A Gift from the Goddess

Chapter 21

Chapter Twenty-One ! IMPORTANT ! (AUTHOR NOTE): Hi everyone! The GoodNovel APP version does not support formats (e.g. bold, italics etc), meaning this chapter might be a little difficult to understand at first. To make it easier, I’ve now added ‘*” to speech that is being said ONLY in Aria’s head (as a memory of her past). In future chapters, I will also be using single quotes’ for just things Aria says to herself internally. An author note reminder will be added to the next chapter it’s used, which hopefully assists in reading/understanding what’s happening. No…

He couldn’t be here. He wasn’t supposed to be here yet.

1*”You are nothing, Ariadne,’*’I heard his voice speak in my head, an old memory replaying from my past life. ‘*”You are only here because I let you be here.”*’

No, please, no… I’m not ready… ‘*”You have been found guilty of the charges against you.“* 

Cold, familiar green eyes stared down at me.

Piercing. Like a tiger watching its prey with curiosity. “*”Therefore, with the power held within me, I, Aleric Dumont, Alpha of the Winter Mist Pack...” 

I took two steps back slowly, unable to take my eyes off the man in front of me. ‘*”…Sentence you, Ariadne Chrysalis, former Luna of the Winter Mist Pack...”*) “Aria?” a familiar friendly voice called out beside me. However, I couldn’t register their words.

1*”…To death.”*’

I fell backwards to the floor in front of the man who had been my death.

…Who will be my death.

“*”Your sentence is to be carried out immediately.“*‘ 

No, please, make it stop.

covered my ears feebly as the rational side of my brain tried to convince me this wasn’t real, that the voice was just a

stop… STOP…

body began to rock, trying to

“Ariadne?”

through my mental turmoil enough to make

was different. Nothing had changed. “... Why are you here?” I managed to whisper. However, I wasn’t sure if I was asking the question

called me back home due t o an emergency with that

it’s rude to present yourself in this manner to your future Alpha,” he said, a tone o fannoyance in his voice. The way he spoke wasn’t filled with the same level of hatred that I had become accustomed to hearing, but it

You’re embarrassing me in front of a future Alpha within our

Over… and over… and over… and over again.... “Are you honestly just going to completely ignore what I’m saying

...So helpless.

wasn’t different. I hadn’t changed. He was fated to control my life no matter

it! Get up right now!” I could feel the tone of his Alpha authority trying to command

eventually lost patience and reached his hand out towards

as I held my hands up

…Only it never came.

of shock at my response, the hand he had stretched out having stopped midway before making contact. I looked at his arm and, to my surprise, I saw how it was positioned as if he

Cai said, stepping in. Cai was here. This was real. This wasn’t the trial grounds. Aleric wouldn’t be able to kill me without a valid reason in front of a witness. “What are you on about? I haven’t even done anything to her and she’s

I found I was unable to stop the involuntary flinch that shook me

being around you right now. Probably best to also keep in mind she’s been in a coma for the last three days and

into his kind eyes for reassurance, but

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