The Lover of Medusa

Chapter 17

The sun was already setting down by the time that Medusa and Lyra decided to take a rest, by that time the house was already back to normal.

"What do you want for Dinner?" Medusa sounded exhausted but she's pushing herself for the sake of Lyra.

"I'm not really in the mood to eat. So can we just lay down?" She asked, Medusa was quick to move and she is already pulling Lyra back to bed, Medusa wraps her arm around Lyra and pulled her close to her.

Usually Medusa would hate the feeling of other people touching her, but when it comes to Lyra she felt at ease her alluring scent calms her nerve.

"You smell delicious." She whispered making Lyra laugh nervously.

"You wouldn't eat me would you?" Medusa smiled at her and burried her face in her soft silky hair, even the snake in her head did the same, covering their body with her own scent.

"Don't worry I won't eat you yet. It just makes me want to hug you all day. I don't want anyone else to see you or smell you." Lyra was actually quite surprised by Medusa's possessiveness, she knows that she only met her, but her attitude towards her make her feel somewhat so much special.

"You know, growing up all the things I heard about you were a complete opposite. Men says mean things about you." Medusa chuckle and shake her head, they were only few men that are lucky enough to escape her.

"Men are mean when their egos are wounded, so if they can harm you physically, they will try and harm you verbally." She stated, Lyra then turns around to face her and she once again touch her cheeks gently.

"How does it make you feel being hunted?" She asked, Medusa was silent for a minute, Just staring into Lyra's eyes that stare back at her.

"It makes me feel lonely." She whispered, though Lyra could feel the hurt in her voice.

"I was once loved by men, I was once sought by lost travelers, I was once a healer...and I was once a loyal servant. But now I'am hunted, condemned and hated for a crime that I didn't commit... I'm a victim Lyra... And it hurts me so much that i'am the one who is suffering now." She once again stated, Lyra nods her head and didn't speak for another minute, she just enjoyed touching the edges of Medusa's face, and the way the snake in her head wraps around her arm.

" I understand how it feels to be hated... Since I was born father had already hated me for being weak. He deemed me as someone who's unworthy of everything... I know how it felt to be hated over something you don't have a control with." She then felt Medusa's hand holding hers.

" But then the Goddess came to my rescue, they kept me company, protected me and have kept me safe." Medusa almost laugh at it, Safe? She's far from being safe, she's in the arms of a beast yet she still thinks she's safe? she's in the arm of a stranger who can change its mind and kill her in an instant.

"Lyra? You do realize that the Gods isn't with you now... right?" She asked leaning a little closer to Lyra to further study her feature.

" They didn't answered your prayers when you ask them to save you." Lyra gently chuckle and she took a hold of Medusa's hand.

"But they brought me to you. And now I'm protected by you." Medusa's eyebrow raised, she can't believe that after everything she have gone through she still loves those goddesses, she still loves Athena.

Athena, she hissed in displeasure upon remembering that name she cursed and she hated... That name who turned her into hideous beast.

"You do realize that I'm just keeping you by side so that I could take care of you to become my healthy food once my hunger have awoken." She said smelling the hair of Lyra.

"Then why bother getting to know me better?" Medusa tilts her head to the side, why did she even bother?

"You give me comfort, that's why I'm using you. So don't get too much attached to me, or else you'll end up hurt." She was expecting to see Lyra scowl or at least teared up, but she didn't expect her to smile softly at her

"What ever you say Medusa." She chuckle and burried her head in-between her breast, soon Lyra had fallen asleep next to her.

"What a brave girl you are? Falling asleep next to a beast." She whispered before she pulled her even closer to her to enjoy the warmth that she gave her. Medusa had almost fallen asleep when she felt an unfamiliar presence outside her cabin. She slowly untangle herself from Lyra and step outside her cabin, she couldn't see anyone but she could feel her presence. She's just somewhere there.

"Have you grown attached to her?" Slowly a figure formed in front of her, and there Aphrodite stood.

"What are you doing here?" Aphrodite smirk and looked behind her before she looks into Medusa's eyes.

"You are close to becoming one of us, people are praising your name, Can you feel it? The power surging from your veins? Carving of your head is being placed in front of their houses as a sign of protection. You are close to getting your revenge." She walks around her, touching her shoulders and giving it a small squeeze.

"Once everything is done, All you gotta do is devour that girl in front of her beloved Athena, and then your revenge is yours... But it seems you are having doubt." Aphrodite stops in front of her and she suddenly grab her by the jaw gripping it hard.

"Perhaps you have grown soft? Do you feel any attachments towards her?" Medusa slaps her hand and away and hiss at her.

"You will not question me anymore! She's my prey! I can do whatever I want with her." Aphrodite chuckle and took a step back, slowly the wind blew and she was gently swift off of her feet and was taken away.

"Don't forget about our deal." She said before disappearing completely, Medusa sighed and turn around walking back inside the cabin.