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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giddiness rose inside me as I won the small victory,

call me Raven,” I called

the bar before he could ask any

a lot of people sitting close together having intimate conversations in low

sort of atmosphere one would expect from a fancy

liked to have a

today for that.I

now, I could still catch his scent as it slowly became stronger the further inside

walked

of the entire floor, I was beginning

the hell was he? I kept

when I

within the room itself, but veering off through

door that held a sign

that wasn’t going to stop

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

seemed pretty untouched for the most part, clearly not

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

could

swimming in my head but, as

once again I found myself falling into that trance as [

was hard to explain, but seeing him again made

had been

he

in front of him, within feet of being

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

every possible

me to not just immediately rush into his

me, but it was that very same movement that made me remember why

was to fix this exact issue, one which was causing me

stopped himself as I took a step

caused a shiver to spread through me at the sound

for days.Do you have any idea how

was thinking that I was the one losing my mind, and yet this guy was almost certifiable, acting a s though we

Was I missing something?

all I managed to say, so extremely confused

time to cool down before I explained a few things to you, but it’s almost as if you don’t exist,”

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

since I didn’t end up slaying at the event

hell were you looking for

girl then stalk

anything.What you’re experiencing

I said, cutting

stop 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 life

it more than anything if I wanted to

it doesn’t work like that.I can’t just

I pulled out

what you did to

this would be a civil conversation but he was proving

between drawing blood or going back to

“Woah…slow down,” he said.

take it easy fora

I didn’t let him lull me into another trance, choosing to act

intent of holding him up at knifepoint; just enough to scare him into taking

e was also just as skilled, proving

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

weapon that looked awfully

upon closer inspection, it was definitely mine.He must have

“Calm down!” he yelled.

explain everything but you need to just chill for a

But I was angry.

before

many feelings bubbling inside that I wasn’t used to, all

at

at my situation… and

going home, knowing I would b e losing both my father’s

I swiped my dagger again, angry tears beginning to form

have to hurt

me and we can

the dagger again and proceeded to be on the

as if he’d been doing this

someone who was anywhere near as skilled, if not more so, than

both impressive and concerning at the

might not be as easy

areas that I thought he left open,

faster I moved,

moving as quickly as I was at full

I knew