Reconnections

Chapter 37

--Narrators POV--

"Rae?" Zeus whispered as emotions started flowing through his body.

".." Renae fluttered her eyelashes, the light poured into her eyes causing temporary blindness, then they burned at the memory of her loves lifeless body.

"I need Clemortte in here!" Zeus yelled refusing to release Renaes hand.

"What happened?" Helios asked as they ran in the room.

"She woke up." Zeus reached out and grabbed Clemorttes hand and pulled him closer so he was in Renaes vision.

"But you just said-" Adam started as he froze when she turned her head to look at him.

"I was wrong." Zeus said.

They all stood frozen as they watched, partly in fear and the other in excitement as Renaes eyes continued to flutter adjusting to the light.

"Wh-what..?" Renaes voice was quiet and fragile as she fought to sit up with no success.

"What do you remember?" Helios asked leaning over Zeus.

"A-Adam... he was..." Tears began to form in her eyes as she continued to fight to sit up.

"Clemortte, now." Eros whispered pushing his friend towards Renae.

"Oh, uh... I-I'm right here." Clemortte fought his confusion and smiled softly to Renae.

"Y-you're not dead?" She whispered and found the strength to sit up.

"No. Well, I am technically a kind of undead but I'm still here." He chuckled as she wrapped her arms around him pulling him in.

"I'm so sorry." She cried into his shoulder. Adam was fighting his own tears watching his love hug another man. "Wait.." She pulled back and looked at him.

"What?" He asked with a smirk spread across his face.

"You... you don't feel the same.." She grabbed ahold of his shoulders and examined him.

"I feel the same?" He lost his smirk as fear filled everyone in the room except Renae who was becoming more concerned.

"No.. you don't feel the same. You don't care about me like you used to. I can feel it. You're scared and annoyed." She let go of him and scooted back. "You're not my husband." She let out no louder then her very breath.

"And they thought you were going to be stupid enough to kiss me before you figured it out." Clemortte chuckled as Renaes anxiety built.

"Renae, this is Clemortte. Adam is.." Eros started speaking with fear as he watched Renaes eyes dart over the room.

"He's in here.. I can feel it..." She looked around and her eyes landed on Adam thinking it was just Astraios.

"I'm sorry Rae..." Adam whispered as he grabbed her hand. She instantly widened her eyes at the shock his feelings gave her.

"Why-" She stopped to take a deep breath. "Why do you feel exactly like my husband?" She squeezed his hand, fearing to let it go and the feelings that reassured her.

"Because I am.. I am your husband... I have a lot to explain." A tear fell from his eye as he pushed Clemortte out of the way and sat down next to her.

"We'll just leave you to it." Zeus stood up and walked back leading everyone out of the room. Allowing Adam and Renae a moment alone.

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"Why didn't you tell me?" Renae kept her grasp of his hand but refused to look him in the eye.

"I wasn't conscious. For all I knew, I was Clemortte. I didn't know at the time and even for me up here, I didn't know because the memory was with that half of my soul." He was scared to move. He didn't care if she hurt him, but he was terrified he had hurt her.