Navigating Hermes (Book Two)

Chapter Five

Welcome back to a new chapter! Don't forget to vote and comment if you enjoy. On another note, I have good news for those of you who have inquired about Apollo's Prophecy. The ebook will be available to purchase on Sunday May 9th (available now for pre-order at your own risk) and I'm hoping the paperback will also be available that day (Amazon has apparently been taking a while to get them ready, so I'll try my best to make sure it's available by then). The external URL is the universal book link (all retailers it's currently available at), but it's pretty easy so I'll leave it here as well:

 https://books2read.com/apollosprophecy

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     Hermes transported me home after bringing me to a bunch of tourist hot-spots in Rio de Janeiro. I wanted to keep going, loving the dancing and singing going on by the beach, but I had a hard time holding back my yawns and he convinced me to go back so I could sleep. It was, after all, nearly three in the morning back in Auckland.

     I was a bit nervous when it was time for lights out, reminding myself of how scared of the dark I'd been as a young child, but Hermes promised that the gods watching over wouldn't let anything happen to me and he'd be back later that day. I passed out pretty quickly after that, the memories of Brazil playing in my mind taking over instead of the memories of being kidnapped by a satyr.

      felt like a new person when I woke up. I reckon I slept twelve hours, I thought to myself before hopping out of bed. I picked up my cell phone, which had somehow been recovered from the first in Turkey by the gods, and plugged it into the charger. That's when I noticed that I'd barely slept more than five hours. "What the heck?" I must've woken up during the light sleep cycle. I shrugged and made my way into the washroom to get the day started.

     Despite nearly scrubbing myself raw the day before, I re-washed my hair and put a leave-in treatment on it before putting it up in a hair towel. With my favourite robe on, I strolled back into my room before my soul nearly left my body at the sight of Hermes standing in front of me.

     "What the fuck, dude?" I screamed, clutching my hand to my chest as if I could stop my heart from racing.

     "Good morning to you too?" Hermes laughed and took in my attire. "Nice robe."

     When I could finally catch my breath I glared at him. "I could've been naked!"

     Hermes shrugged. "Nothing I haven't seen before."

     "Ugh!" I stomped over to my walk-in closet, dramatically throwing the double doors open. "Has anyone ever told you that you're annoying?" I yelled as I flicked through my clothing.

     Hermes laughed and followed me inside. "Every day," he smiled proudly.

     I then noticed something different. "Why aren't you in your robes today?"

     Hermes looked down at his clothes. "I don't typically wear those outside of Olympus. I was only in them yesterday because I came straight from there when Apollo requested my services."

     I nodded, satisfied with his answer. "Well if you wouldn't mind, I'd love to get dressed so..."

     Hermes nodded, but didn't move an inch.

     I sighed. "I'll elaborate. I'd love it if you could get out my closet and close the doors so I can get dressed alone."

     "You humans are so strange," Hermes laughed, but turned to walk out before stopping and turning back immediately. "Before you get dressed, I was wondering if you wanted me to bring you anywhere else again. The time zones will be completely different now that it's morning here, so it's pretty early or the middle of the day in North or South America, and evening in Europe."