The Lover of Medusa

Chapter 28

1 Hour Earlier

Medusa woke up in the middle of the night, when the air suddenly felt heavy, it suddenly felt unfamiliar to her and she already confirmed that an unwanted visitor had trespassed her territory, and the only one who could do that is none other that Aphrodite, she looks beside her to see Lyra sound asleep, she wanted to wake her so she knows that she will head out for a couple of minutes, but looking at Lyra who's sleeping soundly, she couldn't bring herself to disturb her, so she stood up and slowly walked out of the Cabin to search for the intruder, she makes her way into the dense forest making her way through until she reaches the river, for some reason the forest is tranquil, something that doesn't happen in the forest she owns, in a forest inhabited by beast that the gods created and the great Echidna gave birth to, the river is calm and the water is sparkling clear, fireflies illuminated the whole place, she wished she had brought Lyra there but then she remembers Lyra can't see, but Medusa knew Lyra would be happy if she can see this.

"You almost got into trouble do you know that?" Medusa suddenly turns around, she almost forgot the reason why she headed towards the river.

"You again, what are you doing here?" She asked hissing at her, Aphrodite stood before her in her glorious form, she didn't disguise herself as a human being.

"I came here to warn you Medusa, your days of peacefully playing with your food will soon be over, Athena visited the realm of humans and was looking for Lyra, if I hadn't disguise myself as her you would have been caught." She said sounding like a mother reprimanding her child, this made Medusa's brow lift.

" And?" Aphrodite sighs and shakes her head, she looks to her right before looking back at Medusa.

" We had a deal Medusa, I couldn't kill a mortal with my bare hands, and so I hope you will do it for me." Medusa smirk, remembering how people call this gods and goddesses as perfect divine being when in truth they are very similar to humans, Aphrodite is the goddess of love and beauty yet she is a cruel goddess who plays with people's heart and grew jealous of a mare mortal. She tilts her head to the side trying to read the goddess.

"I will do what I please, i will play with her for as long as I want, Athena be damned."She replies as she started to turn her back.

"I give you strength, but do not forget that it is still nothing compared to Athena's strength." She warns her, but Medusa is not afraid.

"I have her favorite girl, she wouldn't dare to oppose me." She said walking away, after that she hadn't heard Aphrodite again, she must have left leaving her alone, she was nearing the cabin again when she heard a loud scream, Medusa tensed as she recognized it as Lyra's voice, she quickly run towards the direction of their cabin her heart beating fast as cold sweat appeared on her forehead, her heart sink when she couldn't see Lyra inside their cabin, she's not in their bed where she should be, another scream tore through the night's quite air, and this time it's seems that Lyra is already in pain. She followed the sound of her scream.

"Medusa!" Lyra screams making her run, she stops when she reached the meadow, and their in the middle she saw Lyra on the ground as her older sister hover above her.

"Euryale!" She screamed her sister's name before she could attack Lyra, Euryale stops amidst her strike, her face morph into that of a cobra, she tilts her head and smirk at Medusa, her smirk that Medusa hated so much.

"My! It's been a while dear sister." Euryale said taking a step back when Medusa stood in-between her and Lyra.

"What are you doing here?" She hissed as she slowly lowers herself so she could hold Lyra who cling to her, she felt her whole body shaking from fear and she felt bad for it.

"Am I not allowed to visit you anymore? You haven't been in the nest for far too long, Stehno and I have grew worried about you and your health, and your sister have been growing relentless, you know what she's like if she's worried at you." Medusa hisses when Euryale basically eats up her face, they were now face to face, her golden snakes hiss at her own, a clear warning against her.

"Though i'am kind of disappointed to know that you aren't sharing your food." Her sister's attention was now turned to Lyra, and Medusa forced herself to shift. She circles her long body around Lyra to form as shield, this only amused Euryale more as she shifted on her own.

Compared to the three of them Euryale is the biggest, she has the longest and biggest body,  Stenho and Medusa though are the same size and length. Euryale was the one gifted with Golden scale while Stenho has obsidian scale, they were unique in their own way, but her two sisters aren't quite like her, they are far more lethal than her, they have succumb to their beastly instinct while Medusa's conscience remained intact with her.

"That is a bit rude don't you think sister?" Euryale asked while circling around her, Medusa remained alert and tense, because she knows her sister wouldn't hesitate to attack her if she must. She just wished that her sister isn't hungry.

"Didn't mother tell you to share with us? Your sisters?" Medusa hissed her nails elongated as she prepare herself to attack.

"This human is mine, I don't like sharing you know that." Euryale stops in front of her, her snake face have morph back to it's human form, she tilts her head to the side and regarded her for a while, looking into her eyes before she cackles surprising Medusa.

"You fancy this blind girl didn't you?" She asked leaning a bit to try and take a peek at Lyra again.

"You fancy this sweet smelling pret do you not my sister?" Medusa didn't speak, she just glared at her sister wishing she could turn her into a stone.

"Oh well, i'am not that harsh as to steal something that belongs to you... But.... Never let her astray again sister... She was lucky it was me who saw her... Because if it was Stenho." Euryale leans closer, Medusa could feel her breath against her ears.

"She would have been inside her stomach before she could scream." With that Euryale steps back and cackles again.

"Oh well, I shall see you sometimes again sister, I will tell dear Stehno not to worry about you." Medusa watches as Euryale started to slither towards the dense forest, she didn't pick a fight with her meaning she's still full, but knowing her sister she knows she will be back later, especially now that she had caught a scent of Lyra. Upon remembering Lyra Medusa quickly shift and hug Lyra's shaking form closer to her.

"Shhhh... I'm here now. I'am so sorry I left you." She whispered kissing the top of Lyra's head, Lyra sobs quietly at her and clutch her hand harder, with that Medusa wrap her arm around her and carried her back to their cabin.