Turned

*Incarnate*

Recap:

I looked back and noticed Lucas was spaced out- looking out in the distance. His head was cocked to the side, like he was listening to something. I looked back at Thalia and bid her goodbye before grabbing Lucas and pulling him into our room.

I closed the door behind me and looked back at Lucas. He was still spaced out- listening. I slowly walked up to him and reached my hand out to touch his shoulder.

I squeaked when he grabbed my wrist. I looked him in the eye and gasped when I saw his eyes turn the same color red mine does.

"We need to talk." I said calmly.

***Lucas' P.O.V***

I observed Brianne as she calmed the new maid, Thaliana, down. I held little Stark in my arms and played with him, tickling his belly, while I waited. I had lowered myself to the cold tile floor when Lief padded in with a smug grin on the foxes face.

I set Stark down and let the two foxes play for a minute before I heard strange voices. I picked Stark up and listened intently.

At first, I couldn't understand what the whispers were saying. The noise increased and I tried to sort through the voices, trying to understand what they were saying.

"Her eyes...,"

"What is she doing here...?"

"Who-,"

The whispers got more aggressive. The voices deeper, meaner. Almost as if they were a warning.  I hardly noticed when Brianne grabbed my wrist and raced up the stairs.

The closer we got to our door, the quieter and more friendly the whispers became.

"She's beautiful...,"

"Persephone has returned...,"

"We are saved...,"

But one specifically  caught my attention. It made something in me burn with rage and the urge to hide Brianne away from all of he world. Dead or not.

"Hades will return...,"

I felt a weird tingling feeling in my eyes as the whisper occurred. I suddenly saw movement in the corner of my eye and reached out and grabbed a frail wrist.

I heard Brianne gasp before I registered what happened.

"We need to talk." She said calmly.

I was sitting on the edge of the bed, Stark sitting next to me, almost asleep. I quickly let go of Brianne's wrist, jumped up and walked to the other side of the room- suddenly afraid of hurting her.

"Oh my god." Brianne let out a shaky breath before rushing into the bathroom and bringing back a mirror.

"What's this for?"

"Just.. look. At your eyes." She pleaded.

Lifting up the mirror, I looked at my reflection and did a double-take. Everything was unchanged, but my eyes. My ice cold blue eyes were replaced by blood red ones. The same shade as Brianne's when she walked out of the woods.

"You're eyes burn a beautiful shade of red- the same color of the sun in the Underworld." Merliene had said.

"What does this mean?" Brianne let out a shaky breath.

I walked over to her and wrapped my arms tightly around her, kissing her forehead. "I don't know. But we can figure this out. Let's go talk to Merliene."

Right on cue, Merliene burst through the door to our room and stopped. She looked at Brianne snuggled into my side before her eyes flowed back up to me. I heard her shaky intake of breath before she closed the door, locked it, and walked up to both Brianne and I.

"It is true. I had my suspicions, but you never showed any of the sign of having Hades' power."

"Is that the whispers?"

"Whispers?" Brianne and Merliene said at the same time.

"They have been very dormant since Brianne came along.  But they just recently came back."

"Why have you not said anything of this?" Merliene asked.

"I had thought it came from my bloodline. Just another shifter gift."

"Veniva da qualche parte." <It came from somewhere> Brianne mumbled.

"I can see that you are both exhausted. We will talk tomorrow. Rest." And with that, Merliene left.

I gave Brianne a questioning look and noticed her eyes were red also. No matter what changed about her, she as still beautiful.

I planted a chaste kiss on her lips before going into the closet and brought out pajamas for her and I.

While she changed and did whatever she had to do, I started to think.

What if she really was Persephone? And I Hades?

What if everything that I've ever looked over was the signs that led to it.

Why were we chosen for this task? What if this is one step closer to putting Abaddon in the hell he belonged in?

What if we could banish him forever?

"It could be possible...,"

Whispers floated around in my mind as Brianne walked out in a pair of baggy, navy blue stitch pants with little Stitch on one side and the words "Ohana" in bright blue and a white tank top.

She walked up to me and sat down on the edge of the bed with me. She rested her hand on my back. "Are you okay?"

"Perfect." I smiled and gave her a kiss. "You look tired, you haven't eaten have you?"

Her stomach growled at the sound of food. I chuckled, grabbed her hand and dragged her to the kitchen. When we got there, I looked down at her and gave her a kiss. I leaned down and picked her up, setting her on the island and pulling away. I heard her growl in disapproval and I laughed.

"What do you want to eat?"

"What do you want to make?"

"Anything you want, Amore." I saw her shiver at the name and I laughed.

"I'm so tired, if you take too long cooking something, I will not make it. Make me a sandwich please?"

"Yes, ma'am." she giggled, this time it sent shivers up my spine.

After I made her sandwich, I gave it to her and made myself one. We both ate in silence, giving each other small glances.

Once we finished, I walked over to her and picked her up right out of her seat. She laughed as I carried her upstairs.

"I can walk you know." She giggled.

"Lo so." <I know.> I said and smiled at her.

When we got to our bedroom door, Brianne reached out and turned the knob. Once inside, I kicked the door closed and walked towards my- our- bed. I pulled the blanket down before setting Brianne down. I ran to the other side and jumped in. She laughed as I enveloped her in my warmth. She snuggled closer and soon her breathing as slow and steady.

I lay there, playing with the tips of her hair, watching her sleep. She smiled in her sleep when I kissed her forehead. I lay there, thinking about the wonderful future we could have when this is all over. Soon, I fall into the darkness, thinking of everything we could be.

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~Hades & Persephone