"You will like her" the God whispered softly to his son as they awaited the arrival of the mystery girl he had been telling his wife and son about for the past few years. "She is quite beautiful; some may even say too beautiful, that is why they offered her to me. Her people believed that giving us such a beauty would let us leave them be" he said with a slight chuckle, to which his son laughed as well.
"She must be very beautiful then" the son said with another slight chuckle as he drank from the large glass of wine he was holding. His father and him would always eat like Gods; they were Gods, to most if not all. They held all of the power in the world, and his father was currently the strongest of them all, leaving him in second place, which was good enough for him. Even the slightest amount of power was good enough for him.
"Your sister will be quite pleased with this young woman once she is mature enough to receive a host" he said with a small smirk. " I make sure the girl goes in her sarcophagus daily to keep her young until that day comes". The son only nodded. "It will be interesting to see what she is like. Supposedly she is very kind?" he asked, his father only nodding. "She could never hurt anything, especially children. She is very sensitive when it comes to the harm of young ones" he said with a slight sigh. "Her staying with you will help her stay protected, and you would gladly do all of her dirty work for her" he said with a smirk, the son chuckling and nodding. He loved to kill; that he inherited from his father long ago.
"My Lord Apophis, your daughter has matured and taken to her host. I'm afraid it will be some time before she will be able to leave the sarcophagus" the young maiden said, her head hanging low, her voice trembling in fear of death at her saddening news. Apophis only chuckled. "No need to fear, child, that is wonderful news. Me and my son will retire until she is awakened, and let us know immediately when that happens" he ordered, the girl only nodding and quickly scurrying away and back to the sleeping Goddess.
A day passed, Apophis and his son eagerly awaiting the awakening of their beloved family member. His son had only experienced one awakening, and that was his own. He was excited to see what it looked like from another's point of view for once, not to mention he wanted to see how beautiful this girl really was.
"My Lords" the young maiden from the other day said as she bowed and entered the room, going over to the two lounging Gods. "Your daughter is ready to awaken, and should any minute now. Do you wish for me to lead you to her?" she asked, her hands shaking nervously. "Yes, quickly" Apophis said, leading his son and the girl quickly to where his daughter lay.
They had just enough time to stand around the large golden sarcophagus when the doors opened, revealing a still sleeping girl. Klorel held in a gasp. His father was telling the truth, she was very beautiful. She had a tanned skin with dark brown hair that flowed down her shoulders. She had full red lips, and the make-up that was applied to her while she slept accented her perfectly.
"Wake, my child. It's your father and your brother" Apophis said gently, knowing of the girl's skittish and nervous attitude. The small girl's eyes slowly opened, taking in where she was before quickly sitting up, looking around nervously, her chest heaving up and down with her panicked breathing.
Apophis grabbed her hand gently. "Hush now, my child, you are safe" he said with a small smile, causing some of the guard to gasp. Apophis was the serpent God, cruel and harsh towards all. He was never so gentle to anyone accept his wife and family, but usually did not show this side to them in the public eye.
"Father?" she asked, her voice soft, beautifully accented by the odd accent that all of her kind had, before she relaxed, all of the information naturally passed down to her kicking in. "I'm so sorry, I didn't know where I was for a moment there" she said softly. "Not a problem. Come, get out. You have many new people to meet" he said, lifting her carefully out of the sarcophagus as it began to shut behind her, helping her stand on her feet for the first time until she found her balance.
"This is your brother, Klorel" Apophis said with a smile once the servants and guards had left them alone to give her some space. "Hello Klorel" she said with a small smile. He nodded. "Hello to you, Khephri" he said with a smile, looking out the large window in her chambers and out at the landscape of the planet they had just conquered before she had awoken. "What a surprise, it's the morning sun" he said with a chuckle, looking back to her with a smile.
"Now, the good news is not over for the two of you" apophis said, making the two stand next to each other so that he could admire them. "Due to your social standings, the two of you must form a bond, but not the one you are thinking of. In exactly one month, the two of your, brother and sister, are to be married formally in front of the system lords!" he said with a smile, ignoring the shocked and confused looks from his children. "I shall leave you two for now to discuss this" he said with a smile, patting Klorel's shoulder and kissing his daughter softly on the forehead. "I shall see you two later". And with that, he left the two alone, to which the both of them only had one thing to say.
"M-Marry you?"
