“All right, my dear. It’s time to get you back to your man before he storms Olympus. I fear he is getting very close to doing so.” She rose and held out her hand for me.
Together we traveled to the underworld. I asked her how she could come here, and she said he had invited her more than a thousand years ago, to talk about me, because he missed me so much. She had consoled him. When we entered the door to the palace, she was right about him having defeated anyone who attacked them. There were dismembered and bleeding bodies everywhere. My hand covered my mouth, while my stomach started stirring.
“Yes, quite disturbing, my dear.” Her nose scrunched up from the smell.
“Anubis, you need to clean this up before your wife barfs all over the floor,” she directed, and suddenly Tristan was there, in all his godly Anubis glory. Head of a wolf-like creature, and body of one sexy warrior. He growled at Aphrodite, and when his eyes landed on me, his big eyes widened and suddenly all the dead bodies were gone. It was like the carnage had never existed. He started to shift from his giant ten feet tall Anubis, to my still-beautiful Tristan.
“Gods, Thalia!” He had his arms wrapped around me in an instant.
“You took her?” he asked Aphrodite, which she simply nodded in reply, perhaps feeling that intoxication from our love right now, by the look on her face.
“You knew we were going to be attacked.” He made it as a statement. There was no question now.
“I had to get her out of here.” Aphrodite stood tall, proud of what she did. Heck, I felt proud of her being my mother right now. She saved me and my babies. Tristan’s hold on me didn’t falter, he only scooped me up and set me on the couch. I looked around for our friends, but didn’t see them.
“They are sleeping things off. They fell sick with the mist, but will recover completely in a few hours.” His voice was gruff, like the beast in him was still lingering close to the surface.
“I love you.” I told him, resting my head against his chest. I never wanted to live in a world without him, even for a short period of time.
“Forever yours, love.” He kissed my head and held me. Aphrodite hung around for about thirty minutes, and listened to our plan. She vowed to assist us, knowing that things will sway more in our favor with her around. She would be there personally with me to help with labor, alongside the doctor. It helped know our support system was growing. We just had to wait. I hoped that the time moved quickly because I was tired of so many things happening. I was ready to just relax more with my family… Have a bbq or something.
