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…?

my ear, snapping me out of it. “Time to

my legs kicked into gear automatically, sprinting towards the back

night, the crisp air holding a chill within it, and at the pace 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 right now was the adrenaline pushing me to run

Clarissa then said

minute…?” I huffed out. “Until

first

discomfort and kept my head straight, forcing my legs to keep moving.

meant to fight the person off? That was going to be difficult with Clarissa

I realised she hadn’t appeared that natural when holding the dagger. Perhaps I could give her Clarissa

we maybe

didn’t get the question out.

and leaves rustling quickly caught my

Clarissa had said.

yelled.

way, her clearly knowing the woods far better than me. This had been the place

voice, she slowed down to regroup and turned

said, my eyes scanning the area.

moon above through the leaves. It wasn’t nearly enough to spot anything through the thick brush.

“Where?” she asked.

the question was then quickly answered as a wolf leapt towards us.

“MYRA!” I screamed

mid-air. Despite her looks, she did seem to have a lot of strength in

to keep going,” Clarissa hurried

head, running to the front to continue leading the

need to make sure that we’re already past the clearing

don’t get past the clearing?” I asked.

didn’t

that to be

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 our location. It probably hadn’t taken long for my claim of being a Lycroft to be proven false, it then bringing a revelation from Ashwood that a

why else would a devil be heading

I had to keep going… keep moving… but, just as I saw the clearing up ahead, I then heard Clarissa’s voice behind me. Words I

not going to make it,”

my heart dropped.

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

her silence incredibly

yelled. “What’s going to

just wrapped her frail arms around me a little

all she said.

to do just that.

was wrong

going to be fine. …Right?

body we’d left there. They were only minutes behind

me that we

Severely so.

Clarissa then called

keep moving,” I insisted. ”

Don’t distract her.”

didn’t

yelled

a stop in front, turning around

“What’s wrong?”

been hunting in two groups and now the second one has caught up, cutting off

then… Myra can look after you, Clarissa,” I said. “Let

of their pack shows up behind us. Fighting all of them takes

I yelled. “Just speak plainly, goddammit! I don’t

quietly, interjecting with a nod towards Clarissa. “I understand.”

something in the way they looked at each other, as if saying something without speaking. Something I wasn’t privy

“Wait… what’s happening?”

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 catching

then emerged to block our way as we approached the tree line. An impressive number

Devils,” someone then shouted from within

your death

didn’t seem to deter Myra though.

like a shimmer around her as the moonlight streamed down,

“…What is she…?”

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