Cult of the Lamb: Crossroads

Pressure 11

(Forgive the shortness of this part!)

Yggsdril finally found High Bishop Gaia and Retired High Bishop Shamura dining outside in the afternoon air. Probably one of their favorite places to eat. Before be could even get CLOSE to them, their security picked up on their aura change.

"Threat detected!"

"At ease. It is Yggsdril. Come, dear!"

Yggsdril forgot that they had high security around them. He comes as High Bishop Gaia ushered him to a seat and pulls up a plate for him

"Come dear, aren't you hungry?"

She said like a mother feeding her children. Yggsdril wasn't hungry at all but had a muffin to accommodate her

"What brings you here?"

"I need to discuss something of the utmost importance. Forgive me for being so rude to interrupt your dinner"

He said. Shamura wiped their mouth

"No need, It was getting chilly anyway. What is it?"

They said. Yggsdril nodded. Yes, he was still in good standing with the High Bishops. This should go his way.

"Due to these breaches and the political upset that was caused by Leshy and Noelle's wedding, I wish to take Fernilla's hand in marriage to tie the bonds of the upper world and the underworld"

Shamura dropped their glass as Gaia choked on her food.

"Are you alright dear?"

Gaia clears the stuck food and then composed herself. Did she hear that right?

"Im sorry...you want an arranged marriage with Fernilla? Didn't she already tell you no?"

"That was King Zion!"

Gaia looked at her partner with concern. And they looked back at her with that same concern. Things were not going out as planned.

"So that's King Zion AND Yggsdril that have  asked her for her hand in marriage"

She said. Yggsdril nodded, hoping she is truly thinking about this but both too hard or she will find the clear holes in his plan.

"It's for a good reason! To stabilize the region. Fernilla hasn't been in this family for too long so she won't have any difficulty adjusting to the underworld."

Gaia and Shamura disagreed. Two crowns figjting over Fernilla. That's too convenient. They see Fernilla's untapped potential and they want to make it there's . No thank you.

"We want the best for Fernilla, so the decision is hers and we will stand by it fully."

Then, Yggsdril gets up in a huff

"You don't know what your getting yourself and Fernilla into. You think that gruff beast will care for her?!? He HAD 6 wives that he sacrificed when he got bored of them, his clan is in tatters and he is NOWHERE near the God that I am. Choose wisely for her!"

And then he leaves. Gaia and Shamura looked at eachother as the breeze finally returned to the area and the birds began to sing again

"This is not good, Gaia."

"Far from it. We need to speak to Fernilla about this"

She said but Shamura told her to wait on it a litle

"Lets wait a while. After all, her birthday is coming up soon, I want to make it special for her."

They said. Gaia agreed

"It must be stressful for that poor girl to have three bishops vying for her hand in marriage"

Gaia then covered her mouth after she said that, waiting for Shamura's reaction.

"It must be- wait, what do you mean three?"

"Oh dear, that must have slipped my mind. Sorry, I meant two, yes, two gods"

Gaia said a bit sarcastically. Shamura looked confused. Was there someone else that they weren't aware of?

TBC