Phantom Queen Book one

Chapter Twenty-two

“She said she would only speak to you about it.” He says to me, I frown at him and vanish. The Circle appears around me; I feel the magic inside it lock it down keeping anyone from getting in. A woman sits on the slab watching me with a smile, her long white hair hangs to ground, she has one blue eye and one red, they watch me as I walk to her.
“Who are you, and what are you doing here?” I ask her with a frown as I cross my arms.
“I am Creation, Morrigan.” She says with a laugh, I recognize the voice right away.
“How are you solid?” I ask her as I examine her with my eyes.
“After you had the Gods destroy Carnage’s stone, I was no longer just a piece of myself, Carnage combined with me. I just finished the process and now I can move around.” She says as she smiles at me.
“So, which are you?” I ask her as I watch her closely.
“I am both.” She says to me.
“What did you want to see me about?” I ask her.
“This world is completely at peace thanks to you, but there are others that could use your help.” She says with a sad smile.
“I am guessing this is one of those things I do not get a choice in?” I ask her with a frown.
“No, you do not Morrigan.” She says with smile.
“Would the other Gods be coming?” I ask her.
“That is up to you, those worlds have their own Gods.” She says to me.
“Why did you make those?” I ask her with a frown.
“I am not the only one of my kind, Morrigan.” She says with a laugh. “After your death I was asked for help. Their world is on the verge of destruction.” She says as she watches me.
“I would have to ask them if they would want to go.” I say to her and she nods.
“You are free to leave to go ask them.” She says with a smile as I feel the magic release the lock, I vanish to my throne room. The Gods are still here, I walk down in front of them Emnos makes his way over to me with a smile and wraps his arm around me.
“I wouldn’t be too happy yet, Emnos.” I say quietly to him, he frowns at me. “Gods, Creation has told me that a world needs help, it is on the verge of being destroyed. Anyone who wants to come is welcome, anyone who does not I understand.” I say to them, they frown at me. “That is all the information I know.” I say with an uneasy smile. “Who would want to come?” I ask them.
Satan, Sathanas, Aamon, Lucifer, Dhuna, and Emnos raise their hands, everyone else shakes their heads as they back away from me. Macha and Babd walk over to me.
“Goddess Morrigan, could we stay here?” Macha asks me.
“Yes, you can.” I say with a smile. “Do you want me to disown you?” I ask them. “I do not know if I ever will come back.” I say to them, and they nod to me. “I, Morrigan, Goddess of War disown you Macha and Babd. I hope you live out long happy lives.” I say to them and they smile at me as I feel the links break.
“Everyone who wants to come, have them gather around you.”
“Everyone who wants to go to the new world come to me.” I say to them, all of them that raised their hands gather around me.
“Have them touch you, and vanish here.”
“Touch me.” I say annoyed as I glare at Lucifer who grins excitedly, Emnos wraps his arms around me from behind and I laugh as everyone else touches my arms as Lucifer glares at him and touches my arm. I vanish to the Circle, Creation motions us to her, we all walk over to her.
“Who are you?” Emnos asks her with a frown.
“I am Creation.” She says with a smile. “Touch the slab all of you.” She says to us, we all touch the slab and I feel a surge in magical energy come from it, Emnos holds onto me and I close my eyes as I feel the world fall away from us, I open my eyes to see a Circle like the one we were just at. I look around to see everyone made it, I walk away from the slab to see a large forest around us like the other one.
Where do we go?
I wait for an answer, I frown when she doesn’t respond. I walk over to the slab and touch it I feel no magic in it.
“Where do we go from here?” Dhuna asks me.
“I have lost all of my link to her; I think we have a lot of travel ahead of us. I will fly around and see if I can find anything, if I find a civilization, I will come back here to get all of you.” I say to them and they nod to me with a smile, I change and fly up into the air I fly to the east. After several days of flying, all I have seen is forest, I feel no life, I vanish back to the Circle. “Nothing to the east of us.” I say to them and fly off to the west. I constantly send out magic probes for life as I fly, when I finally do find humans it is bandits.
I glide down to the camp and land on one of the makeshift tents, the men all look up at me with a frown. “Where are all the humans?” I ask them.
“Talking crow, who spiked the ale again?” One of them says angrily as he glares at the others. I change and give him an annoyed look when he looks at me in surprise.
“Where are all the humans?” I ask him angrily.
