The god complex (Book one of The Devil's Daughter trilogy)

Chapter twenty-nine.

It's true, I don't know what Night is to me. I know I like him and he likes me but we haven't put a title on us or anything. With this whole world ending, gods wanting to either kill me or keep me, its difficult to find a boyfriend who actually wants to spend the rest of his immortal life with me. I don't know if Night wants to do that anymore since he has seen the darkest part of me that I hid away for so long. I don't even want to be myself anymore because of all the awful things I did but I have to face it and try to put it past me, but I will always have that image of the nurse who tried to help me etched in my brain as I tore her to shreds.

I sit upright in the bed keeping myself locked in Oliver's invisible binds waiting for Night to come in and see me, but he doesn't. I wait and wait, and wait some more and wait until the sun starts to rise but he never comes. I look at the rising sun with sore eyes as a new nurse comes in, he checks my vitals and then up at me. He looks at me in disbelief then at my chart, he calls for the other nurses with my call button as I sit there and watch all of them come in. He starts speaking with the first one that comes in but she leaves once she sees that I am awake. I watch her as she crosses the floor and heads back to the nurses station, I don't see what she is doing but a name is called on the intercom to come to my room.

She returns with Asclepius and they all look at me in wonder even the god of medicine and healing, for good measure. He address all of the nurses in my room saying it is a miracle from God, biting back his sarcasm. They all clap then exit leaving just me and him.

"You said you would wake him for me." I say hurt but he just brushes it off and sits at my bed, he takes my hand and kisses it. I pull it back but he grabs my arm, his eyes grow hard and I see his arm is growing dark like an inky tattoo with bad blowouts.

"Sorry that I didn't wake your boyfriend but I do have a hospital to run. Watch your anger there that part of yourself that you don't like so much is still a fresh wound, try not to open the stitches."

"Stitches?" He nods then nods his head toward my shoulder that is bandaged. "I thought I healed myself?"

"You did but I gave you a deep cut last night while you slept for five minutes then stitched you back up."

"BUT WHY?!"

" While many people still do believe in God many also believe in the supernatural. I needed to make it look like an actual miracle happened last night. Not my best work I have to say, its gonna be one hell of a scar though but don't worry your, boyfriend will probably love it."

"If I have to tell you one more time that he is not my boyfriend I will use the power of Apollo and burn out your dark empty eyes."

"Touche." He backs out of the room but pops his head back in, "Do you want me to get him now?"

"Yes." Is all I can say as Asclepius walks out for the last time and I continue to wait. My eyes grow heavy but I have to see him and tell him everything, but I don't know if I'm ready to face him. Then I think that I've faced and destroyed gods and gorgons not to mention I just killed a hydra so what makes Night different from the other things. The thing is that I love him and I have to tell him.

I know it is a dream but it doesn't make it any easier to look at her. She sits in between Daye and myself as we watch Chaos frolic through the field of sunflowers. Fire yells for Chaos to come back because its getting dark and its cold, we all hate the cold. Daye gets up and leaves the two of us together to go and get Chaos. She leans into my body as we watch the sunset, I watch as the sun reflects in her dark eyes. She smiles and pushes me away then pulls me closer to her, inches from her lips the sun completely sets and it is pitch black. I lean in to kiss her but she is gone, its just me in the middle of the sunflower field.