AN: Alright Word sucks. I had my chapter mostly typed and I went to save it again and the whole document went poofie! I am so upset cause now I have to rewrite all of Stryker's stupidity. *sighs*Back here we go. So sit back, relax, and enjoy!
Disclaimer: I only own Nia and Aeson. Stryker's stupidity belongs to Kenyon!
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"She's going to pay for this" Stryker seethed. Medea and Zephyra rolled their eyes.
"No she's not Strykerius. Neither one of them will" she said. Stryker narrowed his eyes at her. She scoffed. "I'm not one of your silly little warriors that are scared of you Stryker. I am you wife and equal in this, but let me tell you, I'm calling the shots. Your little need for vengeance on Apollonia got us into this mess with Lady Apollymi. I'm not going to let my children die for your stupidity."
"They won't die. Apollymi couldn't hurt someone else's child the way her son was hurt" Stryker said. Phyra rolled her eyes.
"Were you not there, Stryker? Apollymi didn't threaten you. She threatened our children and me. And as for not killing the kids, she took out an entire country. Atlantis is sitting in the bottom of the Aegean Sea because someone dared harm Acheron. She killed unmercilessly, including children. Think before you act dumbass." With those parting words Zephyra and Medea left him to his thoughts.
He needed vengeance on Apollonia. She was a spoiled little goddess that he blamed for Urian becoming rebellious. His late wife had nothing on Nia. He would make her suffer at the hands of her lover. Leonidas was a failure, but he would call on Aeson. After all, Aeson had never been able to say no to his father before.
He would show Apollonia the greatest betrayal. He would show her how much contempt he held for her, which was ever growing as he tried to figure out where to house his army. The darkness would rise and Stryker would win.
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"Aeson, can you cover Roulette for Ashley tonight?" Damien asked as Aeson and Nia walked into the already busy casino. "Her sister went into labor." Aeson nodded once and kissed Nia gently before he headed over to the table, a smile plastered on his face.
"He's a good man" Nia said. Damien smiled like a proud father at Aeson. That boy was loyal to a fault, if only he could cut all ties to his past.
"That he is. He turned out alright for being Stryker's progeny." Nia froze. Who's what? Sin and Kat came up behind her as she fought to control her raging emotions. He was Stryker's son? Her breathing was ragged. Was he just as cruel as his father?
"Nia? What's wrong?" Kat asked. She shook her head. Of course she had to fall for Stryker's son. Her worst enemy. Wasn't it bad enough she had bedded Urian all those centuries ago? No, now she had fallen for Aeson. Could this day get any worse?
"I need to go see Ash. Kat, would you mind?" Kat frowned but did what she requested and flashed Nia to Katoteros. Nia looked around in wonder. She had never been here before. It was different than what she thought, but very similar to Ash.
"Oh Alexion" a feminine voice murmured. Nia frowned.
"Danger?" The petite brunette poked her head around a corner.
"Nia? What are you doing here?" Danger asked. A perturbed blonde poked his head around the corner too.
"I came to see Acheron. Is he with Tory?" she asked. Danger and Alexion came to stand before her, Alexion looking much like the protector he was.
"No, he's in the throne room trying to control three demons. I don't think it's working so well though" Danger said.
"Great, so he's not in the mood to put up with my problems. Crap" Nia muttered. Alexion's eyes softened.
"What is wrong, ma komatia?" Nia sighed. Alexion was like another brother to her. This would end well, not.
"The man I love is Stryker's son" she whispered. Danger whistled.
"Ouch."
"He is nothing like his father, Nia. He has a heart, which is breaking now that he knows Damien told you. He can't break the bond he has with Stryker, but he refuses to hurt you. Nothing in this world is ever free and Aeson is about to learn what the cost of love is" Ash said from behind her. Nia turned and looked at him and the white blonde man next to him.
"Urian?"
"In the flesh, panémorfo" he said with a grin. Nia groaned. When she asked if her day could get any worse, she meant it as a rhetorical question. Stupid Fates.
"What a wonderful day. I think I'm going back to bed and just starting everything over again" Nia said. She wanted to cry. First she found out that Stryker was Aeson's father, then she saw a ghost from her past she wanted to avoid at all costs and oh! It just got better. The only two men she had slept with were brothers. Shoot her now.
"Urian, Danger, Lex, give us some privacy" Ash said, seeing his sister breaking. They all quickly nodded and went different ways.
"Ma komatia, everything will be ok" Ash whispered as he pulled her into his arms. Nia let the tears flow, the mantra not leaving her head.
"The face you seek will be the one to destroy you" she whispered. Ash pulled back with a frown. "I've heard that since I went to Xypher about my dreams. Apparently the face in my dreams will destroy me and it's Aeson's face Ash. He is the one that will destroy me."
"He won't Apollonia, he would never do anything to hurt you" Ash said. The thing was he couldn't see Aeson's future, which meant he was an integral part of his life, he just hoped that whatever Stryker had planned, Aeson would be able to fight it. "You are both strong and like Zarek has learned from Astrid, life isn't learning about finding shelter in the storm, it's about learning to dance in the rain. You and Aeson have a storm coming, but don't take the easy way out. Fight for it Nia." Nia thought about the quote.
"Can you send me back to Vegas? I need to talk to a certain Daimon that has my heart." Ash smiled and kissed her forehead before flashing her back to the casino, straight in front of Aeson. Nia took a deep breath. Looks like she was about to get wet.
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AN: Huh, *looks over chapter* That was so not what I had in mind, but I kinda like it… it works for me! See now the warning makes sense. I still have yet to know what I'm doing for the rest of this story, but you can bet Aeson and Nia are having a fun talk next chapter! Well, thanks for reading now please review!