A Gift from the Goddess

Chapter 55

Chapter Fifty–Five 

On my way to the hospital, I had time to process some of what had just happened. 

I could still feel it; that hum of energy deep inside me I‘d never known was there. It was as if it was suddenly awakened, brought forward by my desperation and pain. This was true authority, I knew. Something I‘d never realised existed, nor did I think anyone else had either. If they‘d known I had this control, I was sure they would have tried to lock me up sooner. There was a huge difference between following me by choice due to being chosen by the Goddess, and me being someone with an ultimate authority to control others by force. I was now an even larger threat to the traditional hierarchy. 

Upon arriving, I could see the hospital was quiet. There would only be skeleton staff around at this time of night so it wouldn‘t be hard to navigate my way without being seen. This was particularly important since I didn‘t need further cause to jeopardise my current position. 

It only took a couple of close calls of nearly being spotted, and going down one or two wrong wings, before I finally found the door Thea must have been behind. 

I knew because it was guarded by a warrior. 

I‘d forgotten that my father had mentioned her being put under watch. And to make matters worse, I recognised his face as being one of the few that had been present when Thea was found. It was unlikely h e would allow me to see her knowing that I was taken off the case and expressly asked not to see her. 

This left me with only one option... I‘d need to order him to stand down. 

But I wasn‘t sure I could pull it off again. The first time had been a fluke and I still wasn‘t sure how dangerous it was for me to invoke that ability given my body‘s reaction the first time. 

I nervously gulped, closing my eyes to try and calm myself. 

I needed to do this. Once I was inside those doors, I would have access to Thea. I could end this once and for all and hopefully get the answers I needed in the process. 

“I can do this,” I whispered to myself. 

And with that, I strode down the hallway towards the warrior. 

They saw me immediately and looked just as confused as Ray had been at the evidence locker. 

But I didn‘t stop for chit–chat this time. I kept walking directly at him, trying to pull at that energy deep inside and bring it forward once more. 

“Beta heir?” he asked confused. “I thought you weren‘t a part of this case anymore. Wait... didn‘t Aleric Alpha order–” 

I grabbed at his shirt so he was forced to stare directly at me. 

“You‘re going to leave. Now,” I commanded in that same voice that didn‘t feel like my own. “Go to the bathroom. Stay there for thirty minutes. Do not talk to anyone. Do not be seen by anyone. After thirty minutes, you may resume your post but you will not remember I was ever here.” 

Just like before, I watched as his eyes glazed over from the order, but this time the side effects hit me a lot quicker. 

As he walked off to carry out my command, I felt the vertigo once more, my legs giving out from under m e. It was so much worse than last time and I wondered if it was increasingly taxing my body given everything I‘d already accomplished; first breaking Aleric‘s orders, then commanding Ray, and now the one guarding Thea too. There had barely been any breaks in between for me to recover. 

Thad to give myself a moment to rest but, the second my head cleared enough, I didn‘t waste any more time. 

This was it. 

I threw open the door and strode quickly towards her bed. 

Somehow I managed to move faster than I thought I‘d be able to. So fast that she hadn‘t even opened her eyes yet. 

at least, I‘d thought

me, and immediately drew the

I begin?” I asked calmly in a low voice.

expected her to be scared by the sudden pinch of the knife against her, but instead, she only slowly opened her eyes to meet mine, not an ounce of fear in them. Her sheer lack

stared at me coldly,

it off though. If she wasn‘t afraid to die then at least she wouldn‘t

know

her fingers were, nicking the skin at a joint so it bled. Her eyes narrowed slightly but

slight hesitation at her reaction though as her lips tilted into a small smirk. That same look on her face that made me want to punch her. How the hell could she be smiling

wrong with you?” I asked, my anger starting to seep into my words. “Are you

she wasn‘t bothering to put on her sad victim facade this time. But even though I could feel she was showing me her true colours, all of it still felt wrong. Even her

someone to stalk me for two years. Not to mention attempting to attack me in front

least I‘m not a murderous piece of shit like

eyebrow at me and looked down towards where my dagger

you did to

instead of answering, she just started laughing at me instead. Loudly.

it made me jump a little too aggressively.

the hell is so

herself down but I could see her eyes had watered with

Chapter Fifty Five 

of laughing 

said, still giggling. “Here I had been worried that you‘d somehow figured it all out two

even harder this time, and I swore I could see red with how angry

“Enough!” 

it did little to deter Thea from her moment of humour.

laughter. “I‘m just… you were meant to be the smart one. I

over what she‘d said. ‘Smart one‘? That implied that there were more people involved than

and yet I didn’t feel like

you mean? Are you talking about your plans to seduce Aleric

face a split second, as if she was trying to gauge if I was actually being serious, but it didn‘t

laughed this much in years. Why would I waste my time seducing your shitty Alpha

guard down? That had been her whole scheme in my past life, her whole reason

with my marked authority, my patience now completely gone. “Tell me the

This time a coughing fit overcame me too, feeling as though pins of pain stabbed into my brain. If I didn‘t know better, it honestly felt as if I was dying. Had I even

for a split second... but it wasn‘t like the other times. She snapped out of it instantly. almost as if it had done nothing at all. My order hadn‘t been strong

was that?” she asked. “Did you just

weakly, my vision

the intense pain, I could still see the smirk on Thea‘s face as she looked back at me.

no,” she said condescendingly. “Oh, and you‘ve also, uhh... you‘ve got a little

from under me easily and tapped her nose to indicate

there. 

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