Bab 256: The Abandoned Goddess (4)

Maya stands slowly and pats her dress. She looks at the cave longingly and mumbles "When would you speak? It's been a decade already… "

She smiles as she remembers how the lion helped her yesterday. She laughs heartily as she speaks "It took a decade to even take a step to help me! No worries… I can wait".

She looks at the cave mysteriously "I can wait forever… " 

'Just to see you take a single step towards me. I will make sure you run to me in desperate need. You will beg for me to talk again and that's when I will pinch your fluffy cheeks!!! Wait and watch how I trick you in a few months! I can sense it won't take much time this time'

She starts her usual strolling around the forest. She is on her way to a waterfall where she regularly bathes. She looks at the plant that she saved yesterday and grins "Good! You have survived! I like the survivors!"