Salvation [manxman]

Chapter 31

Chapter 31

I trotted behind Erebus and Nyx, glaring at their intertwined hands. I knew I didn't have the right to be upset about this but I still felt like he was breaking up with me. He promised me not to do this, to not just throw me away as if I meant nothing and didn't have feelings yet here he was, getting back with his ex wife. I felt betrayed and even worse, I had really hoped he meant what he had said.

I wanted to be angry at Erebus for leaving me alone, for willingly trading places with this impersonator but I knew he didn't really have another option. Still I terribly missed him, I didn't know whether he was ever going to come back to me and that made me feel hopeless and alone. I had finally found a place which gave me a sense of belonging and security and now it was taken from me again.

"I can feel you staring at me." Erebus smirked, looking over his shoulder.

"I'm sorry." I offered, earning a glared from Nyx.

She was unusually calm and relaxed and it started to make me nervous. If anything, living with her had taught me to never trust her if she appeared calm or friendly so her behavior was putting me on edge now. More importantly I didn't understand why he wanted to be with her to begin with. He didn't have to like but going back to her after how she treated him was rather strange.

"We should get rid of him." She smirked, eyeing me over her shoulder. 

I frowned and look at my feet while I kept walking behind them. I wondered if I even wanted to stay with him. Just looking at the two together made my heart ache and I didn't really want to see their relationship succeed. I wasn't going to begrudge them for being happy together but I also didn't want to have to live with Nyx and her snippy remarks. Maybe Nolan was going to let me move in with him for a while until I found a new place to live.

I was fairly known for having worked for Erebus for a few centuries now, surely someone was going to be in need of servant. The Greek pantheon wasn't going to let me run around losely on the streets in fear of enemies snatching me and finding out their precious secrets, so they'd probably employ me. Or assassinate me. I really didn't want to do so I would first need to find a new job and then throw in the towel.

"Eh." Erebus huffed before he stopped walking. "I'm going to talk to him."

I didn't want to. Just looking at his face made me expect to talk to someone I trusted but all I got was this strange new person that acted weird. I just wanted to go home, get my things and move on. It pained me to know he was happy with someone else and I didn't play a major role in his life anymore but I was going to cope with that. Talking to him was just going to make it harder to move on.

"I don't want to talk to you." I said quietly, making him frown.

I made myself smaller, expecting to be hit for defying him but the blow never came. He kept eyeing me while we were walking together and I didn't understand why. Nyx on the other hand kept looking over her shoulder, murdering me with her eyes for daring to even look at him. I just let my shoulders slump forward, tried to keep a neutral face while I was basically frowning the entire time and staring at my shoes that were covered in dust.

"We should take a break." Erebus suggested after a while of wandering around aimlessly in search of Nemesis. "The little one needs to get some rest. Maybe we can even find something to eat for him."

It annoyed me that he was talking about me as if I weren't there or too stupid to articulate if I needed a rest. Sure, it was nice of him to think about me and my well-being but the way he was doing it was incredibly patronizing. I didn't dare speak up and protest since I didn't want to get my head bashed in by Nyx. She looked like she was waiting for me to mess up.