“Keep going west you will find some and south of us, north as well.” He says as he looks down at my dress. “What are you?” He asks me as he walks closer.
“Goddess of War.” I say as I glare at him.
“I have never seen a Goddess before.” He says with a grin.
“What are the problems in this world?” I ask him.
“Not enough food, not enough places to live. Everyday normal things.” He says with a laugh.
“Are you men who prey on others?” I ask him.
“Nah, we only take what we deserve.” He says with a smile, I glare at him.
“How far is civilization to the north south and west?” I ask him.
“Three days to west, two to south, and seven to the north.” He says to me. “What are Goddesses capable of?” He asks me with a frown, I change and fly off to the south, I make it to the small town within a day. I change out of sight and walk into the town, I stop some of the people and ask them questions about the world. I find they have quite a few problems and most of it seems to be lack of Gods. They direct to me to a city nearby and I fly four more days before I finally make it to the city.
I glide around the large mansion that feels God made, I land on a window sill and look inside, I see humans running around working so I know it is alive. I land on the ground in front of the mansion and change, I vanish back to the Circle.
“I found civilization and a Gods mansion, come to me and I will take us all there so we can make a friendly greeting. Everyone be on your best behavior please.” I say as I frown at them and they nod their agreement as they touch me, I vanish to the mansion. Emnos offers his arm to me with a smile and I take it, we walk through the open doors of the mansion to be greeted by an old man.
“Good day, may I ask what your business is here?” He asks with a bow.
“We would like to meet the Lord or Lady of this mansion.” I say to him, he nods and leads the way, overall the mansion is the same as ours with a few differences in the placement of halls and the door he leads us to is gold not silver, a giant skull is made into the door. The door opens for us and he leads us into the room.
A man with long white hair lays on the bed staring out the window propped up on his elbow and hand, the man who led us in walks over and gently taps him on the shoulder. He looks back at the man and then to us, he gets off the bed and walks over to us with a frown, his gold eyes watching us.
“May I help you?” He asks annoyed.
“I am the Goddess of War, Morrigan. We come from a different world, because the Creation of this world asked ours for help and she sent us.” I say with a strained smile. “May I ask who you are?” I ask him, and he smiles down at me.
“Forced smiles are not your thing, you shouldn’t do it.” He says to me, Lucifer and Satan giggle behind me. “I am Clay, God of Death.” He says as he watches me.
“Where is your Creation so I may speak to her?” I ask him, and he laughs at me.
“I am not about to tell some strange God where my Creation is, you can talk to her through me. Charles, show the rest of her companions to the private meeting room. Once we are done talking, she can meet up with them again.” He says with a smile.
“I prefer to stay with her.” Emnos says to him, he looks over at Emnos with a frown.
“Why?” He asks Emnos.
“She has issues with men.” Emnos says to him with a frown.
“Yet she is with a group full of them. Go to the room and wait.” Clay says annoyed.
“It is okay, I can handle myself. Remember?” I say to Emnos with a smile, and he laughs and nods to me as Charles leads them out of the room. I look back up at Clay and he grins at me, as he motions for me to sit on the chair, I sit down and he stands looking down at me.
“We have a Goddess of War as well; she is not as friendly.” Clay says as he watches me.
“I am friendly until the situation calls for something else.” I say with a smile, and he laughs.
“I want to see your memories, to see if you can be trusted.” He says as he steps forward and touches my temple, all of my memories flood through my mind, he watches every single memory once he is done, he takes a step back and frowns at me. “Why are you traveling with them?” He asks me.
“Because they wanted to come to help.” I say to him.
“No, I mean Emnos, Dhuna, Lucifer, Satan.” He says to me as he watches me.
“They are not as bad as the memories make them out to be, except maybe Lucifer.” I say as I glare at the window.
“Dhuna is the worst one.” Clay says with a frown when I look up at him.
“I am their leader, and I will be responsible for their actions. I want to speak to your Creator.” I say annoyed.
“She wants to know if you are the one Creation chose.” He says to me.
“Yes, I am.” I say to him.
“How many years did it take for you to reincarnate?” He asks me.
“One thousand two hundred and eighteen years, after my death at the war.” I say to him and he lifts an eyebrow.
“She says you are the one your Creation told her about. She wants me to take you to the Circle so she link with your mind.” He says as he frowns, I stand and offer my hand to him. He takes it and we vanish, a different Circle that is lusher and more overgrown appears around us. I let go of his hand and walk to the slab and touch it, I feel the familiar tingle of magic.
