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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feeling of smug giddiness rose inside me as I won

can call me Raven,” I called

I entered the bar before he

it was far quieter than I’d expected.It was mostly a lot of people sitting

of atmosphere one would expect

to have a drink, but I

for that.I was here to

right now, I could still catch his scent as it slowly

carefully, screening the faces of every person I walked past, but none were of the

fact, by the time I’d done a lap of the entire floor, I was beginning

where the hell was he? I kept

I

the room itself, but veering off through a

door that held a sign saying

that wasn’t going to

through the door and continued to follow his scent until it led

pretty untouched for the most part, clearly not

was he here of all places…? It was almost as if

he would have to know I could trace his scent, which was already unnatural in

my head but, as I rounded the

falling into that trance

him

that had been scratching away was

because he

I was in front of him, within feet of being

he wore a perfectly fitted suit, his dark brown hair styled to

every

not just immediately rush into his

as if to embrace me, but it was that very same movement that made me remember why I was

issue, one which was causing me to feel this way

stopped himself as I took a step back

he said, sounding almost relieved, and it caused a shiver to spread through me at the sound of his

been looking for you for days.Do you have any idea

the one losing my mind, and yet this guy was

Was I missing something?

all I managed to say, so extremely confused by this

give you some time to cool down before I explained a few things to

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

to be him since I didn’t end up slaying at the event long enough to meet

hell were you looking

Drug a girl then

you’re

said,

to function…or work…or do anything.I tracked you down for the

needed it more than anything if I wanted

can’t just undo it.It has

and I

did

hoping this would be a civil conversation but he was proving to be

it was between drawing blood or going back to my father empty-handed, the

“Woah…slow down,” he said.

take it easy

me into

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

h e was also just as skilled, proving that back when

anywhere near him, suddenly he was wielding one of his own as

weapon that looked

was definitely mine.He must have kept it

“Calm down!” he yelled.

everything but you need to

But I was angry.

before in

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

at him, at my own

my failures, at my situation… and I was

knowing I would b e losing both my father’s respect and my usefulness

my dagger again, angry tears beginning to form at my eyes as my

to

and we can

to be on

doing this sort of thing his

who was anywhere near

was both impressive and concerning at the

might not be as easy as

kept on attacking, aiming for areas that I thought he left open, and yet he somehow managed to defend

faster I moved, but nothing

he was moving as quickly as I was at full

I