Scattered

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Stained Moonstone

Olivia swiped unlocked the phone in her hands.

It has been forever since she diligently surfed the internet to see who had the latest wardrobe malfunction in Hollywood and other drama that doesn't concern hers. Between the fantasy-thriller turn her life had taken, it felt good to be grounded as a human again. As expected, notifications were flooding her phone. She let out a sigh and started opening them from the beginning.

'I couldn't believe when I heard that Mistress is back.' Olivia heard Selene gush from the love-seat a little far away from the couch she was occupying. She was in the indoor patio in Keres' mansion, accompanied by two of her disciples and a brooding Ker watching over them emotionlessly. 'I know that fifty years is not a long time to Gods but we all missed you!'

'What do you know, you have been travelling on Earth since Mistress left us.' Praxidike said with a good-natured giggle. 'If it weren't for me informing you about our Mistress two days ago, with the distance you were maintaining with Olympus, you wouldn't have known of her at all!'

'We all handle grief differently, Praxidike!' Selene pouted and threw up her arms childishly, making Olivia chuckle as she watched the scene before her half mindedly. 'You chose to immerse yourself in the affairs of the temple more than you did and I decided to practice my magic with the Oracles on Earth and far away from where I would be able to ignore the absence of my Mistress.'

'But the temple could have used another extra hand is all I am saying.' Praxidike said with a mature nod in Selene's direction. 

Olivia hummed with an amused smile as she scrolled past her Instagram feeds and stories. Her gaze momentarily caught the simple, shimmering silver ring on her thumb and a small smile graced her features. It reminded her that whatever happened behind the closed doors with Keres had been real. For him to give her something she had always seen him wear struck a deep chord within her. With the smile still on her face, she closed Instagram and opened her message inbox. She ignored all the "get well soon" messages from her colleagues and scrolled past to find something worth replying.

'Well, at least I was closer to Mistress who also happened to be reborn as a human!' Selene cheered. 'I know Connecticut is not exactly close to Italy, but it is the same realm after all!' She cheered.

It seems Praxidike seemed to fill in the woman-child on my life history in two days pretty good, Olivia mused in entertainment as she spotted Josh's message with a .jpeg attachment dating back to when she last called him. She opened the file swiftly.

Yo, this is Lee's girl who is stalking u.

Take care XOXO.

J

'How did you know Mistress was born in Connecticut?'

Olivia stilled when she heard Praxidike say in confusion. She thought it was Praxidike herself who told her the information; how else would a lower Goddess get a wind of where she was if she was never informed until two days ago? Doubt filled Olivia's heart with lead but she pretended not to be listening to the conversation while she glared at the glowing screen in her hand.