“Hello Morrigan.”
Hello Creation.
“I am looking through your memories, do not let go of the slab.”
Yes, Creation.
“You have survived quite a bit, Morrigan. Why did you choose to come here instead of enjoying peace in the world you fixed?”
I was not given a choice.
“She made you?”
Yes, it is normal for her.
“You can release the stone; I have made the link.”
I take my hand off the slab, letting it fall to my side.
“I am sorry she forced you to, did you bring other Gods?”
Yes, only a few. The others did not want to go.
“She gave the others a choice but not you?”
Yes.
“It may be because you are the strongest one, or because you hold human life sacred.”
They deserve happiness too.
“Your Creation should not have forced you to come, but I am happy she sent you. I will have Clay send you and the other Gods to a place to get started. Be careful not all the Gods here are friendly.”
Thank you, Creation.
I feel a hand on my shoulder and we vanish, Emnos’ face appears in front of me angry, until he sees me and he smiles. “I talked to Creation, she is having sending us to a place to get started, so come touch my arms.” I say to them and they gather around and touch me, we vanish again, an abandoned castle appears in front us.
“She wants you to revive this, Morrigan. She was impressed by what you had done with your own kingdom, she wants you to do the same here.” Clay says to me, I give an uneasy smile, I send out a pulse into the city to find people living in it.
“I will need a seneschal.” I say to him and he nods with a grin.
“I already know who to send your way, he will be here tomorrow.” Clay says to me.
“She cannot tell time.” Emnos says to him with a frown, Clay frowns at him and then me.
“What does that mean?” Clay asks him.
“For example, she went for a walk in my halls once for eleven months and though it was a day.” Emnos says to him.
“She stood watching out a window in my castle for forty years and thought it was only a day.” Satan says to him.
“Then it is up to all of you to keep her rooted then.” Clay says as he frowns at me. “As much as I dislike it.” He says and vanishes.
“What is that supposed to mean?” Lucifer asks me as I turn to look at them.
“He watched my memories.” I say with an uneasy smile, Dhuna looks at me with guilt. “He does not really like the idea I am traveling with any of you, but it is not up to him.” I say angrily, I walk past them into the castle, I touch the wall of the castle and let my magic surge into it and the city. I let it repair everything that has been destroyed, and give the castle life again, candles flicker around us as my magic takes over, I let my hand fall as I walk through the halls looking in every room to see what it has to offer.
“That did not make you tired?” Emnos asks me as he walks up beside me.
“No, the castle and the city do not take up that much space. I barely had to put any magic into it.” I say with a sad smile.
“Morrigan, I am going to go look in the city to see if there are any people who want to work in the castle. You should probably go to the treasury and fill it.” Satan says from behind me.
“Thank you, Satan, that is a good idea.” I say as I glance back to him with a smile. As I hear his footsteps walk the opposite way down the hall, I open a door to one of the rooms, I feel something move in the darkness. Swords appear in my hands as I feel the magic from whatever is in the room increase, I push Emnos back. “Stay here.” I whisper to him as I watch the darkness.
“You are joking right?” Emnos asks me angrily, I walk into the room and shut the door behind me, I feel it move closer as I lock the room with magic, I send magic out to find candles in the room, one laying on its side on the floor flickers to life as I hear banging on the door behind me. I look around to find the thing in the room, as I make my way over to the candle, I hear a growling noise from further in the room, red eyes glow in the darkness.
I hold up a hand and fire come to life in the palm of my hand as the sword vanishes, the eyes watch the fire with hatred, I walk slowly towards the creature on the ceiling. It moves further into the darkness of the room; I frown as I watch it trying to keep distance between us.
“Can you speak?” I ask it, it looks up into my eyes from the fire, I feel something move behind me the eyes start moving closer, I move out of the way as I feel the magic warn me, I shoot a ball of fire where the attack is coming from. The creature screams as the door to the room busts open, Emnos and Dhuna run into the room as the creature from the ceiling jumps down on top of me. I swing my sword chopping off an arm, the creature screams as it bites down on my arm, I cry out in pain from the impossible number of fangs sinking into my arm. Emnos runs to me swinging a sword down on the creature, it kicks him in the chest sending him flying, Aamon approaches it slowly as Lucifer runs to Dhuna’s aid. I drop the sword placing my hand on the creature’s body and I let fire shoot out of my hand as I feel it try to tear the flesh from my arm.
