up.Isn’t there any way I could still g o inside? Just this once?”

He looked uncertain and taken a little off guard.

This wasn’t the kind of job where you’d want to accidentally insult the wrong influential person.

“Oh …Well I suppose I could quickly go in and find him to confirm.Mr Lycroft you said?”

He took a step away as if to enter, but I knew if he did that and Kieran told them to not let me in, then this whole plan would become messy.

“That won’t do,” I said a little too quickly.

I then walked over to gently touch his arm.

“As mentioned, it’s meant to be a surprise.We haven’t seen each other in the longest time and his father, Victor, told m e Kieran was in town.”

“Madam…we have precautions in place to ensure the safety and privacy of our gu—.”

“The whole family will be so disappointed if it’s ruined.We’ve been planning this for a while now.I know Victor likes to come here regularly when he’s here for business.It would be a shame if this one unpleasant experience tarnished that…Especially if I have to call the family so late for something so petty ”

Immediately, he became flustered, but I didn’t give him any more time to process the situation.

After all, bad decisions were always made under pressure.

“Please…,” I repeated, giving him my best smile.

And it only took a few more seconds before, finally, h e cracked.

“Okay…very well.I’ll just need your name for the record and you can head on inside.”

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bar before he could ask any

mostly a lot of people

atmosphere one would expect from a fancy

personally liked to have

I wasn’t here today for that.I

scent as

I walked past, but none

done a lap of the entire floor, I was beginning

the hell was he? I kept walking, heading

when I finally

but veering off through a door

a

obviously that wasn’t going

servers and staff weren’t looking, I slipped through the door and continued to follow his scent until it led me into a back

the most part, clearly not used

here of all places…? It was

would have to know I could trace his scent, which was

but, as

once again I found myself falling into that

was hard to explain, but seeing him again made me

something inside that had been scratching

he was

within feet

we first met, he wore a perfectly fitted suit, his dark brown hair

every possible

took everything I had inside me to not just immediately rush into

embrace me,

was to fix this exact issue, one which was

stopped himself as I took a

said, sounding almost relieved, and it caused a shiver

you have any idea how worried

the one losing my mind, and yet this guy

Was I missing something?

say, so extremely confused

give you some time to cool down before I explained a few things to you, but it’s almost as if you

could contact you, but out of everyone I spoke to, only one person seemed to

since I didn’t end up

hell were you

then stalk her? Why are

you’re experiencing is

said,

from being able to function…or work…or do

it more than anything if I wanted

work like that.I can’t just undo

yelled, and I pulled out

did to me.Right

conversation but he was proving

drawing blood or going back

“Woah…slow down,” he said.

it easy

lull me into another trance, choosing to act

intent of holding him up at knifepoint; just enough to scare him into taking me seriously.I was

h e was also just as skilled, proving

him, suddenly he was wielding

that looked awfully

it was definitely

“Calm down!” he yelled.

but you need to just chill for a

But I was angry.

than I’d ever felt before in m y

to,

was angry at him, at my own

my failures, at my

I would b e losing both my father’s

angry tears beginning to form at

to

me and we can go

deflected the dagger again and proceeded to be on the defensive as

been doing this sort of thing

facing someone who was anywhere near as skilled,

that was both impressive and concerning at the

this might not be as easy as

left open, and yet he somehow managed to defend perfectly every

I moved, but nothing seemed to

moving as quickly

I knew

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