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…?

in my ear, snapping me out of

automatically, sprinting towards the back door

we were going, it wasn’t long before we entered into the forest. The branches and sticks tore at my clothing and skin, stinging me. But all I could really feel

minute,” Clarissa then

minute…?” I huffed

first encounter.”

head straight, forcing my

person off? That was going to be difficult with Clarissa on me. Maybe Myra was

other day, I realised she hadn’t appeared

we maybe

I didn’t get

of twigs snapping and leaves rustling quickly caught my attention, coming from somewhere

Clarissa had said.

I yelled. “Get back!”

had been running ahead of me to lead the way, her clearly knowing the woods far better than me. This had been the place she’d grown up, after

of my voice, she slowed down to regroup and turned to the

I said, my

from the moon above through the leaves. It wasn’t nearly enough

“Where?” she asked.

answered as a wolf leapt

“MYRA!” I screamed

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

to keep going,” Clarissa hurried once it was done.

quickly nodded her head, running to the front to continue leading

need to make sure that we’re already past

past the

didn’t

to be

move. Putting more into this than anything else I’d ever done, the weight of their lives on my shoulders. Because I had 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

a devil be heading

clearing up ahead, I then heard Clarissa’s voice behind me. Words I hadn’t wanted

to make it,” she said

my heart

you mean?” I asked, panic rising inside me.

she didn’t reply, her silence incredibly foreboding.

“What’s going to happen?!”

arms around me

was all

tried to

that she was wrong and things really

to be fine.

we’d left there. They were only minutes behind us… and their numbers were

enough to tell me that

Severely so.

Clarissa then called

to keep moving,” I insisted.

Don’t distract her.”

she didn’t listen.

she yelled

stop in front, turning around

“What’s wrong?”

behind those trees. They’ve been hunting in two groups and now the

after you, Clarissa,” I

through, the rest of their pack shows up behind us. Fighting all of them takes too long.”

“Just speak

a nod towards Clarissa. “I

looked at each other, as if saying something without speaking.

“Wait… what’s happening?”

ambush was waiting. The only thing I could do was follow behind, the sounds of howls still catching up in the distance

we approached the tree line. An impressive number that must have

difficult, Devils,” someone then

to your

to deter

Almost like a shimmer around her

“…What is she…?”

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