I see Aamon raise his sword to bring it down on the creature, Dhuna flies across the room hitting him sending them both across the floor. The creature on top of me falls on top of me as I see the fire I am shooting into it come out the other side of its chest, I let the fire go and grab my sword I decapitate it, I shove the body off me as I stand. I see the other creature holding Lucifer by the throat, I run to them the creature notices me and drops him as it jumps up to the ceiling.
“Are you okay, Lucifer?” I ask him quietly as I stand in between him and the creature.
“Yes, I didn’t know you were concerned for my well being, Morrigan.” He says with a laugh as he stands up behind me. “Do you wish to have the head removed from your arm?” He asks as he laughs harder.
“Not now, Lucifer.” I growl at him as I watch the creature let go of the ceiling with two of its arms, I swing my sword as it lowers its body, it swings back from my sword staying attached to the ceiling. I hold up a hand letting fire come to life in my hand as I aim at the creature, it drops to the floor as soon as I shoot fire at it avoiding the fire, it grabs my legs pulling them out from under me as it drags me across the floor towards it. I let the fire go as my sword appears in my hands, it lunges for my throat as I swing my sword the body lands on top of me as the head flies off. Lucifer walks over to me and looks down at me with a grin.
“You are annoying at the worst of times, Lucifer.” I say as I glare up at him as I shove the body off me, and he laughs as he watches me. Emnos and Dhuna run over to me, Emnos looks down at the head still attached to my arm and laughs, I glare at him as Dhuna pries its mouth open, I feel magic surge into me to heal me.
“What were those things?” Emnos asks me.
“I have never seen anything like them before.” I say angrily. “I thought I told you to stay outside.” I say as I glare at him, and he laughs. I hear curtains in the room being pushed back to allow sunlight in, I look around the room to see skeletons piled on the bed in the room.
“Well, I already know which room is not mine.” Lucifer says with a laugh as he walks over to the bed looking down at the skeletons, I walk over to the bed using the blanket I gather all the bones into a pile, I use the blanket as a bag gathering it up in my hands.
“I am going to bury these.” I say with a frown.
“Do you want me to come with you?” Emnos asks me.
“If you want to.” I say as I smile up at him. “No more exploring until I get back, there might be more.” I say to Aamon, Lucifer, and Dhuna they nod, I grab the bones as I feel Emnos’ hand on my shoulder and we vanish. The entrance of the castle appears in front of us, we walk out the doors to see Satan walking back toward us with a group of humans, he frowns at the blanket in my hand. “Satan keep them in a safe place, I need to make sure there are no more surprises.” I say quietly to him as he walks up to us.
“I will take them to the throne room you found.” He says quietly with a smile and I nod, he walks past us with the group, all of them look starved, dirty, and in desperate need of clothing. Emnos and I walk through the city towards the graveyard, after asking a few people they pointed us to it. Once we finally reach the grave yard, I raise a hand to move the earth, Emnos pushes my hand down with a smile as he raises a hand.
“You need to save what you have incase there are anymore of those things.” He says as the dirt raises out of the ground, I walk over to the hole and I place the blanket down inside of it. “Next time let us help you.” He says as he watches me.
“I prefer not to have any Gods die this soon after us getting here.” I say to him as I walk back to him from the hole as he fills it back in.
“Morrigan, I am pretty sure Vhaanth and Creation did not tell you this because they are bad about not telling you everything. Every time you die, it will take the same amount of time as this last time for you to reincarnate.” He says as he looks down at me with pain and anger in his eyes.
“Why?” I ask him with a frown.
“The amount of power you absorbed from the graveyard, it did something to your reincarnation cycle. It takes longer for all that power to come back to recreate you.” He says quietly. “Do me a favor, try not to die. This last time was hell.” He says with a sad smile, I smile up at him as I wrap my arms around his neck.
“I will do my best; I will let you and the others help. Thank you for telling me.” I say as I pull his head down to me and we kiss.
“Unlike them I will tell you everything, I learned my lesson from last time. I will not hide anything from you.” He says with a grin as he looks down into my eyes.
“You better not, I had to keep from killing you myself when I found out what you and Cu Chulainn were up to.” I say with a laugh, he laughs with me.
