Page 1 of Darkening Truth
Chapter One
Farren
He just said the God Realm, didn’t he? This can’t be good. In fact, I’m going to just go ahead and assume that it’s very bad.
The bright light takes an unusually long time to clear, and when it finally does, I’m kind of surprised to see where I am. I’ve been here before. It’s the nothingness space, from when the Goddess spoke to me and told me to trust my instincts.
“Wait, this is the God Realm?” I ask as the pieces click together in my mind, and I glance over at Hades.
He nods, “Yes. Although this isn’t the entire realm, this is just the waiting area, I suppose you could call it. Where they call any souls who they want to talk to, help, or threaten, that kind of thing.”
“I know this place,” I tell them, since whoever has called us here hasn’t actually shown up yet.
Khaos' eyebrows rise, “You’ve been here before?”
“Why am I not surprised?” Storm asks with a smile.
“Do you know who brought you here?” Hades asks curiously.
I shrug and shake my head, “She didn’t say. She just told me that I had to escape, healed me enough that I could do it, not all the way, but she did take the edge off. She said that she couldn’t do any more than that, and that it was a risk to tell me what she had already told me, but she didn’t explain why it was a risk. Goddesses are very vague.”
Hades smirks, “Yes, they are. I’m surprised that she didn’t give you her name though. Gods and goddesses get their reputations for being prideful for a reason. They usually like to tell whoever they are talking to who they are, so that the person can then go back and tell everyone which God or Goddess they met and how amazing they were.”
Khaos scoffs and rolls his eyes, and I suppress a smirk. I get the feeling that he is completely and utterly unimpressed by the gods and goddesses.
“Do you remember me telling you about the voice that I heard when I was in my most desperate situations? The one that helped me?” I ask them all, although I am aware that Khaos, and possibly Hades, will have absolutely no idea what I’m talking about. I can’t remember if I ever told Hades about the voice.
Storm frowns, “Yeah, I remember.”
“It was her, wasn’t it?” Kill asks, already putting the pieces together.
I nod, “Yep.”
Hades frowns, “That’s strange. Gods and goddesses don’t tend to take such a prolonged interest in someone. They get bored.”
I raise my eyebrow, “Are you going to get bored with me?”
His expression becomes fierce, “Never.”
Blowing him a kiss, I say with a smirk, “Good. I just thought I’d check, since you’re a God.”
Khaos chuckles, “Hades has never been like the others. At least not while I have known him. I can probably count on one hand the gods and goddesses that are actually worth talking to, and there are hundreds of thousands of them.”
“So from the sounds of things, it is a good thing that Hades isn’t like the others then,” Zev points out drily.
Khaos nods, “Oh, it’s definitely a good thing. Trust me, you will all be agreeing with me after you’ve met a few of them.”
“We’re going to meet more than one?” Loki asks, his eyes wide. “I’m not sure I’m too fond of that idea.”
Hades shrugs, “There’s a strong possibility that you’re going to. It seems that a lot of what is going on at the moment involves the gods in some way.”
“Awesome,” Khaos replies with a bite.
Everyone frowns and falls silent as we think about what the hell that could all entail, and I vehemently refuse to think about what was said at the cabin and the ‘G word’ that was thrown about far too much for my liking, especially since it was concerning myself.
I’m going to live in denial for a bit with that one because that’s the healthy thing to do, and I am all about healthy habits.
It’s not.
