Persephone: Leonidas' Domina

45- Leonidas

"Do you remember what you are supposed to say?"

"By the gods, you remind me of my Mother, which is even a mild sentence on its own because she never even fussed around me. I do remember, thank you very much, Daddy."

Orion sighed tiredly, his face looking like he was worried but defeat was the best course to follow as of now. "Alright."

After he had stayed in the Cabin for a while, he returned back to the Castle at night, finding Orion waiting for him, worried that he had been serious about joining the men in the field.

Which apparently he had been.

Leonidas adjusted the cloak over his head as he stared up at the starlit sky, snowflakes falling gently from it. "It is a wonderful night."

Orion did not seem to care. "Just so that we could be on the same page. The men do not know who you are, yes?"

"Yes," Leonidas replied, boredom in his speech.

He knew that none of the men there would possibly claim to have seen his face partly because whatever interactions he had with them, Orion did it for him and before this whole craziness started, he was always locked up in the Castle.

"Please, do not risk being seen." Orion continued.

Leonidas stared at him now. "I wonder why I am even still here. I could just-"

The sound of leaves rustling approached them and a red haired male popped out, staring at them both with his eyes widening.

"He looks like he is about to scream," Orion whispered to him.

Leonidas was nodding. "I agree."

Before the man could turn around and run, screaming for the hills, Leonidas was already behind him, hitting his temple with the blunt side of his sword as the male dropped forward like bricks.

Leonidas turned to Orion who had a displeased look on his face before he said, "Do not give me that look. I had to do something."

"What are we going to do with his body?" Orion asked, "If they realized one man is missing, they would possibly raise an alarm."

"Calm down," Leonidas was already removing his shirt. "I would just take his clothes and go as him while you put him on my horse and return him to the Castle."

Orion let out a sigh. "Please, tell me this is you trying to make me laugh."

"No," Leonidas had already removed his shirt, taking off his trousers now. "It is freezing cold Orion, can you help me get his clothes off before I freeze to death?"

Orion obliged, amidst his disagreement with the male as he pulled off the unconscious man's clothes, Leonidas putting it on.

"By the gods," Leonidas took a whiff of the clothes. "It smells."

He had to have a scarf over his face and mouth, his eyes being the only thing that could be seen and fingerless gloves with a tunic on him.

"People at war do not think of the privilege of bathing," Orion replied unconcerned, now raising his naked body up. "Will you help move him?"

Leonidas took the red haired boy's hand and raised it over his shoulder with Orion doing the same to the other hand before they both walked over to where their horses were and heaved him unto Antinous, the proud horse already making sounds of displeasure.

Leonidas patted the horse gently on its behind. "Do not throw him into the lake like you did me, alright?"

The horse neighed and harrumphed, but he heard the threatening tone his Master was using so he decided to be obedient.