“You were very angry, that summon felt like I was being ripped apart from the inside.” He says as he laughs harder, I grin up at him as we vanish the room appearing around us again.
“Dhuna and Aamon I would like you to help us finish clearing the castle. Lucifer do something useful far away.” I say as I give him an annoyed look as I let go of Emnos and he grins at me.
“I was very helpful the last time, I distracted one of them.” He says with a laugh, I glare at him before I walk out of the door of the room, I send magic through the castle. I feel nothing but it doesn’t mean there is nothing there, we spend the rest of the day checking all the rooms and the maid’s corridor. We found no more creatures, so we return to the throne room.
We appear in the throne room to see Satan and Lucifer talking while the group Satan brought to the castle huddle over in a corner, I walk over to them with a smile. “I am going to be working to revive this castle and the city, you came here because you want jobs in the castle?” I ask them, they nod to me. “I would like each of you to tell me what jobs you would like to have in the castle.” I say to them.
“Who are you, my Lady?” One of them asks me.
“You can call me Morrigan.” I say with a laugh.
“I would like to be the chef.” The one who spoke first says to me.
“Do you have experience cooking large scales meals like that?” I ask them.
“I used to work in another castle as the chef, but the kingdom fell. So I came back here to live with family, Morrigan.” He says to me.
“Then you have the job, I will just need to get food for the pantry. If you are capable of writing, write down what you want in the pantry and I will fetch it for you. Keep in mind we will be feeding the entire city until trade can be started again.” I say to him and he gives me a smile as he nods. Four of the women walk forward a step as he walks away.
“We would like to maids, Morrigan.” One of them says quietly.
“You have the jobs, if any of those guys over there act in any way that is inappropriate come see me. They will be punished.” I say with a wink, they laugh. “Go get set up in your rooms and acquaint yourselves with the corridors and the castle, you have the day to explore.” I say to them and they nod as they walk away, the rest of the group fills random positions in the castle, I watch them walk away to get their bearings in the castle. Once they are out of the room, I walk over to the group of Gods.
“I warned the maids that if any of you are inappropriate, you will be punished.” I say to them, they grin at me as they laugh. “I will need some help to meet the needs of the humans, I need to get food, clothing, and whatever else they might need until we can bring trade in. Any volunteers?” I ask them with a smile.
“Satan and I had the thought to walk the road leading out of the city to look for any dangers.” Lucifer says to me with a laugh.
“That is a great idea, thank you Satan for your wonderful idea.” I say as I grin at Satan.
“It was my idea.” Lucifer says with a frown, Satan and I laugh.
“Go ahead and get started, we will handle the rest. Good job Lucifer, you may turn into a good God if you keep having ideas like that.” I say as I wink at him and he laughs.
“Do not get your hopes up too high, Morrigan.” He says as Satan touches his arm and they vanish.
“I can handle the food.” Aamon says to me with a smile.
“I will help him.” Dhuna says to me.
“Go to the kitchen first to get the list from the chef, then go to the city where that Gods mansion is located. You should be able to find everything there.” I say to them and they nod to me.
“That just leaves clothing.” Emnos says as he wraps his arms around me with a grin.
“We are not dressing the women in anything depraved, Emnos.” I say as I frown at him and he laughs.
“As you wish, Morrigan.” He says with a smile.
“We also need to figure out what else they might need. I know we will have to pick up things for the castle as well, we should go and talk to the people in the city to see what they need besides food and clothing.” I say with a smile and he nods.
“I cannot wait until we are done, so lets hurry up and get started. I want to find a bed in this place to throw you on.” He says with a wide grin, I laugh as I pull him down to kiss him.
“As you wish, Emnos.” I whisper to him, we spend the rest of the day talking to people in the city, and buying everything they requested. By the time we arrive back at the castle, the scent of food is taking over the castle. Emnos and I walk to the dining hall to see all of the people from the city sitting at the tables eating like starved dogs, we walk over to one of the empty tables and set down everything we bought down on the table, except the things I had bought for the castle. Emnos and I sit down at the empty table to watch them, he has a frown on his face as he watches them.
“Has it ever been like this in our world?” I ask him quietly.
“No, not that I know of. I was created after Vhaanth made Adam, the world was pretty bad off, but not this bad.” He says quietly. “I spent a lot of time exploring the world, until I found the place, I wanted to settle down in.” He says as he smiles at the memory.
