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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it was far quieter than I’d expected.It was mostly a lot of people sitting close together having intimate conversations in low

atmosphere one would expect from a fancy

kind of place I personally liked to have a drink, but

I wasn’t here today for that.I was here to

right now, I could still catch his scent as

I walked past, but none were of the

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

hell was he? I kept

that’s when I finally found

within the room itself, but veering off through

held a

obviously that wasn’t going to

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

space seemed pretty untouched for the most part, clearly not

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

he would have to know I could trace

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

falling into that trance as [ met his

to explain, but seeing him again made me start to feel

inside that had been scratching away was finally

because he was

of him, within

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

every

to not just immediately rush into his arms…though I couldn’t

caught my eye, he instantly moved forward as if to embrace me, but it was that very same movement that made me remember

one which was

quickly stopped himself as I took a

it caused a shiver

you for days.Do you have any idea how worried I

and yet this guy was almost

Was I missing something?

managed to say, so extremely confused by this turn of

a few things to

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

didn’t end up

were you looking for me?” I

girl then stalk her? Why are you even

anything.What you’re experiencing is

said, cutting

them from being able to function…or work…or do anything.I tracked you down for

more than anything if I wanted to stay in my father’s good

work like that.I can’t just undo

yelled, and I pulled

you did

a civil conversation but he was proving to be stubborn, giving me excuses rather than

going back to my father

“Woah…slow down,” he said.

it easy fora

me into another

just enough to scare him into taking me seriously.I was quick and had training, so it should have

also just as skilled, proving that back when we’d met the

was wielding one of his own as he

weapon that

was definitely mine.He must have kept it this whole

“Calm down!” he yelled.

but you need to just chill for

But I was angry.

before in

bubbling inside that I wasn’t used to, all jumbling around confused with

at my

my situation… and

home, knowing I would b e losing both my

swiped my dagger again, angry tears beginning

don’t have to

fix me and we can

the dagger again and proceeded to be on the

he’d been doing this sort of thing his entire

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

was both impressive and concerning

that this might not be

I thought he left

moved, but nothing

quickly as I was at full

speed that I knew wasn’t