I feel the wind. It's calm. Yet I'm still hanging back. I rest my back on the stern of the ship. Anubis and Set growl. They fear the water as well. Cece looks around concerningly. I spilled my guts to her when we first met. I'm on the run from Poseidon. I still am, I imagine. He still hates me. A god's grudge is infinite.
"Awh. Isn't this amazing Pascal? The sea is beautiful." Rapunzel smiles on top of the stern.
"You have no idea how vile the sea can be." I say.
She looks down at me.
"Are you okay Hector?" Rapunzel asks.
"I'm fine." I turn.
"Are you afraid of the water? It's okay to be afraid of it." Rapunzel says.
I strain.
"It's not the water I'm afraid of." I say.
It's the God that rules the water that I am terrified of.
"Blondie look how clear the water is!" Eugene cries.
"Oh coming!" Rapunzel jumps down and starts running.
Cece walks over to me.
"So... you gonna tell them?" She asks.
"No. If I can avoid it." I say.
"You should tell them." She says.
"That would make me look like a fool." I say.
"It would make you human." She says.
"Yet I'm a monster." I say.
"Do you still think of yourself as a monster?" She asks.
"What other way to think of myself as?" I ask.
She puts her hand on my chest.
"A lover perhaps?" She asks.
The question startles me. She moves her hand up my chest. A lover? She does not know how bad I am at that. What sins I have done. Who I murdered. I hear a sound before I can react to that question. I push her out of the way as something impales my shoulder. I look up. And this is what I was afraid of... Poseidon.
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FantasiWhen Corona is attacked by a mysterious sea creature, it tumbles the kingdom and raises it into famine. Many ships are being destroyed as they set out into the ocean. The situation gets worse when Hector recognizes the beast. Even worse, a witch sho...
