A Gift from the Goddess by Dawn Rosewood

Chapter 103

Chapter One Hundred & Three 

Chapter One Hundred & Three 

The ground came crashing towards me as I fell roughly down, unable to cushion the fall. All I could do was accept what had happened and feebly cover the wound at my gut; a futile dream of survival pushing me on. 

A dream I knew would die as quickly as I did. 

“Aria,” I heard Aleric yell, apparently having shifted back. 

My breathing was shallow as my body started to become numb to the pain; a coldness slowly spreading through me. 

...It wouldn‘t be much longer. 

“Hey, there,” I said weakly. 

A small smile crept to my lips as I looked up at the man I loved. 

His face was wrought with panic, his eyes holding so much fear in them. And yet it was his wound that drew my attention the most. There were signs of infection on the skin, surrounding where it had been split open again. Since Thea had no intention of Aleric living for long, it made sense she didn‘t have him properly treated. He needed to get to the hospital soon. 

“You... You should really... get that looked at,” I huffed out. 

“Are you insane? You‘re the one you should be worried about right now,” he yelled back. “What you did was so stupidly reckless, Aria. Why do something so senseless? Why....” 

I knew it wasn‘t me he was actually angry at, despite his words. He was just scared because things were ending this way 

I wheezed at the air, finding each breath slowly harder to take than the last, but managed to still speak. 

“I did it... to save you,” I whispered. “...I did it... because I love you.” 1 

His teeth gritted as he furiously wiped at his face, failing to completely hide the evidence of tears there. A sight I never thought I would ever see in my life. Seeing him so suddenly vulnerable only made the situation feel more real. 

That this was it. This was goodbye. 

Knowing there was nothing further I could do to stop my bleeding, I brought my hand up and cupped his ‘cheek instead, feeling the warmth from his skin against mine. 

“Hey... it‘s okay...,” I soothed. “I always knew... this day would come and... I just want you to know... that I don‘t regret it. You shouldn‘t... either.” 

“Fuck, Aria,” he growled and grabbed my hand tightly to lean into, covering his eyes. “I don‘t know what I‘m going to do without you. I–I... I need you.” 

I would have laughed at that if I could have, knowing that he would be perfectly fine without me. Aleric would live on and become the Alpha destiny had chosen for him, I had no doubt about that. I was just happy to have finally met the man he was always meant to be. The man I was meant to have spent my life with. 

Without him, none of this would have been possible. It was only because of Aleric that I was able to fight back against Thea. Only he believed in me when I‘d lost my mind, and only he managed to help me see who I could still become despite my condition. 

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“You don‘t... need me...,” I said, ‘You‘ve got it... backwards.” 

“Don‘t say that.” 

“Aria?” another voice then interjected, though further away. 

I recognised it as Cai‘s immediately. 

His face soon appeared next to me, trying to look down with a similar expression to Aleric‘s, but having trouble focusing. It seemed that Thea‘s attack on him was still giving him grief, the effects of the blinding still evident 

“Aria... I’m sorry,” he said. “I–I couldn‘t see. I didn‘t know what happened until it was too late.” 

But I just weakly shook my head, knowing there was nothing he could have done anyway. This had ended i n the exact way I‘d predicted. It was the most probable outcome. 

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have nothing… to be

my body only sent fresh waves of pain through me. Small whimpers left my lips at the movement, but I didn‘t have the strength to push him

need to get you to a hospital,” he said desperately.

quickly intervened and pushed him

with one hand to his shoulder. “It‘s done. We can‘t... she won‘t

didn‘t do enough,” Cai said, his face

Aleric‘s grip on Cai only tightened and instead pulled him closer, forcing him to concentrate. An attempt at

for all of us to survive. She lived through two lifetimes of hell, fighting for that very thing. Let her final moments be peaceful. She more than deserves that at

So cold now. 

was feeling so goddamn cold.

to curl up next to a fireplace, wrapped up tightly in a fluffy blanket and just take a

my eyes for

be

hold off for

continue to get closer. There was no worse outcome ihan if my death were to start a war between

two men I adored. A light heralding the appearance of someone I knew all too well.

towards me slowly, her gaze watching me as I laid on the

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This new body only

cruel, merciless master.

rasped out in greeting.

stood over me without an ounce of expression or concern for her public attendance. An

something quickly explained once Aleric and Cai began looking

I already knew about her natural laws; that she could not interfere with the living... only the dead.

time?” | continued, struggling to speak.

her head, crouching down beside me. Even in my dying breath, I could feel the effect of her presence. Feel the weight of

to be at peace, child,” she whispered

through me as she did so. An invitation urging me

questions or arguments. I simply could only oblige the request, greedily caving into

went

in bed, feeling more content

had all blended together so much that I could barely keep track of time anymore. Was it a Tuesday? Morning? Night? I didn‘t know. All I knew was that my last

final yawn, I left my room, walking down the stairs to the only place I

standing in

outside, the sound of the drops hitting the roof in a soothing way. The clouds

I spoke, a small smile warming on his face as I did so. His eyes reminded me of the moss and trees within the woods when he looked genuinely happy, almost as if he were a living personification of my little sanctuary

“Did you

there wasn‘t much of that happening... but it

“...Is that so?” 

but instead he reached out and pulled me into

he positioned me to sit comfortably against his broad chest, I‘d

‘This isn‘t right.‘ 

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for a second frowning, wondering why that thought suddenly popped into

this was right. I couldn‘t think of anywhere else i‘d rather

off the thought, concentrating back on the conversation

reading the words on the page. “Only a small portion of

this

now. That feeling of déjà vu, freezing me as I tried to chase down the memory

like this

few days had been a blur, but I couldn‘t recall doing anything quite like this

began to churn, a wave of anxiety setting in.

my choice... and mine alone,‘ a voice alike my own then spoke inside

Thea? Had she

to do for entertainment around here...,” Aleric said, speaking like he hadn‘t just noticed me abruptly pause.

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