A Gift from the Goddess

Chapter 103

Chapter One Hundred & Three 

Chapter One Hundred & Three 

The ground came crashing towards me as I fell roughly down, unable to cushion the fall. All I could do was accept what had happened and feebly cover the wound at my gut; a futile dream of survival pushing me on. 

A dream I knew would die as quickly as I did. 

“Aria,” I heard Aleric yell, apparently having shifted back. 

My breathing was shallow as my body started to become numb to the pain; a coldness slowly spreading through me. 

...It wouldn‘t be much longer. 

“Hey, there,” I said weakly. 

A small smile crept to my lips as I looked up at the man I loved. 

His face was wrought with panic, his eyes holding so much fear in them. And yet it was his wound that drew my attention the most. There were signs of infection on the skin, surrounding where it had been split open again. Since Thea had no intention of Aleric living for long, it made sense she didn‘t have him properly treated. He needed to get to the hospital soon. 

“You... You should really... get that looked at,” I huffed out. 

“Are you insane? You‘re the one you should be worried about right now,” he yelled back. “What you did was so stupidly reckless, Aria. Why do something so senseless? Why....” 

I knew it wasn‘t me he was actually angry at, despite his words. He was just scared because things were ending this way 

I wheezed at the air, finding each breath slowly harder to take than the last, but managed to still speak. 

“I did it... to save you,” I whispered. “...I did it... because I love you.” 1 

His teeth gritted as he furiously wiped at his face, failing to completely hide the evidence of tears there. A sight I never thought I would ever see in my life. Seeing him so suddenly vulnerable only made the situation feel more real. 

That this was it. This was goodbye. 

Knowing there was nothing further I could do to stop my bleeding, I brought my hand up and cupped his ‘cheek instead, feeling the warmth from his skin against mine. 

“Hey... it‘s okay...,” I soothed. “I always knew... this day would come and... I just want you to know... that I don‘t regret it. You shouldn‘t... either.” 

“Fuck, Aria,” he growled and grabbed my hand tightly to lean into, covering his eyes. “I don‘t know what I‘m going to do without you. I–I... I need you.” 

I would have laughed at that if I could have, knowing that he would be perfectly fine without me. Aleric would live on and become the Alpha destiny had chosen for him, I had no doubt about that. I was just happy to have finally met the man he was always meant to be. The man I was meant to have spent my life with. 

Without him, none of this would have been possible. It was only because of Aleric that I was able to fight back against Thea. Only he believed in me when I‘d lost my mind, and only he managed to help me see who I could still become despite my condition. 

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Coapter One Hundred & Three 

“You don‘t... need me...,” I said, ‘You‘ve got it... backwards.” 

“Don‘t say that.” 

“Aria?” another voice then interjected, though further away. 

I recognised it as Cai‘s immediately. 

His face soon appeared next to me, trying to look down with a similar expression to Aleric‘s, but having trouble focusing. It seemed that Thea‘s attack on him was still giving him grief, the effects of the blinding still evident 

“Aria... I’m sorry,” he said. “I–I couldn‘t see. I didn‘t know what happened until it was too late.” 

But I just weakly shook my head, knowing there was nothing he could have done anyway. This had ended i n the exact way I‘d predicted. It was the most probable outcome. 

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fine... you have nothing… to be sorry for.”

waves of pain through me. Small whimpers left my

to get you to a hospital,” he said desperately. “We need to

quickly intervened and pushed him

shoulder. “It‘s done. We can‘t... she won‘t make it. You’re only going to

do enough,” Cai said, his face contorting with pain. “I can‘t let her

closer, forcing him to concentrate. An attempt at getting

everyone‘s, if you want to be more accurate. Aria sacrificed herself for all of us to survive. She lived through two

So cold now. 

was feeling so

want to curl up next to a fireplace, wrapped up tightly in a fluffy blanket and just take

close my eyes for a bit, right?

be

hold off for just a little

maybe they would continue to get

the two men I adored. A light heralding the appearance

me slowly, her gaze watching me as I laid on the deathbed of her

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blood. This new body

merciless master.

rasped out in greeting.

over me without an ounce of expression or concern for her public attendance. An odd sight given her

began looking around, trying to see

what I already knew about her natural laws; that she

continued, struggling

me. Even in my dying breath, I could feel the effect of

be at peace, child,” she whispered soothingly.

so. An invitation urging me to let go, to leave behind the pain and finally be

arguments. I simply

everything went

feeling more content than I had

anymore. Was it a Tuesday? Morning? Night? I didn‘t know. All I knew was that my last week had been spent with

I left my room, walking down the stairs to the only place I wanted to be

are you reading?” I asked softly, standing in

clouds outside were also darkening the

up after I spoke, a small smile warming on his face as I did so. His eyes reminded me of the moss and trees within the woods when he looked genuinely happy, almost as

you have a good sleep?”

of that happening... but it was good. Some might even say... great.” 1

“...Is that so?” 

book in his hands, but instead he reached out and

he positioned me to sit comfortably against his broad chest, I‘d never felt

‘This isn‘t right.‘ 

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Hundred & Three

second frowning, wondering why

I couldn‘t think of anywhere

shook off the thought,

this looks like one of my books,” I said, reading the words on the page. “Only a small portion of this is in–.”

done this before.‘

it now. That feeling of déjà vu, freezing me as I tried to chase down the memory it stemmed

sat like

had been a blur, but I

began to churn, a wave of anxiety

mine alone,‘ a voice alike my

Thea? Had she found me?

speaking like he hadn‘t just noticed me abruptly pause. Almost as though he‘d already known what

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