Chapter 57

“WHAT!” Shakti yells as she rushes forward.
“He..Helios” Athena mutters again.
The rush of everyone in the room makes me feel incredibly sick. I am tossed around like I am stuck in a high-powered blender. All the gods and the goddesses are rushing to the King Athan stands alert but also confused.
“Nix, what is happening” I ask Nix in my head.
“They think that the King is your birth father Helios. He isn’t by the way. Whilst the King has your father’s super, he isn’t your father, nor does he hold his spirit” Nix says sadly.
“How can he have Helios’s super?” I ask
“Find the black witch and ask her, she had may to much knowledge of the forbidden to simply just be working on her own.” Nix spits back at me.
“I am sorry Nix, that you didn’t get to meet your father. Everyone here seems to have loved him very much.” I say as Nix retreats to the back of my head.
As I watch the room, I see Athan turn to me out of the corner of my eye.
“Okay princess?” Athan asks me
“Peachy” I respond looking at Athan and giving him a fake smile. I mean what does he want me to say. No, I am not fucking okay, I have met a Goddess that is apparently my birth mother well Nix’s birth mother but still. I have been held hostage and had to listen to a vindictive bitch of a goddess just because she was jealous. Nix has been through so much that the hits just keep coming. Apparently, I have a freaking fated mate and he is royalty but hey just smile and accept it. When all I want to do is flip my middle finger, tell everyone to kiss my ass and walk out he door. But nope can’t do that either.
I hear chuckling beside me and as I look up, I see Athan’s whole body shaking as he looks back at me.
“Sounds tough” Athan mutters before starting to laugh out loud this time.
Rolling my eyes I look around the room and see that everyone bar my siblings are looking at me different degrees of shock and amusement on their faces.
“What, I said I was fine” I mutter to the crowd.
“Mmm”
“You will need therapy”
“Fuck therapy, let’s leave”
“You certainly are fine”
“Back off, our sister”
“Mind reading”
I hear the various comments come at me like bullets from a gun, When I hear the last one it makes me freeze and look at the gods and goddesses.
“Seriously! You can’t just pretend not to hear what is in my head” I mumble.
“Sorry princess” Athan says with very little sincerity at all.
“Yep sure, your whole handsome face says sorry I intruded on something that had nothing to do with me. That’s why your laughing and standing there like a god” I mutter.
The loud laughing around the room makes me stop and look at everyone.
“I am a god” Athan responds matter of fact voice.
“Mm, sure that’s what all good-looking people believe” I say patting him on the shoulder and walking away.
“What the hell”
“Well maybe you aren’t a god”
“I am a freaking god”
“Maybe, maybe not”
“What the hell do you mean, maybe, maybe not. I am a GOD!” Athan yells out.
“Oooh looks like someone is over compensating for something” Tennessee whispers to Dom.
Dom stands and nods his head whilst looking at the gods all standing there debating whether or not they are in fact gods.
“Archon, come on this is bullshit” Athan says calling out.
“Ooh, he is calling on the big boss now” Tennessee says
“I wonder if that is enough to guarantee that he is a god” Dom mutters back.
“We need popcorn for this” Tennessee says walking into the kitchen and grabbing a bag of popcorn.
“Don’t forget drinks” Jameson calls back to Tennessee.
“Do I look like your maid” Tennessee growls out.
“Sure, you are just out of uniform today” Tito says while smiling.
“WILL ALL OF YOU JUST SHUT UP” Athan says yelling at everyone.
“Nope” Dom says
“Don’t think so” Tito replies
“This is interesting” London says
“Are you feeling less than” Tennessee laughs
“You must need to boast that you’re a god, are you making sure you are adequate enough” Tennessee says while looking up and down Athan’s body.
“W..What” Athan splutters as he looks around the room shocked.
“Well, you know small co….” Tennessee starts before being pinned to the wall gasping from breath.
“I think it was something he said” Dom mutters while continuing to eat popcorn.
“Mm, possibly he has always been the one to stick his foot in his mouth” London says while reaching for the popcorn.
“I did try and teach manners. But he is a demon” Tito says while grabbing a handful of popcorn.
“I. AM. A. GOD” Athan yells in Tennessee’s face as he continues to hold Tennessee pinned to the wall.
“O…K..” Tennessee responds slowly like he is talking to a crazy and slow person.
“ARGH!” Athan yells again before turning himself into a bat and flying around the room.
“YUCK! Yuck there’s a bat” Tennessee yells running around the room like a girl.
I watch as the whole room is laughing and carrying on and part of me can’t help but think that this is family. But the other part, the part that hates being close and making friends and caring because I am not enough and always a burden wishes that I could just walk away and not care about the consequences.
“What do you think Nix? Should we leave and do this on our own?” I ask Nix inside my head.
“Living is hard, little girl and doing this prophecy isn’t going to be a walk in the park” Nix says as she moves towards the front of my mind.
“I understand that Nix, I just don’t want you to get hurt or that of my family” I say resignedly
“Dying is part of life” Nix replies before moving back into her safe space.
“This is not Helios, at one time he held Helios’s soul but it has long since moved from this realm into the nether to be reborn” Shakti says.
“But. But it feels like Helios” Athena mutters staring at the King.
“He holds Helios’s super so there is a part of him here but nothing more” Shakti says.
Around the room you can the light sobs of Athena as she finally mourns the husband that she lost long ago.
“We have incoming” Landon yells as he runs through the door.
“What? How many?” Tito barks moving towards the windows.
“A lot it look like the Queen has brought the whole kingdom” Landon says facing the front door.
“Guess we should just kill this fucker now” Tennessee says smiling at the King. The King already in such bad shape gasps and gags as he looks at Tennessee.
“Owoo, maybe he will die on his own. Die, die, die.” Tennessee chants while staring at the king with a smile on his face.