Tempted By Darkness

Priorities

"I see you around my daughter again and you are dead, King Alec."

"Papa! I will make you eat worms if you hurt him again." Hades turned around to face his daughter. She had gone crazy alright. How could she still be defending this little insolent fucker.

"Athena. This is not up for discussion. He very well knows he should not be here. And we need to discuss important matters." He mumbled the last words. Despite being nothing but a piece of paper, its weight in the pocket of his pants was becoming unbearable.

Athena looked at Alec, nibbling on her bottom lip, thinking. And then she slightly nodded at him, smiling apologetically.
Hades heard the door clicking shut and finally the time had come.

"Let's eat first Papa, shall we?" She beamed taking the bag he was holding from his hands.
He almost forgot about it. He had gone out to Athena's favorite restaurant and bought something to eat for her once she woke up.

He surely did not expect King Alec to make a move on her already.
He wanted to kill him, slice him into pieces and then feed them to his helldogs.
But the again he could be the father of his grandchild. So there was that.

"Papa, I don't know if I want to open that letter.." Hades looked up from his plate and observed his own daughter. Her eyes were hunted, but there was also a fierceness that made him so very proud of her.
Athena's hands were resting on her lower belly in a way that only a mother did.
And like that, he knew that whatever the result would be, she would keep the child.

His little warrior.

"We will open it together when you feel ready. It does not matter if this child will have a father. I will be with you every step of the way."

Athena's eyes brimmed with tears, but she was still smiling at him. His heart was hurting for her.

"Come here. Let Papa hold you a little bit." He spread his arms wide. Like he had done so many times when she was still a little kid.

She chuckled as she rose from her seat and dove into him.

"Oof. You surely do not weight like a little kid anymore." He teased, closing her onto him.
She rewarded him with a slap at the back of his head but he kept his hold on her. Brushing through her hair and leaving a soft kiss at the top of her head.

"You will always be Papa's girl, Athena. You better remember that. Even when that cretin of a Light King steals you away from me."

"We are just friends, Papa. He won't be stealing me anytime soon." But then his daughter suddenly grimaced.

"What? Do you feel sick?" She turned to look at him, still frowning.

"No. Yes. Kinda. Papa, we need to look at that letter now." He did not understand the urgency but he handed her the letter anyway.
She snatched it out of his hands and hurriedly opened it.

"What is happening, Athena? Why are you so upset?" She was still trying to unfold the paper when she glared at him alarmed.

"What if I have been fucking Alec and then got pregnant with his dad's child? This is most unsettling. It would make me a really disgusting person! I need to know now. I surely won't be fucking him again if I am to birth his sibling."

Wo. Wo. Wo. Too much info. Too much info. Retreat. Retreat. System shut down in 3...2...1

Hades was still frozen with shock when his daughter once again faced him with a desperate expression.

"What? What does it say?" He asked worriedly, cupping her cheek.

"Papa, I don't understand this. What kind of language is this?" His gaze traveled to the letter in her hands and he burst out laughing as soon as he recognized the old symbols.