Lost and Forgotten

Chapter 4

I woke up the next morning to knocking on our chamber door. I untangle myself from Zalgo, careful to not wake him. I grab his black dress shirt from the floor and put it on my bare body before opening the door. His butler stands behind it, about to say something , but stops when he sees me. I blush from the circumstances, but I brush it off. "What is it that you wanted to say?" I say, slightly annoyed from being woken up so early.

He collects himself, "Pardon the intrusion, but Lord Zalgo has a visitor. Can you please wake him?" His gaze moves to the bed behind me. "It is of the upmost importance for him to see this visitor." His gaze returns to me. I sigh, "Give us a half hour or so. I'll send him out then." He nods and turns, walking down the now lit hallway. I close the door and strip the shirt off, throwing it to the floor then climbing back into the bed with my husband.

He shifts and sighs as he opens his eyes. He smiles and wraps his arms around me. "Why did you get up...?" He says with a tired tone. He pulls me against his warm body. "It was your butler, said you had a visitor." I explain, snuggling into his chest, "Said it was 'the upmost importance'." I mock. Zalgo chuckles a bit, "Of course it was. Just a few more minutes." He closes his eyes and his breathing steadies as he falls back asleep. I smile and roll to face away him, but against him yet, to reach for my phone. Upon unlocking it, I get a text from Jeff. 'Slendy gave me the heads up to look for his proxies. Will let you know if they show up'. I text him back a simple, 'Thanks' and start scrolling through my feed.

I stop when I see a post on Bewitchress. I frown a bit and read it, 'Bewitchress coming to Y/T! Get your tickets NOW!! Special Meet-and-Greet tickets will be given to a lucky winner soon! Enter below to win!' I look at Zalgo, seeing he was still asleep, and cup his cheek to wake him. "Dear, wake up." He groans and opens his eyes a little. "Yes?" He takes one hand and rubs his face, waking up completely. I then show him my phone, letting him take it to read it. He goes quiet for a moment, his face dropping into a frown. "There's so much talk about her. What the hell." He shifts his body away to sit up, the satin sheets sliding off him and pooling in his lap. I watch him and then sit up as well. "I don't understand the hype about her. She just...appeared in the spotlight." I nod with him. "How and who is she." His eyes glow a fiery red with his frustration. I scoot next to him. "Calm down, Zalgo. It's ok." I wrap my arms around him from behind. "We'll find out. And we could use this contest to win the Meet-and-Greet. You and I can enter along with the pastas at the Slender Mansion."

He exhales through his nose, calming down. "We'll have to get the word out to win that contest." I hug him and get off the bed, "I'll text Jeff to get the ones there to enter." I smile and step over to my wardrobe. I pick out a F/C sweater and black leggings. I look at my husband, "You better get dressed as well. That visitor still wants to see you." He sighs and gets up. Once he's dressed, he kisses me and heads out to the throne room, horns growing larger from his head as he shifts back to his normal form. I get dressed myself and go towards the throne room to see who the visitor.

I stop and peek around the corner. Zalgo sat on his chair, looking down at the visitor. Standing at nearly the same height as Zalgo in his human form, he has pure white hair, a light complexion, sea blue eyes, and is wearing a light gray suit with a blue tie. His light colors greatly contrast against Zalgo's dark red and black palace theme, what is a man like that doing here? I watch from a distance as to not interrupt the meeting.

"So...Mr. Rivermann-" Zalgo gets cut off. "Please, Damian is fine." The man's voice was soft and very soothing, he's like the opposite of Zalgo. Zalgo frowns in annoyance, "Yes, Damian. As I was saying, I don't believe it is right to allow you here. As you are new, never heard about you until you introduced yourself, having you as part of my kingdom, let alone my court, is not very smart. I have many enemies that will leap at the chance to break down my walls I have built." He shift forward with his fist under his chin. "I understand, my Lord, but I am very useful to you. My deeds spread across the centuries to the great kings of old," Damian looks at my husband confidently, "My words are full of wisdom and my advice can make your kingdom greater than it already is!"

Zalgo eyes the stranger, "I am still going to decline your offer," He sits back again in the chair, "And I don't think my wife would want a stranger walking our halls." He says this as he looks over to me. Damian follows his gaze to me as I step from the the corner, now that I was caught spying on the meeting. "A lovely woman you have, my Lord. But I must insist you take my offer, I'm sure you don't to worry about your wife."

That comment sparks something in Zalgo. He rises quickly from the chair. "What are you saying Mr. Rivermann." He glares down at the man. Damian takes a strong step forward, "I mean that as she is your wife, she mustn't make your decisions for you. Has she yet conceived an heir for you?" My mouth hangs open when he says that. Zalgo growls, "How dare you insult my wife! Get out of my castle!" Damian frowns, "Then you better stop sticking your nose where it doesn't belong." He turns and leaves the palace. I look up at Zalgo. "Who the hell is that?"

"He calls himself Damian Rivermann. He wanted to be an advisor here, but as you saw..." He motions in the direction the man left in. "What a misogynistic man." I comment as I walk up to Zalgo as he get down from the throne to meet me. He nods in agreement, "Something is no right with that man. I'll let the guards know to keep watch for him so he doesn't come here again." I sigh, "Good. I'm going to the Overworld to look around for Fear or find information on the Bewitchress." He looks at me, "Alright, love. Be careful." I kiss his cheek before going to the portal room.