Blessings from Khaos

|It's The One Person In The World That Knows You Better Than Anyone Else.|

"Lord Hermes," Drew gasped, bowing quickly while Lea turned to him with an impassive face.

"Drew," he nodded, eyes not leaving Lea. "Leaneíras."

"Where's my brother," she asked. "What incident?"

"Something that you should find out soon enough," he tells her. "But I have a favor to ask of you."

Lea's features curled in disgust. "I don't do favors."

"Drew did your french work."

"And I'm helping her get on good terms with Ethan because the plot got lost somewhere and somehow the world is convinced that we're friends."

"I thought she was keeping her siblings off your back."

Lea snorted. "I can deal with a few mean comments. Mama didn't raise no bitch."

"You will fit in wonderfully with the rest of our family," he said sincerely.

"I never thought I'd be in a family that has more people than a small country."

"Is everything an argument with you," he snickered. Lea shrugged. "Bet you regret focusing on this branding now, huh? Do you still think this is a blessing?"

He smiled slyly. "Hm. No, but Khaos and Eros tend to give the toughest battles to their strongest soldiers."

Lea rolled her eyes. "I don't recall signing up for the war."

"I'm confused," Drew broke in. Lea blinked, forgetting just for a moment that she had been there. The other girl furrowed her brow as she looked between the two. "You are flirting, right? I'm not reading this wrong."

"As much as I try, she does not seem to notice," the god stated, placing a hand to his forehead. "Is this the fate of Wily Hermês?"

Lea grimaced, "Please never call yourself that again." She then turned to Drew. "Come on. We need to go to your little camp."

"What about my favor," the god said at the same moment that Drew repeated the aforementioned question.

"I don't do favors," Lea repeated.

"I'm willing to pay for service," he said.

Lea's face darkened quickly and the greens of her eyes started to glow ominous. Unnoticed by the girl was how Arkas raised his head to chip away at the mageia that surrounded her. "I am not your whore," she sneered.

Hermes' eyes widened, hands raised in the air as he leaned closer towards her. "No! No. That is not what I meant, fos ton matión mou." The energy swirled about her once more and he looked to see Drew staring unbothered. She caught his eye, blinking nervously before turning back to Lea who took a deep breath.

Her skin was a bit pale and sweaty as she calmed down. Drew snorted, passing over a handkerchief. "Alabaster is going to be so disappointed to know that you read none of those books that he sent you to control your power."

Lea rolled her eyes as she dotted her face to get rid of the sweat. "I do not have magical powers because I am not a part of that weird little world." She waved a hand at the god watching them in nervous amusement. "And when the aliens take over, I'd have already built up a nice defense and shelter and would survive their takeover out of spite and the fact that I knew better."

Her soulmate sighed breathlessly. "Isn't she so wonderfully stubborn?" Lea scoffed while Drew snickered. "You are the most captivating woman that I have ever had the pleasure to meet."

"You know Aphrodite."

"And yet, your beauty—"

"Do not finish that sentence," Lea grimaced. "Do you want me dead? According to your little anecdotes, she's killed people for less."