“I will have to spend some time exploring this world, so I can find all of the cities and towns.” I say with a smile, he looks over at me with a grin.
“We can go together, but it would be best to wait until we get this place running.” He says with a laugh.
“We do need to be careful though, Creation warned me that not all the Gods are friendly here.” I say to him, he frowns.
“Are they, her Gods?” He asks me.
“I did not ask, I am not sure I want to know.” I say quietly, I feel someone appear in the castle. I look over at the door of the dining hall to see Clay walk in, he looks around at all the humans eating and a small smile creep onto his face. He looks over at us and walks to us with a man following him in, he sits down in the chair beside me as he goes back to watching the humans.
“This is your seneschal.” Clay says as he points to the man standing beside him, the man bows to me.
“What is your name?” I ask him with a smile.
“Victor, Goddess Morrigan.” He says quietly.
“Victor, you do not need to bow.” I say as I watch him.
“Yes, Goddess Morrigan.” He says quietly.
“I need you to find a way to get trade going in the city again, and hire administrators to handle the paper work. I also need more staff in the castle.” I say as I watch him, he seems nervous and jumpy I frown as I watch him.
“Yes, Goddess Morrigan. Do I have your leave to get started?” He asks me quietly.
“Yes, Victor.” I say to him and he runs from the room, I look over at Clay. “Where did you find him?” I ask him as I watch Clay’s eyes.
“He has just finished schooling, I picked him up from the college.” Clay says as he watches the humans. “He is the best in his class, I keep an eye on all the students and their progress.” He adds as he looks at me.
“Why do you keep tabs on the students?” I ask him.
“It is a way to pass the time, not to mention it gives me bargaining chips with royalty.” He says with a smile, I feel Emnos’ hand on my back.
“Why do you conduct business like that with royalty?” I ask him with a smile.
“If I give them what they want, they give me what I want.” Clay says with a grin as he watches me.
“I think you should give the maids their uniforms, Morrigan.” Emnos says to me, I look over at him I see through his fake smile.
“As you wish, Emnos.” I say with a frown, as I stand.
“We can talk more later, Morrigan. Privately.” Clay says to me as I look down at him and he smiles up at me.
“I prefer to have Emnos around when I speak to others.” I say to him with a smile before I walk out of the room.
Creation, is Clay one that is to trusted or not?
“He is one you can trust as long as you are careful.”
That sounds like a no. I think you should be more forthcoming with information in the future about your Gods.
“He is not the worst one, and sadly my Gods have felt your power when you revived the castle and city. Expect visitors, soon.”
Is this going to turn into a fight?
“I would prefer you to try to keep the situation from escalating that far, if possible. I sense Emnos’ overprotective nature towards you, he should be elsewhere when they visit.”
Do any of the Gods care about the humans?
“Not like you do.”
Why do you allow them to run free like this, if they are not doing anything to help them?
“I am not as powerful as your Creation; the state of the world defines my powers. As the way things are now, I am as weak as a child in comparison to yours.”
So, it is my job to improve everything in this world to give you power.
“Yes, otherwise this world will die out.”
Do you have a Father Time like my Creation did?
“Yes, but his power is reliant on mine. He is not very useful right now, once you get this kingdom going I will gain power from it and I can be of more help as he gains power.”
I knock on one of the maid’s door that I feel life inside of, the door opens and the woman smiles at me when she sees the clothes in my hands. “Thank you, Morrigan.” She says happily.
“If you need anything, do not hesitate to ask. Things are going to be a little difficult at first until we have a steady stream of income and trade.” I say with a smile and she nods.
“We need the laundry and bath restocked with soaps.” She says with a frown.
“I already bought it, after I am done giving the other two their uniforms those are my next stops. Have you eaten?” I ask her.
“Yes, the chef rang for us before we gathered the people in the city. We ate first then gathered them.” She says with a smile.
“Good, you should bathe before changing. I will make sure the baths are kept empty for the three of you.” I say with a laugh and she nods, after I finish giving the maids their uniforms they follow me to the bath with one of their uniforms. I open the door and walk in to see Satan, Lucifer and Aamon standing naked, they look over at me and grin, I glare at them.
“How are you taking a bath with no soap?” I ask them as I cross my arms, the maids start to follow me in until they see the three men and go back out into the hallway.
“I bought some while I was getting food, I wanted a bath.” Aamon says to me as he covers himself with his hands.
