Ever dreamt of meeting a favorite character from a story? I know I have. Guess what? It happened to me. The downside?
My soul ended up in the woman he hates the most. Isn't that just great? I meet my book crush and now I'm trapped in the body of th...
I had balled up the letter she gave me. She chose to sacrifice herself to fix Artemis's mistakes. She freed me and I couldn't feel more unhappy. I should be happy. Singing from the rooftop with joy, however sitting here in front of the statue that was Kaori I wasn't happy. I was sad, and angry at myself for not realizing the change in this girl. I felt tears sliding down my face. Something I hadn't done in a long time. I let my head fall and they just kept coming. They wouldn't stop.
"Why?!" I bent over screaming.
No one was here to hear my pain. Then a pair of arms were around me.
"I'm okay, Acheron. I'm okay." I looked up to see Arte-no Kaori was smiling at me.
"How? I don't understand?" She tucked my hair behind my ears.
"I saw someone. Well a couple of people. At first I wasn't sure, but it was them. I met your sister Rhyssa and Apollodorus." It felt like all the air was sucked out of my lungs.
"What?" It was barely a whisper, but I knew she had heard what I asked.
"It was your sister and our nephew. They are the reason I was able to return. They asked me to do some things for them since they couldn't. Including giving you and Styxx something." She held her hands out and two matching upper arm cuffs appeared in her hands.
One was red with white pearls and the other was purple. I met A-Kaori's gaze.
"This is impossible. There is no way you saw them. They've been dead for years." She smiled sadly.
"I know, I was as surprised to see them, however Ryssa and our nephew know everything Artemis did. She also knew everything that happened to her precious brothers. She loves you both and wishes for you both to let bygones be bygones. Change things for the better. Truthfully I agree with Ryssa. Apollodorus didn't talk much, but he asked me to do what I've been doing, being your friend," I saw a flash of sadness before it was gone, "I plan to keep that promise to our nephew. Yes he is Artemis's nephew, but I cared about him just as much when I read about him in your legend. I was furious with Artemis for what she did. I wanted to reach through the pages and kill her myself for ever hurting him. I can't do that now can I? I have no idea where she is, but I don't care. As far as I'm concerned she's already dead, and I can care less. She has been a thorn in your side. I'm alright though, I'm not going anywhere Acheron."
The red arm band floated over to me.
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We love you Uncle Appie.
I gasped and looked up at Kaori. She smiles at me.
"That was his voice. Do they hate me? Do they," she cut me off by pressing a finger to my lips, "they don't hate you Acheron. They don't blame you for their deaths. They both love you so much. They could never, ever blame you. Just as I couldn't blame my siblings for my family falling apart. Just as you had no part in their deaths, my siblings had no part in my family being separated. I could never blame them just as Rhyssa and Apollodorus could never blame you."
