CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED & FORTY FOUR

Flanagan's Pov

“Is she okay?” I asked, frowning.

The two women were scared stiff as I had jumped them suddenly. And they sat flustered as they looked at each other then to me, nodding shakily.

“Yes sire…” one answered.

She held black short hair and dark bags under her eyes. She was old and it wasn't hiding. Age wasn't on her side, and as an enemy, it was attacking her viciously.

The other was younger, and I felt, an assistant. As she held youth and the innocence of a toddler even though higher grown. She nodded as the elderly did too, following carefully.

“What happened?...” I asked now.

“She absorbed too much energy..." the woman answered, slow but pert. "And because it came in a sudden burst, it affected her…” she added. “The energy wasn't hers...well it was...but she had not the slightest idea about it, and it had not been previously trained or controlled, so it overwhelmed her…” she explained.

“The goddess herself seemed to have possessed her and taken control of her body in a br