A Gift from the Goddess

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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I won the small victory, and I

me

the bar before he could ask any further

lot of people sitting close together having intimate conversations in

of atmosphere one would

kind of place I personally liked to have a drink, but I was familiar with the

today for that.I was here to

as it

the faces of every person I walked past,

lap of the entire floor, I was beginning to worry I’d

hell was he? I kept

that’s when I

itself, but veering off through a door to

that held a sign

obviously that wasn’t going to

I was certain all the servers and staff weren’t looking, I slipped through the door

the most part, clearly not used very

I had though was why was he here of all places…? It was almost as if

know I could trace his scent, which

were swimming in my head but, as I rounded the corner, everything seemed

myself falling into that trance

seeing him again made me

been scratching away

he

was in front of him, within

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

every

not just immediately rush into his arms…though I

me, but

exact issue, one which was causing me to feel this way about a

I took a step

relieved, and it caused a shiver to spread through me

you for days.Do you have

one losing my mind, and yet this guy

Was I missing something?

I managed to say, so extremely

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

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

since I didn’t end up slaying

the hell were you looking

a girl then stalk her? Why are you even doing

you’re experiencing is completely

said,

them from being able to function…or work…or do anything.I tracked you down for the sole purpose of making you reverse this.I want my

more than anything if I wanted to stay in my

it doesn’t work like that.I can’t just undo it.It has to

and I pulled out

what you did to me.Right

be a civil conversation but he was

back to my father empty-handed, the

“Woah…slow down,” he said.

it easy fora

him lull me into another trance,

up at knifepoint; just enough to scare him into taking me seriously.I was quick and had training, so

that h e was also just as skilled, proving

I could get my dagger anywhere near him, suddenly he was wielding one

that

was definitely mine.He must have kept it this whole

“Calm down!” he yelled.

but you need

But I was angry.

I’d ever felt before in m y entire

bubbling inside that I wasn’t used to, all jumbling around confused with whatever he’d done to

angry at him, at

my situation… and I was

b e losing both my father’s

again, angry tears beginning

don’t have to hurt you,”

me and we can

deflected the dagger again and proceeded to be on the

been doing this

was anywhere near as skilled, if not more so, than I

both impressive and concerning

not be as easy

on attacking, aiming for areas that I thought he left open, and yet he somehow

I moved, but

he was moving as quickly

I knew