A Gift from the Goddess

Book Two – Ch.# 35

“My name is Rheyna…,” I said. “Rheyna Knight.”

How strange to say it after all this time. It wasn’t something I felt all that connected to nor had any particular fond memories of. It was simply the only thing I could recall when the orphanage had asked me who I was. Just my name and nothing else. Not even my parents.

“Allison?” I asked when she still hadn’t spoken.

Something about the whole situation seemed off. The alarms in my head were still screaming at me to run… and yet I did my best to keep ignoring it.

Only… Allison now hadn’t moved. Almost as if she were frozen in place.

“Allison? Did you hear me?” I asked. “Aren’t you… aren’t you going to check your book?”

But with her eyes cast down, her lips started to whisper something very quickly that I couldn’t hear.

“…Allison? What are you….”

And it was as I took a step towards her that her eyes then suddenly snapped upwards, staring at me with an expression that took me aback. A hatred within them unlike anything I had ever seen.

“…A Devil of the Mist,” she finished quietly.

“What? What do you mea-.”

But before I could ask, she then stood up and began talking as if reciting from an old book.

“Beware the Silver Saintess, her hair as silken thread. With her consort mate of power, the people wept and bled.”

“Alli-.”

“And beware the Siren’s call, his eyes as gold as ore. With whispers of manipulation, they’ll hold you in their thrall. And if you breathe despite this, a devil still awaits.

Because forever lives another, the deathless angel mate.”

“Allison!” I yelled, beginning to panic. Stop!”

And I took a step back in confusion, unsure what was happening.

“You were meant to be dead,” she hissed. All of you.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. Just stop and-.”

“NO!” she screeched. “Your words won’t work on me. I should have seen it earlier, the signs were all there. But I see you now. I see what you’re doing. Your power won’t work so long as I stay true to the Goddess’ path.”

And before I could do anything else, she then walked over to a glass cabinet, only turning back around to face me once she had retrieved a dagger.

“You’ve been influencing all of us to accept you. You with your silver tongue and golden eyes,” she spat. “Is this some sort of infiltration mission? Here to finish us off in revenge? Because I already lost my mother because of you. I will not go down easily.”

She moved into what looked to be an amateur defensive position, shakily holding the dagger up towards me. Me… who was still frozen in shock over what the hell was happening.

Because my mind was trying to piece together what she was saying… why she suddenly wanted to attack me… and the reason slowly dawned on me.

My family, the pack I must have once belonged to….

I was… a Devil of the Mist.

The same pack who had gone to war with Ashwood, who had apparently caused countless deaths and tarnished their traditions. Who were all allegedly insane.

…The ones who had caused the death of Kieran’s mother.

But there were bits I didn’t understand.

talking about some sort of manipulation… only I wasn’t sure what

didn’t even share the same blood and was just a child of someone

sure if that mattered

was clear that Allison had made up her mind… and she

this,” I warned. “I

screamed at me angrily.

along with, somehow feeling as if we were always meant

not intentionally doing anything, Allison, I swear.”

you even my brother’s mate or was that just another trick? Does he know? Did you bewitch him as well, Child

Soon, I would run out of room within the small space

…Fight or flight.

of which

“Stop, Allison, please.”

back then hit a shelf, I

ever saw one, but I did my best to dodge it, using the

screamed at me, forcing me to push her away.

as

hell was I meant to do here? Attack her? She

open, I was relieved to

asked, shocked by the sight

“Help me, plea-.”

could plead for assistance, her dagger then came swiping

cried in pain, persevering through it to pull it out of her

as my blood began to flow, but it had been

of the Mist!” Allison yelled to the guard. “Her real name is Rheyna Knight. This entire

even know what The Mist was prior to a few days ago. Please, you have to

it seemed my pleas fell on deaf ears as Finn’s face immediately changed.

said, taking a step closer,

reaction, it was clear that it wasn’t just Allison who

I knew that this was

was no longer safe for

And now…

Leave quickly and hopefully

left Allison’s lips then, drawing my attention back over to her, and I

said. ” Look! Look how her hand has already stopped bleeding! Her cut was dealt by a dagger of blessed silver. Such an injury should take hours before our ability to heal works. And yet for her, merely minutes

silver suppressors for years. I’ve been on medication to counter

she screamed, and she tried to grab at me again.

time

one way out of this, and it entailed getting the hell out of here by any means. And so, with one injured hand,

with a kick

“Allison!” Finn yelled.

me, a warning growl rumbling

anyone,” I said. “Just let me go and I’ll

not be leaving here alive,” he said, and he charged

Goddammit.

combat herself. Finn was a warrior, someone I assumed

attacks, manoeuvring around them, but I knew at

momentarily left me in a defenceless position. Because the wound instantly opened back up, causing me to cry out in pain. This was my first time

in the second of my lapse, Finn immediately took advantage to grab me and throw me to the ground, using his weight to

go…,” I struggled.

that wouldn’t work.

Alpha arrives,” he said, pulling something out of his pocket.

the shiny silver cuffs as they came out, dangling with a

not allow him to use those. All