The Lover of Medusa

Chapter 25

Lyra sighed when her back hit the soft mattress of the bed she shares with Medusa. After the long journey they finally reach the place, she was smiling contently and buried her head against the soft pillow made of Cotton.

"Lyra, what do you want for dinner?" She heard Medusa asked her and then she heard some shuffling from the kitchen.

"Medusa, come sit with me for a while... You are still tired to be thinking about dinner. I'm not even hungry we ate a lot during the trip, so come here and lay beside me." She said tapping the space beside her, there was a moment of silence and she thought Medusa hadn't heard her but she heard her walking closer to her and felt her lay on the bed beside her.

"There there, now scoot closer and let me hug you." She said with a grin of her lip she reached out for her and wrap her arms around her, Medusa's body is cold compared to her, if it weren't for her beating heart you would think she's dead. And despite being a snake she has a smooth skin except on her shoulder where there is a scale.

"Do you shed skin too? Like the snakes?" She asked curiously running her hand on her shoulder unaware of the effect that she had on Medusa.

"My lower body does when I'm on my gorgon form." She told her, Lyra nods her head and lean closer to Medusa until her head made contact with her chest.

"You are very cold, but your heart is beating like crazy. Why is that? Are you still tired?" She asked while listening to the thumping of Medusa's heart, Lyra could almost laugh remembering how people gossips about Medusa not having a heart, when her heart is beating so fast and hard.

"Yes" Medusa said but it come out like a squeak so she cleared her throat and said yes again making Lyra giggle, she started to trace her hand again on her shoulder, she felt the snake on Medusa's head playing with her hair.

"How long has it been since you had a mortal company?" She asked again, she wanted to talk to Medusa to get to know her better.

" It's been too long, I almost forgot how it felt to have someone close to you." Lyra didn't know how it felt like to live alone, because she always had Gwen and her sister with her. But she knows how it feel when you are hated, Lyra grew up knowing her father had hated her just because she's born weak.

" Was it scary? To live alone?"

" It is scary for the first few years of course, I was constantly chased and I have no one to rely on, my sisters and I weren't close since they grew up in another place and I grew up in the temple of Athena, the feeling of hopelessness and loneliness almost drive me insane. " She whispered to her

" But being alone is sometimes better than being with people, the chance of being betrayed is impossible, the chance of being hurt is impossible, but loneliness can never cure hurt." Lyra listened as Medusa speak to her.

" There was a time where I yearn for a companion, for being alone means I could rot in hatred, being lonely made me thirsty for revenge." Lyra felt Medusa touched her cheeks caressing it with her thumb gently.

" I was angry at everything, I was angry for ending up like this, why do I need to endure this? Why do I need to suffer? Why do I need to be hunted? Why was I the only one punished when I am a victim of men's violence, why did my Goddess abandoned me? Those questions ignite the flame of anger and hatred deep within my heart and it began to plague my soul turning it dark." Lyra looks up at Medusa, she could only see her silhouette and right now she wished the she could see her face, to be able to look in her eyes, she slowly lifted her hand and touched Medusa's face tracing it with her hand.

" And now that you had me? Does your heart still yearn for revenge?" There was long pause from Medusa, Lyra touch the creased between Medusa's eyebrow before she felt Medusa leaning closer and closer to her, at that moment Lyra could feel connection from Medusa, like their hearts was speaking and in sink with the beat of one another.

" Having you here by my side... Quenches my thirst for revenge, knowing that you, Athena's favorite girl is in my arms right now is enough to make my heart at ease, you giving me your warmth is enough to cure my loneliness. You talking to me is saving me from my monsters." Lyra suddenly felt Medusa's lips against her, she was startled when she felt it that she couldn't move, but when she felt how soft Medusa's lips were she started to relax leaning more into her touch. The kiss was only chaste, as Medusa slowly withdrew.

" I have already took my revenge on Athena... As long as your alive Lyra I won't give you to her, you may your freedom here by my side but I won't let you go. The moment you step on my land means you belong to me... I am the one you should be praying to and not the gods, because I am the one keeping you safe here." Lyra felt Medusa's long tail wrapping against her again possessively, she didn't even notice that Medusa had shifted to her gorgon form.

" I won't allow Athena to have you again, I won't allow you to leave me, I can't lose a companion and left with stones to talk to, and I promise that even in death Athena won't have you." The words made Lyra speechless, she didn't know what to say anymore, the way Medusa spoke sounded so possessive and quite alarming, she didn't let her know about her thought as she just burry her head against the space between her neck and shoulder. She wrap arm around Medusa and pulled her closer to her. Medusa seems to be content about this as she tightens her hold on Lyra.