Salvation [manxman]

Chapter 12

Hello! If you would like some additional information on the servant Hypnos is talking to, Eviternal is dealing with this in chapter 1 as well as the fight between Nolan and Mateo.

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Chapter 12

Hypnos had managed to get so drunk we had to take him home with us and let him sober up there because Erebus didn't trust him to go back home on his own. He might faceplant right into the psychodelic plants in the weird cave he lived in. Judging by his behavior and general bounciness he might have done that already and lost a few brain cells in the process. I wanted less people in my house, not more.

There had been so many gods and goddesses there yesterday and I stuck close to Erebus for the entire evening, hoping they would stop eyeing me and trying to talk to me. They hadn't. He had to tell them to leave his property alone and some had still tried to purchase me or rent me for a day which made me sick to my stomach. They had even tried to lure me away from him by offering me food but I wasn't stupid. I had fallen for that once as a kid only to get slapped in the face.

Hypnos had spent most of the evening either creeping after a servant with dark auburn hair and big hazel eyes, with freckles all over his face that seemed somewhat familiar but I couldn't pinpoint it and from the looks of it, annoying the shit out of him or eating everything in his path. I had watched them for a while and their interactions hinted at them knowing each other which made me wonder. They almost seemed friendly with each other.

Later that night when everyone had already been kind of drunkish and busy dealing with themselves, Thanatos' other dad walked in as if he wasn't one of the most wanted criminals right now. He had managed to stay undetected  since he looked very much like Erebus except for the whites of his eyes being tinted black and generally looking pissed off unlike Erebus who tended to smile.

"What are you doing here?" Moros had hissed, looking around to see if anyone noticed his presence.

"I invited myself." Collin had purred before walking over to the dragon who had been busy restocking the buffet. "Hello, Nael!"

The dragon had given him a curious look and stopped working for a second in order to turn to him, making Moros whack him in the head. He had run off after apologizing profusely to continue with his task while Collin had frowned at his master who had pretended to ignore him like the asshole he was. He had noticed soon enough that he wasn't going away, still challenging him with his glare.

"I don't like your infatuation with him." Moros had declared, crossing his arms in front of his chest.

"I don't like how you treat him." Collin had scoffed, fed up with his bullshit.

"That's none of your business. He is my property." Moros had returned, not amused that someone was actually calling him out on his bullshit.

"How much?" Collin had wanted to know.

"I'm not selling him to you." Moros had snorted before leaving him where he was standing.

Collin had left soon after but not before sneaking off to find the dragon once more to talk to him. The rest of the night had been pretty uneventful and filled with people going out of their way to talk to my master, pushing me aside. The only good thing was that I had officially been invited and therefore, allowed near the food so I had spent the night eating and glaring at people who got to close to me. I was starting to feel a little hot and flustered but I just wrote it off as me being around so many people

We had come home to Thanatos and Alexios already asleep which was weird since Thanatos was either awake the entire night or only going to bed in the early morning hours. I had figured he had just been very tired and had been in need for a nap as I had walked past their room to get to my own room. Some of the deserts I had feasted upon during the night had apparently contained alcohol because I had been feeling a little tipsy.