A Gift from the Goddess by Dawn Rosewood novel Chapter 21

 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.

I 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 memory inside my head and nothing more. 

Stop… stop… stop… STOP… STOP….STOP… STOP... 

My body began to rock, trying to force the memories to leave me alone.

“Ariadne?”

That was his voice. It broke through my mental turmoil enough to make me freeze. It was

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

“You realise this is my pack and I’m allowed to be here, right? They called me back home due t o an emergency with that girl who was attacked. I’ve only just arrived.” But when I didn’t reply he frowned.

“You know, 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 still sent chills down my spine nonetheless.

“Ariadne, please get up. You’re embarrassing me in front of a future Alpha within our alliance.

I could hear what he was saying but all I could see was the swing of the broadsword before it hit my neck Over… and over… and over… and over again.... “Are you honestly just going to completely ignore what I’m saying to you?” he said, increasingly becoming angrier. I couldn’t get my body to respond. Nothing I did would let me take control. I was helpless to him, just as I had been in the past.

...So helpless.

I wasn’t different. I hadn’t changed. He was fated to control my life no matter how many times I came back

“I’d say by the looks of things that she really doesn’t feel like being around you right now. Probably best to also keep in mind she’s been in a coma for the last three days and was released only about two hours ago.”