#DoWeHaveToThough? #LikeReally
Rhea patted his arm. “You’ve always been good to me, Cronie.”
#Bitch #I’llCutYou
Suddenly a beam of light shot from my right hand, completely unexpected and out of my control, and before I could say a word, it shaved the side of Rhea’s hair clean off. A clump of her long, luxurious mane fell to the ground as she stared at me in horror.
“MAISEY!”
#Fuck
“It was the baby!” I grabbed my stomach as Rhea’s hand went to her bald patch, just above the left ear.
“My hair!” she shrieked, looking at the clump on the ground.
Nervous laughter escaped me. “It’s an innocent baby, Rhea, and come on, you look punk rock now.”
She lunged for me, basically frothing at the mouth and ready to kill. Cronus reached out and wrapped an arm across her, sending her flying back across the land. Hyperion tucked me into his body and we started to walk away.
“Let’s give them a minute, shall we?” Hyperion glanced at my belly. “I’m really happy for you, Mais. Gonna make me a great-grandfather.”
At this stage, it was beyond me to work out our messed-up family tree, so I just smiled and nodded. When we got to a thicket of trees, Hyperion pulled me to a halt and knelt down, putting his mouth close to my bellybutton.
“Hey there, kiddo, Great-Grandpop Hype here. Just want you to know I’m really fond of my balls, so please don’t cut them off.”
I chuckled. “She won’t. She only does what I’m thinking.”
Hyperion raised an eyebrow. “So you were thinking about shaving Rhea’s head?”
I winced. “Not exactly in that detail…”
Hyperion pointed a finger at me. “You better control your thoughts, Maisey. This is clearly a super baby and we don’t know what she’s capable of. If she thinks you're in danger, even if you’re joking…”
I held up my hands. “I got it. I’ll be mentally Zen.”
#FuckRhea #ShaveTheOtherSide #KiddingBaby
Hyperion straightened, rubbing the spot on his ribs where the Ery demon had fake gored him.
“What was that like? It was an illusion, right?” I didn’t understand what had happened, but the baby figured out a way to make it work.
Hype nodded. “Too good of an illusion. I thought I was a goner until I realized it was some type of magical projection for the demon’s benefit.”
“We’re ready to travel.” Cronus came up behind us. Rhea was at his side, her hair pulled over one shoulder. She pinned me with a death glare, arms crossed, but didn’t say anything.
Be nice, baby. That’s Mommy’s number one frenemy.
Cronus tucked me into his side as Hyperion lagged behind with Rhea and we set off for the portal.
“So what’s the plan when we get to level one?” My stomach was eating itself from hunger. Why hadn’t I brought snacks to hell? Poor planning on my part.
Cronus nodded. “You’ve got my body on Earth?”
“Yep. Okeanos and the others are guarding it.” Talking about my boyfriend’s dead body was traumatic in so many ways.
“Good, then when you get up top, get some food.” He patted my belly, which was growing at an alarming rate. I looked like I’d just had Christmas dinner. #WouldKillForTofurkey.“And then help Hyperion resurrect me.”
I nodded. “And then we live happily ever after?”
