The Queen

15.

- Lyre -

We have felt their presence for a few days. Two Gods crossed our barriers and were making quick way to our home. With Luna gone, we have stayed here for her return. Her year is up, and she hasn't come back yet. We assume the reason the Gods are here is to return her. But I can't help feeling on edge. Their presence doesn't feel welcoming at all. In fact, it feels angry. The rest of us are on high alert too as we feel them make their way up the stone wall and finally into the forest.

I hear Roksha screech into the air and I'm tensed on the couch. I'm so anxious to see her again. I missed her so much. The rest of us have too. I can't wait to twirl her around in my arms and hold her and kiss her. I've missed her lips on mine. I've missed her smell and her soft skin. I've missed her blood. Everything about her. I begin to bounce my knee in excitement at it all as I feel them coming closer.

The rest of them are on the couches, anxiously awaiting her return. Although she didn't write us back, we knew she kept her promises. So, we never worried. But we should have.

The door is suddenly kicked in and instead of Luna there, it's Hades and Poseidon. And they look pissed.

They stroll in as if they own the place and we are all on our feet on confusion.

"Where is she?" Hades asks.

"Excuse me?" Kirian says confused.

"Don't play dumb with us mutt. Where the fuck is she?" Poseidon says in a threatening tone.

"Who the fuck are you talking about? Where is Luna?" Kai asks, his tone signaling that he isn't in the mood for their games.

"Thats precisely what we want to know," Hades says as he crosses his arms over his chest. 

"You mean she isn't with you!?" I yell at them. 

"No. But you know that, now where are you hiding her?" Hades says as he regards me with a scowl. 

"Luna isn't here. We thought she was with you. You were supposed to bring her back!" Vesper yells. 

"Enough theatrics. She is here, you lot are just hiding her," Poseidon says angrily. 

We all look at him with a mixture of confusion and worry on our faces and the two Gods begin to realize we are telling them the truth. Poseidon turns on his brother and growls. 

"You said she was headed here!" he yells at him. 

"Well, I don't very well know for sure since she burned her fucking mark off with dragon fire!" Hades yells back at him. 

"She did what!?" I ask them, now worried even more. She used dragon fire, the most potent and destructive thing in the whole nation to burn herself.