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

Teorus, The Greedy Prince: Story 10

We head over to the mansion where he takes me to the living room and with a thud he roughly drops me onto the couch.

"Wow, such a gentleman." I grumble.

"You sure talk a lot for a goldfish. You weigh a lot for a goldfish, too." He says with an evil smile.

My hand balls into a fist. "Why you..." I turn around and take a swing at him, but he dodges with ease. "Jerk!" I shout at him.

"Hello, Abbey. Welcome." Huedhaut who had been sitting on the opposite couch from me, greets me politely.

I sigh with a smile. "Hi, Huedhaut."

Taking a seat back on the couch, I sit with both my arms and legs crossed. "So, what is it that you need to talk about?

Leon walks around me, taking a seat on one of the large comfy chair. "Teo."

Hearing his name makes my heart skip a beat.

"O-okay, what about Teorus? Where is he?" I ask, nervously, eagerly leaning forward towards Leon.

"Don't rush the conversation." He folds his hands in his lap and eyes me. "I'll explain what's going on so even a goldfish like you can understand."

I lean back into the couch and roll my eyes. "Fine, don't have to be so mean though."

"Shut up and listen." Leon orders me.

"Rude..." I quietly say.

Huedhaut speaks up. "Have you noticed any irregularities in the flow of time on earth lately?"

"Flow...of time?" I cock my head to the side.

Leon sighs. "The balance of night and day is off all over the planet."

Huedhaut gets up to place a stack of newspapers in front of me before sitting back down. "Take a look at these."

Picking up a couple papers, I quickly scan their headlines, as they say:

"ARCTIC NIGHTS CONTINUE AT THE EQUATOR"

And

"SUNRISE AT MIDNIGHT!"

"They're all reporting on these freak phenomena." Huedhaut says.

"Ah, so that's why there's a sunset instead of it actually being night."

Huedhaut nods. "The gods have always controlled nature on earth. But..." Huedhaut looks at Leon then back at me. "For some reason, the flow of time isn't functioning correctly."

"Okay? So...what does this have to do with Teorus?" I ask.

"These irregularities may be occurring because of Teo's power." Leon says.

I raise an eyebrow at the two gods. "His power?"

"Did you forget what Teo's power is?" Huedhaut asks me.

It takes me a moment as I think, then it hits me like a train. "Oh! He can stop time!"

Remembering the first-time meeting Teorus, how he stopped time to save me when I fell off the rooftop and when I nearly got ran over by a car.

"Heh, took you long enough." Leon comments rudely.

I glare at him, the continue the conversation. "So, his power is controlling the flow of time on earth?"

"That's a possibility." Leon says coolly.

"A possibility? It either is or isn't." I say my voice growing louder, but I stop myself from becoming irritated and keep myself calm. "So then why would it suddenly—?"