In all my dreams I drown: Missi x reader

Chapter 15: Remembering

Hello my beasties! It's time for another chapter of the story that you all seem to love so much! In this chapter, we will be checking in with Duke and Sindera, and something quite interesting will be happening in this chapter......  Anyway, hope you enjoy it!

"Ow!"

"Hey, I wouldn't keep jabbing you with the needle if you would just hold still."

Back in the carriage house, Shanti was currently working on repairing Duke's clothes, which really needed it by now.

He was genuinely surprised when she had come back and offered to fix his clothes, she said that she couldn't stand to see him looking so shabby, so here they were.

"I'm not moving I swear." Duke rolled his eyes and rubbed the spot on his arm where Shanti had poked him with the needle. "Why is this taking so long?"

Shanti sighed, and her soft brown skin seemed to heat up with red as she spoke the next words. "Hey, this type of thing can't be rushed Mr.Overlord of the Underworld. You're going to have to be patient with me." She pushed a strand of hair off of her face and back underneath the hairband she was wearing to hold back her hair and began to get back to work.

Oh right, Duke had almost forgotten that he had told her about it.

Then, Shanti looked up from her work. "So, how was it in the underworld? What was it like ruling over it all?"

Duke smiled, and gave a wistful sigh. "It was amazing. I ruled all the eight sections of the underworld. I had the most amazing palace, practically every creature lived to serve me, and I even had a seven-headed hydra living in the pool. It couldn't be more perfect."

Shanti looked up at his quizzically. "Yeah that sounds awesome and all, but I was wondering one thing. Were you happy there?"

Her response took Duke aback.

Was he happy there?

He thought back to when he was still ruling in the underworld, back when everything had seemed perfect, but maybe not entirely so perfect.....

"My lord, you're so quiet. What seems to be on your mind?" The gorgon woman with red snake hair pursed her full lips, and looked at Duke, seemingly confused as she lay at his feet on the red-velvet and bone lounge chair. The other gorgon woman looked up, from where she had been holding the plate of beignets(Duke's favorite, especially with the chocolate blood sauce.).

Duke's head snapped up, and he managed to respond. "Oh it's nothing my dear."

Could they tell? Most of these creatures knew him so well after almost seven years of ruling the underworld, but would they be able to tell.

"He's probably growing tired of you Stheno, he wants me tonight!" The green haired gorgon crowed, reveling in the other's anger at her words.

Duke tried to not roll his eyes. Really, this again? The gorgon sisters were one of the many creatures that he had used for companionship in this magnificent hellscape, they made excellent pieces of arm-candy for the feasts and parties, and even if they didn't seem to have much personality, they made up for that in other, more pleasurable ways.....

But once you got down to it, both of them were rather needy, and the arguing did get on one's nerves after a while.

Duke stood up, dusted himself off, and motioned for the girls to stop arguing. "Stheno, Euryale, why fight? Both of you girls are lovely enough, why would anyone ever grow tired of you?" Thankfully, his words seemed to work, and the women both perked up instantly.