A Gift from the Goddess

Chapter 153

Book Two – Ch.# 44

“Is that…?” I tried to ask.

But I didn’t get the question out as I heard Clarissa begin cursing next to me, doing so whilst struggling to get out of bed.

“What are you doing?” I gasped, seeing her shaking with the sheer effort required.

“What does it look like I’m doing?” she snapped. “Fucking help me up already.”

“Hey! Stop being so rude to-.”

“No!” she yelled, cutting me off. “From here on out you shut up and listen to my instructions. Now pick me up.”

“What?”

“Pick. Me. Up. Onto your back. You’ll need to carry me for this.”

Stunned, I started to help her out of bed, but couldn’t stop myself from asking another question anyway.

“What’s happening, Clarissa? Are those howls…?”

“What’s happening is that we’re going to run and get Myra,” she said, speaking as if I were a child. “Hopefully before it’s too late.”

“Too late for what?”

And she paused then for a moment, just long enough to look up and allow me to feel the full gravity of her words.

“…They’re here,” she said. “The hunt begins.”

I didn’t ask anything else after that, simply following her instruction. Something told me that I probably needed to listen to her if we were going to make it out of this.

“Myra is asleep on the couch,” she directed as I lifted her up onto my back. Her arms immediately wrapped around my shoulders to hold on. “Once we find her, we’ll only have two minutes to get out of the house.”

“How do you- Nevermind.”

And I started running down the stairs to where Myra’s tiny frame had passed out, just as Clarissa had said.

“Myra, we need to go,” Clarissa yelled.

They’ve found us. This idiot led them to our doorstep.”

“…What?” Myra mumbled, waking up. What’s going on?”

“We’re running. Come on, we don’t have much time.”

Myra’s eyes instantly became alert, the situation finally settling in. “Who?” she asked.

“Silent Forest.”

Evidently, Myra knew exactly what this meant without further explanation and nodded her head.

“Okay, let’s go.”

But I hesitated, unsure how best to leave here safely, especially noting that I had Clarissa on me.

“I have a car,” I provided. “It’s parked a few streets away. If we can make it there, I can

“No,” Clarissa cut off. “We have to go out the back and into the forest. They find us before we get to the car, not to mention it’s too easy to track.”

“They find us’…? Didn’t she mean ‘they *will * find us’?

The way she kept speaking, it was almost as if she knew what was going to happen. But that was impossible, right…?

Unless…

And Myra’s words then came to mind, listing off the different abilities of the original children.

‘…One child held the ability of strength… another with foresight….’

Foresight.

Could she really…?

yelled in my ear, snapping me out of it. “Time

my legs kicked into gear automatically, sprinting towards the back door where

before we entered into the forest. The branches and sticks tore at my clothing and skin, stinging me.

one minute,” Clarissa

I huffed

the first

my head straight, forcing my

to fight the person off? That was going to be

the other day, I realised she hadn’t appeared that natural when holding the dagger.

maybe

get the question

leaves rustling quickly caught my

Clarissa had said.

yelled. “Get back!”

way, her clearly knowing the woods far better than me. This had been the place she’d grown up, after all.

voice, she slowed down to regroup

I said, my eyes scanning

the moon above through the

“Where?” she asked.

question was then quickly answered as a wolf leapt

“MYRA!” I screamed

looks, she did seem to have a lot of strength in her small body. It was just her skill that was lacking in terms of actual fighting technique… as was evident in how she clumsily put

Clarissa hurried once it was

running to the front to

others find the body soon,” Clarissa said, a few minutes later. “We need to make sure that we’re already past

don’t get past the clearing?”

Clarissa didn’t

took that to be an

done this. It was my fault. Clearly, whatever I’d done at the Silent Forest pack hadn’t been enough, leaving a trail right to

why else would a devil be heading

to keep going… keep moving… but, just as I saw the clearing up ahead, I then heard Clarissa’s voice behind me. Words I hadn’t wanted

not going to make it,” she

heart dropped.

mean?” I asked, panic rising inside me. “What’s

she didn’t reply, her silence

I yelled. “What’s going to happen?!”

she just wrapped her frail arms around

running,” was all she

to do just that.

on to hope that she was wrong and things

everything was going to

They were only minutes behind us… and their

me

Severely so.

Clarissa then

need to keep moving,” I insisted.

Don’t distract her.”

she didn’t listen.

yelled

a stop in front, turning around to

“What’s wrong?”

apred. “Up ahead, behind those trees. They’ve been hunting in two groups and now the second one has caught up, cutting off our escape. We’re

Clarissa,” I said. “Let me fight

many. Before you’re even halfway through, the rest of their pack shows up behind

are you saying?!” I yelled. “Just speak plainly, goddammit! I

a nod towards Clarissa. “I

at each other, as

“Wait… what’s happening?”

to ignore me as Myra began walking towards the trees ahead of us. To where the ambush was waiting. The only thing I could do was follow behind, the sounds of howls still

had said, a large number of wolves then emerged to block our way as we approached the tree line.

someone then shouted from within the

your death

seem to deter

held high. Almost like a shimmer around her as the

“…What is she…?”

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