Hades Titans {BOOK 2}

XXI. The Wedding

We got to Olympus a couple of hours early. I wanted to make sure that I had enough time to fix anything if it hadn't been finished to my liking. I wanted this day to be perfect. This had to be a happy day. A day of amazing memories. Something good in the bad.

Surprisingly, things looked good. Everything was done and ready for the happy couple's arrival. The wedding was in the same hall as was Harley's and Rory's anniversary party. Looking around the new build walls, it was hard not to think about what happened when we were here last. The titan attack weighed even heavier on my mind, with Teo's letter, burning a hole in my bag.

I adjusted some flowers and the seating chart, with not much else left to do, but to greet the guests coming in and accept their congratulations on our baby. The last thing I wanted was for this wedding to be overshadowed by our baby and our engagement. I wanted just a moment of worrying about somebody else and basking in their joy.

"Sylver and Penelope arrived. We took them to their rooms." A short little maid bowed at me, before telling me. I felt my heart jump in my throat as awkwardness filled the air. Why did she bow? I had seen other's bow to Hayden, but that's because he's a King. I'm a nobody.

"Thank you." I smiled, quickly turning around to run as fast as I could from her. I shook it off, making my way towards the Groom and Bride rooms. In the distance, I could see Sylver rushing towards me, with a worried expression on his face. He wore a beautiful, dark blue suit and a black tie.

"Hey," I smiled, hugging him. "What's wrong?" His expression was worry some and upset, which only made me worry that I had forgotten to do something. It all had to be perfect!

"Penelope's parents aren't coming." He couldn't bear to look me in the eyes. There had been a lot of backlash from a lot of people about Penelope marrying a nymph instead of a Prince or a King, but I hadn't realised that it was so strong.

"Oh no." I felt my heart drop. Who's going to walk her down the aisle? "Is she okay?"

"She was alright when I spoke to her this morning, but Lily just tried to knock on her door, and she wouldn't open it and I can hear her crying in there." His sad face looked more and more upset, only pulling at my heartstrings further. He lifted his head, looking at me with his puppy dog eyes, begging me to go up there and see if she's okay.

"I'll take care of it. Go greet the guests." I kissed his cheek, quickly heading for the hallway and towards Penelope's room. I picked up my phone from my small, silver bag, texting Hayden.

As I approached the door, I could hear deep breathing and sniffling. I knocked lightly, before leaning my head against the door.

"I don't want to see anyone." Her croaky voice answered.

"P? It's me," I whispered. I could hear her heels echo as she rushed to open the door. She swung the door open, her make-up running down her rosy cheeks before she engulfed me into a big hug. I took a step inside with her, to make sure nobody could see her through the door and shut the door behind us with my foot. I held her as she sobbed for another couple of minutes into my shoulder.

"I don't think I can do it, Eve." Her words made my heart tremble.

"What do you mean? What happened?" I guided her towards a snow-white little couch, sitting her down beside me.

"The – the whole morning was already a disaster, and then looking around, all I could think about was when we were here last time. All those people and the titan's attacking and murdering everyone except for us. I – I ..."

"Hey, hey it's okay." I hugged her tighter than ever before. I had shared her worries and paranoia about returning to Olympus after everything that happened. I didn't have a choice but to have the wedding in Olympus, with so much backlash from the Underworld. I could feel guilt creeping in.