The Dreamers Exchange

Chapter 15: Garden of Evil

Jake was at a fire pit. He saw a brown spotted dog. He spoke to him. "Come with me. I know you're hungry please don't eat me" and he led Jake in white tarnished rags, curly orange ginger hair messy, longer and at his side into a cave opening. Jake bit into his own arm.

"Why are you biting yourself?" The dog asked.

"I'm hungry so I don't eat you."

"Oh very well then"

The dog took him to a fire pit with other dogs.

"Tell me Jake Caloway are you a friend to the coyote?" He wasn't a dog. He was a coyote.

"Growing up I was always been scared of them. My mother fear mongered. But I guess I am."

The coyote smiled. "Give the fire a gift"

Jake tried to place part of his soul into the fire pit and frogs came out jumping in swarms.

"Ahhh!"

"It didn't like that gift I guess."

Jake suddenly knew what to do. He manifested some scissors. And snipped a part of his hair and threw it into the fire.

"Much better" the coyote said. The fire grew and Jake saw an old Native American woman in the fire.

"That's our medicine woman. She's important but we're not here for her" the fire blew up again this time only flame.

"Tell me Jake would you rather be a human or a fae?"

"A fae."

"Very well shake my paw."

Jake hesitated and did.

"You will now become a fae in this world while alive. Now wake up you stupid boy" and Jake opened his eyes awake.

Jake woke up feeling a presence. Jake had many partners, many gods to which he was wed, but while he recognized this spirit he couldn't tell who it was.

"Love? Can we talk?"

"Who is this?"

"Your husband"

"You're not the roman one- You're Eridicus"

"Guilty"

"What do you want?"

"To spend time with you. Get to know you"

"I hate you for what you've done to me"

"But admit it I am kind of attractive"

"I don't give a shit" Jake said.

There was an awkward pause. This was the 5th or so conversation Jake had, had with Eridicus after the rape. In a strange darkish way they were getting to know each other.

"Can I ask you a question?" Jake pondered.

"Sure"

"Why'd you rape me?"

"Because I desired you. That's why I put you through that ritual"

"Gross"

"C'mon admit it. I'm quite nice- in total honesty. I am a kind and considerate god."

"What do you want?"

"To talk to you. Not being "perverted" right now am I? I mean I could be. All love and sex comes from me"

Jake felt aroused suddenly and briefly then it disappeared.

"Stop"

"Sorry just proving a point"