Carved by the Gods

The Curse

The temple was cold when I walked inside the main corridor, my pristine, white chiton was fairly thin, so I pulled my chlamys closer to me. It was time to go and study medicine and logic with some of the other handmaidens for Lexa, we always did during the afternoon after our worship. My braid was coming loose even though I had just pulled it together in the small room in the temple I shared with a few of the girls here. Of course we didn't want to live here, no one did, but Lexa filled some void in our lives that we couldn't figure out. The teachers here gave us shelter, food, and a place to learn, all at her expense. Her love for us was nice, but it didn't stop us from wondering what could be. It didn't stop me...one of the men in town had taken a liking to me, everyone around noticed it and regarded it with unease, but I hadn't spoken to anyone about it. We weren't allowed to fraternize in the temple, but we tended to ignore the rules like that. Especially my friend Glass, she had a thing with one of the men in town. It was improper, and usually I was a sucker for rules, but I had never been so happy, and I'd also never seen my friend so happy. Today we were learning about medicinal herbs, it was fascinating actually, it made me want to start my own garden here, but everything was always so planned out. So perfect, it was hard to manage free time let alone gardening. Besides that, everything was stone, everything. Marble pillars, floors, columns, everything was just cold and unfeeling. The lesson flew by swiftly, and we were dismissed shortly after going through everything, logic was held off today as the professor forgot to bring her chess set. I began heading to my room to relax and study some of the plants we learned about further.

"Clarke!" Someone whispered. I stopped and looked around at the white and gold landscape. No one appeared to be there.

"Psst!" Someone hissed. I turned my head again and saw dark brown locks poking around a pillar, it was close to the dormitories so I knew exactly who it was. I headed over to meet the man quickly, giggling a little too loud for my comfort when he grabbed me by the waist and pulled me close. His lips met mine briefly, when he pulled back he gave me a big smile.

"Finn, this isn't allowed." I whispered, my smile betrayed me. He kissed my neck, I leaned my head back enjoying it. For some reason whenever he was around it was if I was on cloud nine, like his presence alone filled me with such joy and love. I almost felt fuzzy when I was near him, light headed and lovesick.

"I couldn't stay away." He mumbled. We continued kissing, his hands roamed up and down my sides, cupping my face and then finding their way back down. I sighed contently, savoring each sensation, but a sense of dread washed over me suddenly. I hadn't told him where I lived and studied. He shouldn't have known that I was in Lexa's temple.

"Finn...how did you find me here?" I asked, pushing him off. Finn looked hurt for a second, then brushed it off slightly.

"A friend told me you'd be here." He said. A friend? I didn't know which friend of his that I'd know, something wasn't right here. The feeling went away as another wave of fuzziness hit me, my heart started to soar and everything felt so amazing. I tried to shake it off but something kept pulling me back to that euphoric feeling.

"What friend?" I mumbled, wrapping my arms around Finn's neck. He nuzzled me and held me close.

"You don't need to worry about it, come here." He whispered pulling me towards the rooms. I followed him towards the room, practically floating. The smell of roses and lavender filled the air as I fell in step behind him. We fell into my room, I knew Glass was sneaking out to be with her gentleman through the front gate, so I'd have the room for hours. We continued while laying on my bed until finally the spell he had me under wore off. The glow on his skin gave it away, the smell of flowers, how I always felt drowsy or euphoric whenever I was near him. The way he could easily seduce me when I was not one to give in so easily.