“You should join us, Morrigan.” Lucifer says as his grin widens.
“I would rather fight Indech again then to get into a bath with you.” I say as I glare at him, and he laughs.
“Still playing hard to get, Morrigan. I can see in the way you look at me that you want me.” Lucifer says as he winks at me.
“I guess this does make us even, I have seen you naked now you have seen me naked.” Satan says with a laugh.
“Hurry up the maids want to take a bath.” I say angrily to them and walk out closing the door behind me, to hear them laugh.
“Who are those men?” One of the maids ask me with a frown.
“They are one of the most irritating things ever created, Gods.” I say angrily as I glare at the wall.
“Are you a Goddess, Morrigan?” Another one asks me, I look over at them with a frown.
“Yes, but just call me Morrigan please. It is annoying enough that I am going to be called that a million times a day by the seneschal.” I say annoyed. “And no bowing.” I say angrily as they start to bow to me, they stand back up as they laugh. I hear the door open behind me and I move out of the way as Aamon, Satan and Lucifer walk through the door and smile at me as they pass. “Go on in and enjoy the bath.” I say with a smile to the maids as I ignore the three Gods.
“Yes, Morrigan.” They say with a laugh as they walk into the room and close the door.
“Why do you not have them call you Goddess Morrigan?” Satan asks me as he watches me, I look up at him annoyed.
“Because it is annoying hearing it.” I say angrily.
“It is what you are.” Satan says with a smile.
“I do not care; I prefer to just be called by my name.” I say as I walk away from them to the laundry. After I finish with the laundry I walk back out into the hallway to see a man with shaggy blonde hair waiting for me, his purple eyes watch me with a grin as they glow.
“Who are you?” I ask with a frown as I watch him.
“Tiras, I hear your name is Morrigan.” He says as he walks to me.
“Yes, it is, which God are you?” I ask him as I watch him.
“Lust.” He says as his grin widens as he continues to walk to me.
“I prefer you to stop where you are.” I say as I glare at him.
“Familiar with my type?” He asks with a laugh as he stops.
“Yes, I am. I am War, nice to meet you.” I say to him with a forced smile, he frowns as he watches me.
“Fake smiles are not a good look for you.” He says with a laugh, I hear footsteps running down the hallway to my right I glance to see Emnos running to me.
“Who is this?” Emnos asks as he frowns at him.
“Tiras, God of Lust.” I say as I watch Emnos, his frown turns into a glare as I feel an arm wrap around me.
“Who are you?” Tiras asks him with a smile as he watches him.
“Emnos, God of Lust.” Emnos replies and Tiras laughs.
“No wonder you are so familiar with my type.” Tiras says as he looks at me and winks.
“She is mine.” Emnos says to him angrily.
“Not into sharing, Emnos?” Tiras asks him with a grin.
“No, I am not.” Emnos says with a glare.
“Your Lust is different; it is kind of adorable.”
He says I changed him; he went the entire time I was dead without regenerating his power waiting for me.
“That is abnormal, and dangerous. I am surprised he did not die.”
“I wanted to meet the strong source of power I sensed, and I have. Nice to meet you, Goddess Morrigan.” Tiras says with a grin as he bows and vanishes.
“I do not trust him.” Emnos says with a frown down at me and I laugh.
“He reminds me of how you used to be.” I say to him with a grin.
“That is why I do not trust him.” Emnos says with a smirk, I pull his head to me and I kiss him.
“One Lust is enough for me.” I say with a laugh and he grins at me.
“The humans have finished eating and left already, they were very thankful for all the things we got for them.” Emnos says with a smile as he wraps his other arm around me.
“Good, the more we improve our relations with them, the faster the word will spread of this place, and when travelers come through and they see all the happy faces they will want to stay.” I say with a smile as I look up at him.
“There may not be that many travelers.” I hear Satan behind me, I turn in to Emnos’ arms to look up at him with a frown.
“Why not?” I ask him.
“The number of bandits running loose is extraordinary.” He says as he frowns down at me.
“How many camps did you find?” I ask him.
“Twelve, near here. I asked the people about it, and they say the bandits come in every once in a while, and take anything they have managed to scrounge together.” He says as he watches me.
“Sounds like a problem that needs to handled.” I say angrily.
“I did not want to start off in this world killing humans, so I thought I would bring it to your attention. Let you handle it in your own way.” He says with a small smile.