Chapter 43. Message Delivered

I watch Aida’s red eyes get redder if you can believe that. It’s almost as if they start to glow. She stands up and walks over to me. She reaches out to grab me just to fall forward. I turn to watch her try to get her balance. I’d laugh if this weren’t a pressing matter. “How are you here right now?”

“Does it matter? I need you to focus right now.”

“Since you aren’t actually here, I don’t have to do s**t.” I tsk and shake my head.

“I don’t have time for your teenage rebellion. I came to deliver a message.”

“A message?! Unless you plan to tell me that you’re going to leave your lifeless body at my doorstep, there’s no message you have for me.” I shake my head.

“Goddess, you are so pathetic.” Aida throws her head back and laughs.

“Goddess?! As in Moon Goddess?! She’s no goddess of mine. How the hell could I follow someone who would ruin me like she did?! All I wanted was Lincoln. I prayed to her every night to make him my fat