As months go by, Clotho had been seeing Lida.
They play by the river in the day time...
And howl at the moon at night.
It was pure bliss for Clotho.
However, the bliss isn't not going to last forever. Hubris began to notice how Clotho would spend majority of her time outside of the palace, which was not unusually if Hubris wasn't spending so much time stroking his ego.
Hubris watched as Clotho walked out of the palace for the 7th time this week then raised an eyebrow.
"Just where are you always off to?" Hubris muttered as he grabbed his cloak.
He waited for Clotho to be at least a few feet away before he began to follow her far from a distance where Clotho wouldn't suspect anything.
Hubris began to grow tired as he realized how fast Clotho is even at walking speed but he kept going, still motivated by Clotho's secret activity.
"Could she be fighting demons somewhere?"
"Is she going to a bar?"
"Is she visiting her parents' graves?"
Hubris then stopped and hid behind a tree once he saw Clotho stop in front of a cave like habitat.
"Is this where she goes to? Just some small cave?" Hubris thought as he got a little closer.
Hubris heard someone walking out of the cave then saw Lida.
"Hey! That's the commoner smart ass!" Hubris thought as Clotho walked into the cave.
Hubris peeked his head in to see a bunch of people in the cave...majority of them were half naked.
"What is this? Some sorta orgy cave? IS CLOTHO GETTING GANGBANGED IN HERE?" Hubris thought to himself.
"So, this is your home huh?" Clotho asked as she looked around.
"Yeah, just as you expected huh?" Lida chuckles out.
"Pretty much." Clotho replied.
A little boy approached Clotho and began to sniff at her.
"Claw, it's impolite to sniff at guests." Lida lectures the little boy.
"His name is Claw?" Clotho asks.
"Yeah, this is my little brother." Lida introduces.
Clotho bends down to wave at Claw, who hid behind Lida with a bashful whimper.
"He's shy." Lida chuckles out. "Say hi Claw."
"H-hello." Claw spoke in a soft voice.
"Welcome, welcome to the cave." Clotho heard a male voice say.
Behind her was a tall and muscular man who's whole entire body was covered in heavy scars, there was even one across his eye!
"I'm guessing you're the dad." Clotho points out.
"Correct, I forgot this is your first time seeing me in my human form." The father chuckles out.
"Human form...?" Hubris thought.
"Yeah, but you look cool as fuck." Clotho comments.
"So, you're the queen of the Underworld huh?" The father begins. "Then tell me queen, how do we get dubbed knights to your palace?" He asked.
Hubris' eyes grew wide.
"Wow, so she's just getting knights for the place?" Hubris thought. "That's actually smart since I don't want any robbers coming in and beating my beautiful face in."
"That depends...I might need to get rid of some dead weight." Clotho begins.
"Dead weight? Is she talking about that three headed mutt?" Hubris thought.
"So, how are you going to do that?" Lida asks.
Clotho pondered before she spoke.
"Maybe just...some poison...plain and simple." Clotho suggested.
"Hmm...that's too easy." Lida comments. "Why not something a little extreme?"
"Like what?" Clotho asks.
"Why not have some of us ambush the little twerp?" Lida suggests.
Clotho's eyes grew wide at that suggestion.
"You would really do that?" Clotho asks. "That would be so bad ass!"
The people bellowed in agreement.
"Yeah!" Claw squeaks out as Clotho laughs.
"Sorry, but not you little bro." Lida states.
Claw crosses his arms as he pouted.
"You're not ready for combat yet son." The father states as he pats Claw's head.
Hubris began to doubt that Clotho was up to something and sighed as he began to walk off.
"I guess I was overthinking things." Hubris muttered.
"So, will this be the plan to kill the husband?" The father asked.
Hubris stopped dead in his tracks as he went back to eavesdropping.
"Yes, I guess this will have to do." Clotho sighs out. "I just want him gone for good."
Hubris felt the anger grow within him.
"She...she's planning to have me killed?" Hubris whispered out. "That bitch!"
Hubris then looked to see Clotho holding Lida's hand in a loving manner.
It then hit Hubris on why this plan was happening.
"Oh...not only is she a bitch...but she's a whore!" Hubris thought to himself.
He'd be lying if he says that he didn't know whether to be angry or turned on by the thought of Clotho making out with another girl.
Hubris balled up his fists as he runs off to the palace.
Once he was there, he went in the master bedroom to find the bottle of poison that he had leftover.
"It's a good thing I kept the poison." Hubris spoke as he took out the bottle from a drawer.
Hubris was seething with so much rage that he ran into Clotho's old bedroom and began to trash the room.
Everything was broken...
Torn...
Burnt to a crisp...
Any form of damage that Hubris could do.
Once Hubris was done, he stood there panting as his face was a bright red.
Hubris then noticed something floating in his vision.
It was a piece of paper.
Hubris grabbed the paper to see what it was then his eyes grew wide once he realized that it was Clotho's plan to murder him and have Lida come live with her.
Hubris then let out a low chuckle...
The chuckle grew louder...
And louder...
Then...that chuckle turned into a maniacal laughter.
"All this...so you can have some commoner bitch to yourself huh?" Hubris spoke in a dark tone. "We'll see about that my queen."
Hubris then left the room with the paper clenched in his fist.
"You think you're so smart huh Clotho...well let's see how you are after I get rid of the one you love."
July 25th, 2023
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Lady Grim: A Fantasy Short Story
FanfictionThe name's Clotho, princess of the Underworld. My parents are the rulers of the Underworld, which makes me heir to the throne. Do I want to rule the Underworld? Hell yes! Do I wanna get married to someone who gave me hell? Hell no! Well, my father d...
