Poseidon's Daughter

Chapter 12

Previously

"You are his daughter Rhea, his name is not Parker. His name is Poseidon."

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Rhea POV

Oh, great, they came clean to me about this. How am I supposed to react to this? I've never been in a situation where I am from another world, have to keep it secret that I am reborn, that I know who my father is. My mother and father trying to hide my father's secret along with my older brother. Now I have to react to this. Acting shocked is obviously my best bet, but do I react in anger, sadness, joy. I have to decide this in a matter of three seconds.

"You lied to me," I state in a zombie-like voice. They look at me with sadness in their eyes. My father looks older now, he is waiting in suspense as well as my mother for my reaction.

"We had to. We can't tell you why now. But we had to keep it secret, your father's side of the family won't approve of you, so we have been keeping you secret your whole life," my mum says, not saying anything about the gods.

"I'm sorry Rhea. I wanted to wait until you were a certain age to reveal it to you. But I couldn't stay away from you any longer. When I saw Triton playing with you, I knew that I couldn't stay away from you," my father says.

"Triton is my brother, isn't he?" I ask.

"He is," my father says.

"What were you trying to protect me from exactly? Why would your family not approve of me?" I ask him, already knowing the answer. I am curious as to what lies they would tell me if they won't tell me about the gods.

"Your father's family is complicated. And they are from a different class of people. Your father is also married, so it will be scandalous if they found out about you. They might try to harm you. We can't take that risk," my mother replies.

"So are you ashamed of me then?" I ask him.

"No! Not at all, never think that. I will always be proud of you. You are my first and only daughter and I will always care about you. We want to keep you safe, whatever it takes".

"I knew you felt familiar. I knew I could trust you. So this is why?" I say in my most heart-broken voice I could muster. I'm excited to finally have my father back.

"Probably."

"You stayed away for so long. How do I know you won't leave me again?"

"I won't leave you. I will not always be there but I'll try my best, daughter," my father says, a bit more hopeful now.

"I think I'm going to take a walk. I need to process this information. I am so disappointed in you. You lied to my face. You lied about your name. I understand your reasoning but I can handle these things. You need to trust me. I am not like others my age. You know this mum," I say to them, I am upset about it cause I have an old soul so to speak, I understand them but I still don't like the lying.

"That's fine honey. Just don't go too far. We understand," my mum says, but dad looks like he doesn't want me to go. My mum takes his hand, shaking her head slightly, barely noticeable. He relents.

I take my leave. What is going to happen now?

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Poseidon POV

I wish I could just take her in my arms and hold her close and safe. Sally shakes her head, telling me silently to let Rhea take her walk. I understand but I don't like it. If one of my subjects had to do something like this to me, just walking away without consent, let's just say that it rarely happens.

I let her go.

"She needs time to process this," is all Sally says.

I really admire Sally. She is an amazing woman and mother. She has become a true friend. After the birth of Rhea, when I went to visit them and she caught me in Rhea's room, since then we were friends, no longer lovers, we work well together. Sally is very understanding. I wish that she could've been my wife instead of Amphitrite. And when she dies I will miss her dearly. I'll visit her in my brother's realm. I can't even begin to imagine what I will do if Rhea dies. I can't let that happen. I'll convince the fates to let her have immortality. She will be a Princess of Atlantis, a princess of the sea. She and Triton by my side.