A Gift from the Goddess
Chapter 8
Chapter Eight
It was cold. There was no light. Only darkness surrounded me.
I wasn‘t sure what I had expected for when I died, werewolves didn‘t seem to have any real lore hypothesising about what came after death. I‘m sure humans would think we should be cast into hell, our entire self being a creature opposed to the ways of their natural laws. But we didn‘t have any thoughts or values on that.
Did I expect the Goddess to embrace me and lead me into some pearly gates? She had abandoned me in life, I could only assume she would abandon me in death also.
I stayed curled up in the darkness for longer than I could say. It felt like days, or even years, but time didn‘t seem to move the same way here. Hell, for all I knew, it could have been only seconds that had passed in this eternal abyss.
But suddenly, without warning, light surrounded me and I began to fall.
Around me were images from my memories, floating past me as I dropped. I saw my childhood, my mother tenderly caring for me. My father with his always stoic attitude. I saw Aleric, how attractive he looked when I saw him for the very first time after coming of age. I saw Thea, her air–headed facade as she always smiled at me. I saw Sophie… betraying me.
And I saw my death. It was replayed over and over, and over again as if trying to make me go insane. I would see Aleric lift the blade, the sound of the sharp edge eating into my flesh, and then the darkness… the silent cold darkness. It continued to repeat like a broken record.
“Please… stop…,” I begged to the empty.
I didn‘t know if anyone could hear me but I couldn‘t handle this anymore. If this wasn‘t hell then it was damn near close. I shut my eyes tightly, pressing my balled–up fists against my ears to block out the images and sounds, but they continued to drill themselves into my brain.
Why…why was I being punished? I had never done anything wrong. I had done exactly what was asked of me the entire time. I had died for that very reason.
“My child,” a melodic voice then called out to me, bringing the peace and silence with it that I had craved.
I quickly opened my eyes and saw a woman with brilliant gold hair and silver glowing eyes. I recognised her immediately. She was the woman I‘d witnessed in the woods whilst I was shifted. But who was she?
I asked the question in my mind but, deep down, I already knew the answer.
was the
overwhelming, making me feel so strange inside. I was warm but I was cold, I was empty but I was full. Just looking at her made me want to break down into tears before her
though, why was she finally showing herself now? Where was she when I was
sense your turmoil inside, even your disdain for me,” she said. “I know you have many questions but I also
birth to worship her loyally, yet I was conflicted inside. How could I worship someone who had allowed me to suffer for so
emotions. “…Why did you do this to
to
watched over you since the beginning but there are some things I cannot interfere with. I never wished for you to experience such
said a little too harshly. I was letting my anger get the better of me. “I prayed
my children to worship me. I am merely a mother to you all. I give you all the tools to
that this all happened because something changed your divine
to change the course of destiny? I felt she wasn‘t
your earthly knowledge and logic to something that cannot possibly be understood so easily. You are one
her other hand, caressed my cheek. I wanted to flinch
only for them to grow up and commit grave crimes, would you blame the mother? I wished for you to have the best life, full of love and happiness. However, if things
its course? You mean until I
but I cannot deny that the interference that occurred was not entirely natural. Your death in this instance would have triggered
occur. ...And so, I intend to send
silver eyes were boring into mine, making it hard
I refuse?”
will remain in the Abyss, forever reliving
the images that had just tormented me, showing me my death over and over again. I knew now she must have shown me that strategically so I had a taste of what my refusal would
to be Luna again… and I don‘t want to be Aleric‘s mate,” I said, surprising even myself that I was bargaining with a Goddess. But I couldn‘t
the fate I have chosen
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