A Gift from the Goddess

Chapter 79

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Warm. 

It was so warm. 

Everything around me felt like it was burning, our skin already flushed enough from the training just prior. 

...And I wanted more. 

With one hand tangled through his dark hair, my other was tracing slowly down the front of his chest, feeling every muscle under my touch. And Goddess was it flawless. His body moulded against mine perfectly, as if it had been made to fit there. 

... This is wrong,‘ a voice whispered inside. 

And yet that thought only seemed to excite me further. 

It felt a million times better than I thought it would, his mouth moving hungrily as it responded against mine. His lips softer than I would have ever imagined. 

...Stop... 

There was a sense of urgency, a sense of need as I clung to him, pressing myself up against him closer, desperately searching for as much contact as possible. 

... You need to stop.’ 

No, I really shouldn‘t have wanted this, wanted him, but it was like a flood gate of buried emotions unexpectedly poured out, mixing with new ones I hadn‘t even noticed before. And the result was a desire shooting through me that felt insatiable. 

His body then shifted under me, trying to sit up and I moved back to allow it, giving him the space he‘d need to get himself free without leaving too much distance. 

But it was as he tried to bring his hands out to touch me, probably having momentarily forgotten the cuffs were even there, that I suddenly realised what was happening. 

As the metal from the silver dagger loudly sounded out against the handcuffs, it was as if someone had just thrown a bucket of cold water over me. 

....ENOUGH! 

....And I immediately pulled myself away. 

“Give me a second...,” Aleric said quietly as he began to free himself. He hadn‘t even realised my abrupt change in mood yet. 

But, without waiting, I quickly stood up and took a few shaky steps backwards. 

“...Aria?” Aleric asked, looking up at me now confused. 

“I–I made a mistake,” I said, my heart still pounding heavily, my head cloudy. 

...And I knew I‘d messed up badly. 

Because nothing about our situation had changed. I still didn‘t know his future, I didn‘t know what would happen to him, or if there was some sort of trigger that would set him down the same path... I still couldn‘t trust him implicitly. Not entirely. 

In fact, the only thing I‘d learnt about our situation over the last few months was that there were now even more factors from both inside and around us that were completely unknown. Especially that one ever 

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nagging issue.... 

Power, 

I‘d already once seen what his drive to achieve that had cost. Seen just what he was willing to sacrifice in order to reach that status. 

...Who was to say what he‘d eventually be willing to do this time? 

Was it just waiting inside his core, ready to change him into that power–hungry man once more without 

any moment‘s notice? When dealing with the abilities of a Goddess, who could say for sure? 

I‘d made a deal with him to keep our relationship professional for that exact reason. A way to avoid any conflict of interest should the worst–case scenario happen in the future. 

already ruined

that could have also had

about?” he

done that. That‘s

“Seriously?” 

just wanted to leave. There was nothing good

I quickly turned around to walk away... only his voice called out

voice. “You made it clear that you wanted nothing to do with me in that way and I understood why that was. I completely respected it. I didn‘t question

but I kept walking. I needed

tiniest bit? ... How the hell do I just let it go after you kiss me

if one day I can‘t make an impartial decision between you or their best interest. I‘ve already seen a future where I‘ve given myself to you and seen what you did with that. You think I‘m stupid enough to let

is what our future will look like together? Barely trusting one another, silently wondering if the other person will rip the carpet out from under them at

remained silent, not having an

I‘m not *him* That I’m worth your trust and respect. And now.., this? You

tipping over the edge. It was fueled only more on

am I taking this as your confirmation that you no longer want to manage the pack together? Because you should tell me that now. It‘ll be good to get that sort of information out in the open so I

you‘d told me sooner. Because if I‘d wanted to make yet another catastrophic mistake by sleeping with someone, Aleric, I could have just run away to the Silver

seemed to do it.

ripped through his chest, an aura coming off him that would have made any lower ranks fall

couldn‘t seem to

reaction, his own fury and manner... well, it only succeeded in sweeping a sense of calm throughout my body. Immediately, all my anger left me as I stood before him, looking him up and down. The only thing he‘d managed to do

I was making the right

point,” I muttered and quickly turned around, walking out the room before I said

me, an onslaught of anxiety and guilt immediately began to

the hell had I just done that?

a lethal threat. A potential danger to himself and others,‘ the voice inside reminded

Oh, great. 

but it appeared she was back, having taken the most opportune

be filling my head. No, I needed to figure out what to do next in light of everything that just happened.

hissed back internally, continuing on my way. I needed to cool down before

tomorrow. She was

looking up in surprise at

about it yet was the

dagger from the gym at some point today? I left in a

but thankfully kept quiet, acknowledging

to rest for a while, now exhausted from everything that had transpired; including using my abilities. It was a room for privacy... and welling in my own

for what he said wasn‘t remotely called for, especially when

if it was him I was so angry at. I had been keeping a barrier between us, purposely ensuring

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was grasping at any excuse to keep that distance, even though he really

had been happening inside me. Blinded to even the smallest possibility that I might have been getting too close. And now

or...? When had I even begun to

hand up to my lips absentmindedly, remembering how it felt. Remembering how his mouth had responded to mine…

a burning flushed through my

After tomorrow. 

for a bit before I

about going to seek him out to talk, I became conscious of just how tired I‘d already become, my eyes quickly becoming heavy against my own will. I should have realised sooner that

Okay, fine then. 

one small

inside an empty hallway roused me from my sleep, waking

fall already outside

I even

the source of the noise only to find Lucy walking,

I called out to her.

No reply. 

seemed as though I was having a

up to her, I then followed behind, letting her lead me to whatever it was I needed to see, but it didn‘t take long for us to

to the door, suddenly it was pulled open... and Aleric stepped

from his abrupt exit. “I

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