Eris, the Alpha of silence.

Chapter 23

Eris decided to go on a walk, with her head held high, she moved slowly through the forest, the nature helping in clearing her mind.

Her steps were soft, she didn't make a sound, the silence bringing her calmness. She thought about was was to happen, what she had to do and what would the consequences be.

With her hands hanging limply at her sides, she followed a path that lead to a mountain close by. She created that path when she just acquired her territory, she was the only one allowed up there, it was her sacred space, no one ever dared to follow her there.

Reaching the end of the path, which led up to the top of the mountain, Eris sat down and moved her hands to the ground, gripping the grass softly while enjoying the purity around her, the scent unmarked by anything else than nature, she moved her gaze upwards, the sun was setting, one of the most beautiful things she was grateful to see, sadly, she couldn't avoid herself anymore.

Her thoughts started turning dark, the serenity of the place, for once, doing little to help her.

She couldn't escape her one true enemy.

Herself.

Her breaths started getting heavy, there was no escape to what she once thought as a blessing which turned out to be quite the curse. Her beast, roared in anger.
Eris hadn't let her out for some time now which made her antsy. She could feel the battle brewing, her beast wanted out yet Eris didn't want to give up her control over her own body.

In some type of sick and twisted way, she enjoyed the pain that came with the battle of control. She deserved it.

She clenched her eyes shut, her body rigid, her soul trembling with the force of the battle.

She knew she wouldn't lose, she almost never did.

With a snarl, Eris succeeded in holding the reigns to her body once again before breathing deeply.

She opened her eyes only to see the sun disappearing under the clouds of the night.

She lowered her gaze to the beautiful flowers around her and she noticed one of them looked almost dead which was a sad sight to see, she moved closer to it, inspecting it and when she saw a glimmer of life in it, she moved her hands over it in a delicate manner, they heated up and started glowing, she held her hands in that exact position for a few seconds before retreating them slowly, watching the flower come back to life.

She breathed softly to herself before getting up and leaving, once again following the path.

At the middle of the path, Eris lifted her leg slowly and brought it down as hard as she could, the force creating a small earthquake and she waited for a few seconds before the ground opened up and took her in.

Hades chuckled softly, his eyes blazing with childlike curiosity, he felt her enter his realm once again, even though he was extremely far from it.

He excused himself from the meeting he was currently in and left in a rush towards his kingdom, excited to know the reason she was back so early.

It seemed like his search for her wouldn't have to continue, she came to him herself.

His wicked Queen, he thought, which brought a smile to his face, his eyes glowing once again.

Once again, Eris saw Cerberus, the moment their eyes met, he lowered himself to the ground with his heads watching her curiously.

He didn't understand why was she there, he knew his Master went searching for her but he always came back empty handed, but there she was, standing in front of him, her head titled to the side.