Page 97 of Sett and his King
"Oh I know your name," he said. "You're the man that stole my father's heart."
I couldn't quite detect his tone or read his face. Was he mad at me?
It was only now hitting me that I was face-to-face with Sett's son. My potential boyfriend's son, who as it happened was also a god. The god of the underworld.
"I….I'm sorry. I didn't mean to—" I stuttered before I even knew what I was apologizing for. Was it for falling in love with his dad or summoning him only to trick him? Because neither things had been a choice.
"Didn't mean to? Didn't mean to what? Seduce him? Reduce him to a bumbling fool? Turn him into a lovesick puppy?"
It felt like I shrunk several inches with each accusation before Ani raised an eyebrow and cracked a smile.
"I love to see it," he said.
"Huh?"
Ani grabbed me by the shoulders and snuck a glance at Sett.
"I've been trying to get him to live again for thousands of years. He's been so depressed since Father passed away he hasn't even left the bedroom they used to share in so long."
I frowned. Was that true? Had Sett been locked up in a bedroom for thousands of years before he’d met me?
I turned to him too and he averted his gaze to the floor, which gave me the answer I was looking for.
I couldn't believe it. I couldn't understand. I knew I'd given him very little choice in helping me but he didn't act like a depressed man. I knew he was still heartbroken for the husband he'd lost but I would never have guessed he'd stopped living when Ra died.
"Thank you," Ani said. "For showing him there's still something worth living for."
I slipped out of Ani's reach and cupped Sett's face, getting him to look up at me.
"Thank you. For showing me not all gods are the same. For making me love you." My heart could’ve melted from the way his cheeks flushed.
"You…you love me?" Goddess, even the way he stuttered made me all tingly inside.
"Of course I do, silly," I said. "But if you don't that’s totally okay. I know it's probably hard to love me after everything I've—" I started to turn my back on him when he pulled me back onto him and kissed me, setting off the butterflies in my stomach again but they took over my entire body giving me goosebumps.
He took a deep breath and touched his forehead to mine, burning me with his gaze. "Of course I love you, Drew. With all my heart."
"Awww," I heard someone behind me.
I leaned closer to Sett and craned my neck to find Gene looking at us and cooing.
Everyone was staring at us. Yaya and Ani too. And even though I'd never been one to express myself so publicly, despite what Horus had made me do, this time I didn't mind. I didn't think I'd ever mind where Sett was concerned. After everything I'd been through, if anyone had a problem with my love for my god they could go join Horus for all I cared.
Ani squeezed his father's shoulder before he turned to me and smiled.
"You're good for him. I hope you make each other as happy as you look," he said. "And I hope you'll allow me to try and make Eugene just as happy."
I frowned and turned to my brother.
"Uhm….what?" I asked.
"That was my way of asking your permission to court your brother and grandson," Ani said and turned to Yaya.
I kept glaring at my brother.
"I'm not his owner to give permission. And neither is Yaya. But good luck with it. Gene only ever cares about his art."
Gene pouted at me. "That's not true."
