Page 4 of Darkening Truth
“Don’t you dare try to argue with me right now!” I retort as I plant my feet and get ready to catch him. It’s the same thing that we’ve done for years, so I know for a fact that he’s about to launch himself at me.
“Erm, Farren, I don’t think that’s a good idea,” Khaos says, his eyebrows dipping slightly as worry creases them.
I don’t have time to reassure him that this is something that we used to do all the time, that Poca is playing, and that he would never hurt me.
Poca growls again, sounding pretty fucking menacing as he launches himself at me, and I catch him, the sheer size of him still managing to knockme over. We land on the floor with a thump, and he covers me in doggy Hellhound kisses. Meri obviously decides that it looks like fun because he flies off Poca’s back and joins in with smothering me in kisses.
When Oryn does as well, chirping and pretending to growl, I can’t hold my giggles in anymore and burst out laughing.
“Alright, alright,” I say to Poca as I push his face away. “I get it, you guys win.”
Poca moves backwards and sits back on his haunches, panting and giving me a big doggy smile, while Meri settles on Poca’s back, and Oryn gives me one last lick before glueing himself back to Poca’s side. He doesn’t seem like he’s scared to be here, but he is watching the place with more caution than Poca, who seems to be completely at ease in this situation, and isn’t keeping an eye on his surroundings like Oryn is.
When I get a good look at the guys, Khaos is staring at me in shock, and the Goddess that brought me here before is standing behind them all, looking amused, and watching me with a gentle smile.
Chapter Two
Farren
The guys have absolutely no idea that she’s there, which means that she is somehow masking her presence from not only the guys but Hades as well, because I’m pretty sure that he should be able to sense her presence. Considering that no one has noticed her, and because she winks at me like she thinks it’s amusing, I stand up and look at Khaos.
“Why do you look so shocked?” I ask him.
Khaos clears his throat, “Well, I knew that you could touch him, and the guys told me that they could as well because of their link to you, but he just licked you, and you’re not screaming in pain.”
I chuckle as Poca nudges me, and I give him more head strokes. “He’s never hurt me.”
“Farren’s not normal,” Killian says with a fond smile, which stops me from being offended. Normal is boring anyway. Kill continues, “She also got kisses from Meri, and he should kill her too.”
Khaos seems to think about it for a moment before he shrugs, his eyes glued to me, “Fair point.”
“You know you could touch him, too,” I reply, going purely off instinct. I mean, I may have had my connection to Khaos for a lot shorter time than the others, but what we experienced in that time means that it’s just as strong. If the guys can touch Poca because of their connections to me, and how close we are, then I don’t see why Khaos couldn’t.
Khaos shakes his head, “I have never been able to touch Cerb, that’s not likely to have changed.”
The Goddess smirks, still standing behind them without their knowledge, and I know that my instincts must be right.
Raising my eyebrow in challenge, I say, “Are you sure about that?”
Before I can add anything else, like what he means by ‘never been able to touch Cerb’, and why he keeps referring to Poca as Cerb, Poca decides to take the situation into his own hands. Paws.
Poca must see some sort of amusement in the situation because with no warning whatsoever, he launches himself at Khaos, growing in size as he flies through the air so that he’s big enough to knock Khaos on his ass and then, as soon as Khaos hits the floor, Poca smothers him in kisses as well.
Everyone bursts out laughing.
“Cerb!” Khaos growls, although there is amusement in his eyes, and he’s trying not to laugh as he fights off doggy Hellhound kisses. “You could’ve killed me!”
Poca rolls his eyes, huffs like Khaos is being an idiot, and climbs off of him, making me laugh.
When Khaos gets up and dusts himself off, he looks back at me.
“Did you tell him to do that, Ren?”
I shake my head, “Nope. It was pretty fucking funny though.” I raise my eyebrow at him, “Cerb?”
“I think that conversation can wait until you all get back to Hades’ castle. I would imagine that you may not want certain beings knowing the information that will be shared, and I cannot guarantee that this plane is free of spies, no matter what things I have put in place to ensure it,” the Goddess speaks for the first time.
Everyone spins around in shock, and I chuckle, earning myself a grin from the Goddess.
