Star-Crossed Myth: The Divine Fate (Book One)

Leon, The Sadistic Ruler: Story 12 (END)

The Next Day...

After recovering and feeling like myself again, I get that ringing call from Leon and I waste no time to hop on over to the mansion. I don't find Leon in the foyer or parlor, in fact he beckons me straight to his room.

I stand before his door, hesitating and slightly surprised he even wants to see me or have me near him after what has happened. I would have thought he would to keep his distance from me.

Shaking my nerves away, I knock on the door, slightly opening the door wide enough to poke my head in. "Hello...?"

"So, you came after all..." I hear that familiar confident voice.

I clear my throat. "Yeah." I enter the room, closing the door behind me as I lean up against it.

The second I lay eyes on Leon, I notice his eyes have gone back to normal, just as Teorus said. But then in the corner of the room my eyes fall upon something that seems out of place in Leon's room: a fishbowl.

I tilt my head and point to the fishbowl. "Hey...what's with the fishbowl..."

Leon notices and smiles. "I did it on a whim."

"What do you mean?"

He shrugs. "I saved its life before it was extinguished. That's all."

"Saved its life...?" I trail off, confused, but its then I notice the small, puffy eye goldfish swimming elegantly. "Well I'll be damned..." I shake my head, chuckling as I approach the fishbowl. "I thought it was dead."

Leon speaks in his arrogant way, but there's a tinge of kindness behind it. "The life of a creature such as that can be saved on the whim of a god."

"You don't say..." I peer at the fish as I watch it swim, seeing the reflecting light of the water dance along it's damaged scales.

"Anyway, aren't you going to ask why I summoned you here?" He asks.

I turn away from the fish to Leon, I sigh while crossing my arms. "Aren't I here to be your handmaiden?"

"If that's what you want, I have no problem putting you to work."

I raise my hands in a stopping gesture. "No...that's okay."

"It's occurred to me that I should spoil my goldfish every occasionally." He says.

"...your talking about the fish?" I say pointing to it.

Leon glares.

"Oh..." I grumpily pout as I realize he means me.

"Just another whim of mine." He smiles again. "So, I'll grant you one wish. Only one."

"A...wish?" I raise an eyebrow. "This is a trick, right?"

"Don't be so paranoid. Hurry up before I change my mind." His expression darkening momentarily.

"Uh...Leon?"

"What?"

"...nothing." I mumble, my eyes breaking eye contact with his.

That was a different face, or at least one I haven't seen since we first met. So intense and stern. Probably just over thinking things.

"Think of your wish yet?" He asks.

"Oh...uh...no...actually." I awkwardly fidget with my hands. "I don't really know what to wish for, since I never believed in wish granting and stuff like that."

Leon doesn't say a word, but I can see him cross his arms impatiently.

"Okay, let's see...uh..." My focus turns to one of the lancet windows and I see the night sky. "Stars! I want to see the stars?" I don't realize what I say until the words spill out.