King Death

Chapter 51

Atalie's POV

He opened the door gently and bent down in order to enter the bedroom.

He walked around the room a couple of times before asking me where I sat so that he didn't end up tripping and spilling hot tea on me.

He sat in front of me and rested the small glass in front of me.

He pulled out runes and asked me If I wanted to have a reading. I actually remembered to call him by his name and he seemed happy about that as he shook a bag of runes and than placed them next to each other in a surprisingly near row for a blind man.

He explained to me what this reading would mean and what God we were speaking to.

He ran his fingers lightly over the embedded symbol on the first rune.

"This one rune right here means hard ache and suffering. That is in your past meaning the Gods have taken those sorrows and trauma out of your life" he said as he ran his finger across the symbol on the second one.

"This one represents your present and this specific rune means fear and transformation. You're very fearful of all of us but Thor wants you to understand that with patients comes healing" he said as he ran his finger over the final rune.

He smiled at the last one and genuine smile of joy.

"This rune is a fertility rune, in your future you will find love"

I looked up at him with curiosity.

"Who do you think will love me"

He leaned back and supported himself with his hands as he smoked at a joint that rested between his fingers.

"I have no idea, I'm not a physic, but there's somebody out there for everybody" he said as he exhaled the smoke from his mouth.

"Do you have a girlfriend Drake?" My question made him quiet for a few moments but he answered honestly.

"I don't have a girlfriend, no, but whoever is willing to accept my love, I will happily give her all of it" he said with a peaceful smile as he placed the crystal runes back in their little bag.

I let out a long yawn and he glanced over at me and raised his eyebrows in question.

"Are you tired"

"Yea I guess I'm feeling a little sleepy, i is it ok if I stay in here with you, I can sleep on the floor if you wish" I said as he got into bed and under the covers.

He patted the spot next to him.

"That's unnecessary hun, just come lay up here with me" I didn't answer for a while and I looked up to see him lining pillows up in the middle of the bed.

"W w what are you d d doing" I asked as I stood and watched as he made a wall of pillows next to him. He patted the spot beside the pillows and smiled.

"I built a wall between us, it should make you feel safer. I would never touch you even in my sleep without your permission but I hope that this helps" he said as he fluffed the pillow that I'd be laying on.

"I uh, im gunna go put the dishes up and blow out your candles" I said as I began to pick up the tea.

He rested his head all the way back to where his chin was all the way up in the air. He sighed and smiled as he spoke through the darkness of the room.

"Leave it, I will clean up when I wake up in the morning and the candles will go out on their own, please just come rest. Loki and Zero can't be disturbed by noise tonight and opening that door will make noise" he explained.

I timidly walked over to the bed and climbed over his body in order to get to the spot next to him.

He didn't seem to care that I had just climbed over him and he turned his head to face me.

"No more nightmares tonight. Rest easy and tomorrow morning I will make some more tea" he said as he turned over and pulled the covers over his shoulder.

I laid quiet for a long time before speaking in a whisper.

"Drake?" I asked shyly as he responded with a sound.

"Hm?"

"I think any women would be lucky to have you as a boyfriend"

He was quiet for a while before responding.

"Thank you darling, and same to you"

He turned around to face me again.

"I have a question now tho"

"Yes"

"How long have you been a slave?" He asked as his face was pointed right at me as if he were looking at me.

"I was born into slavery. This is the first time anybody has shown kindness to me sense a couple years back. But I haven't been with that one cult my whole life. Before them I belonged to a store keeper back in a forest town over in the east side. But he needed more gold to support his business and ended up selling me on the street markets. A tall black haired man raised his hand and bid 30 whole dollars on me. The store owner jumped with joy and closed down the whole entire bid show out of excitement. I was immediately given to the leader of one of the Forrest cults where I stayed for 4 years"

He ran his hand across his face with exhaustion.

"That's rough, but you don't have to worry about that happening to you again because see, I've been friends with these people exactly 6 whole years. And from what I have seen my whole journey with them, they take in many people if they are in enough needing of their help. Lucifer chose you because he was already in search of somebody needing help. And you were lucky he found you because while Lucifer was in there getting you out of the bedroom. The leader of the cult you were with was threatening Zero and Loki with you. They told Zero that if they took Moon that they would bring you out there and break your neck. And they were arguing about exactly that when you and Lucifer walked out of the back room"

"Wow" I said as I laid on my back and stared up into the darkness of the ceiling.

"But don't let that get to you because either way our leader wouldn't have let anybody in that house die. He would have sacrificed himself even if it meant every innocent person lived. That's why he broke the neck of the one cult guy who tried to cut your head off when we went to leave" he said as he faced me with his blanket pulled over his shoulder.

I looked down at the heavy hammer charm that hung on the necklace he gave me.

"When did you want your necklace back"

He smiled a smile that grew across his whole face.

"Darling, you can keep the hammer. I have many other hammer charms. All I need is a nice rope to string it on and trust me that's not hard to make or even find" he said as he turned his back to me.

"Please get some rest, and remember you are safe"

I closed my eyes and listened to the silence of the room and before too long I heard his deep breaths with the silence. I looked over at him through squinted eyes. He laid on his back with his hand resting on his chest and his head was rested to the side. It was so silent that I could hear even the beating of his heart and it sounded as if my heart was beating right along with his in the same Rhythm.

The moon shone through the window and I watched as his chest slowly rose and fell the the sound of the wind outside. And I tried to even match my breaths with his.

It felt so weird sharing a bed with a man who didn't view me as property. It felt more than weird, it felt almost wrong.

I couldn't ignore it any longer and I got up from the bed and laid on the floor next to the bed.