Chapter 10

"Mother! I have a good news! Finally, I'm going to be a father. Eris is pregnant!" Apollo is holding my hand when he told Leto about the news. I'm not sure if Leto is happy or not because her face is blank.

"Aren't you happy Mother? Our wedding is coming soon and then this baby came. We're so lucky." Leto smiled at him but I can feel that she's just forced to do that. Apollo hug her and she return the gesture.

"I'm happy for you Son."

"Thank you, that's what I wanted to hear."

I'm not sure what to say so I just smiled at Leto. After a minute, Artemis arrived. She just came from hunting with Hermes in the woods, her bow and arrow still strapped on her shoulder.

"What is happening here?" she asked, kissing her mother's cheek. "Why are you here, Brother? And you have the witch with you." she added, not caring if her words hurt me. I wanted to answer her but I decided to keep my mouth shut.

"How many times do I have to tell you to stop calling Eris like that? What's wrong with you Artemis?"

"I'm sorry, I cannot help it."

I can feel the tension in the air but I tried to calm myself and prayed that everything will turn out fine later.

"Why are they here mother? To get your blessing on their wedding? Are you sure you wanted to give that to Eris?" Leto is not saying anything, her face still unreadable.

"Go ask your brother." she said.

"Eris is pregnant, we're just telling the good news to our Mother, Artemis. We're going now."

Before we can leave, Artemis said something that makes me want to slap her face.

"Serioulsy Apollo? You're okay with being the father of chaos?! Are you out of your mind? There's enough chaos in the world and you're making another one?! God, for tartarus sake, you're crazy."

"Don't talk about my child like that." I finally said, getting my voice back. "You don't have the right."

"And you have the right to ruin my child?" Leto said that suprises me. So she doesnt like me then, we're even. I don't like her

"If you think that I'm ruining Apollo, then you don't know anything." I know Apollo will get mad at me for standing against her mother, but I will not let anyone insult me especially my child.

"Mother, Artemis, what's wrong with Eris? She already changed. Why don't you just accept the fact that I'm marrying Eris then shut up?!" I never thought that Apollo will say those words to Artemis, especially to Leto. Their mother stood up and slapped his face.

"You see? You see what Eris is doing in your life? She's destroying the Apollo that I raised. She's destroying the Apollo that is respectful and loving. Who do you think you are to tell me to shut up? You're just my son, and nothing more." Her words hurts me as much as it hurts Apollo.

"You can marry her all you want but you don't belong to this family anymore." Artemis and Leto left us, and that's the very first time that I saw Apollo cry.

"Apollo?"

"I'm sorry, Eris. I'm really sorry. Just..just leave me alone for now. I'm sorry."

I don't want to leave him but I don't want to deny him as well. I left him and that's the last time I saw his face.

I was expecting Apollo to visit me after that night but he didnt. I waited for days and not even his shadow is present, I realized that maybe he choose them over me, and it made me feel so worthless. He made me feel so worthless.

I decided to leave Olympus to forget everything and to forget him. However when Etalia came out, all the memories came back because my daughter reminds me of him, of the past that I am hiding. Of the man that I've lost and loved.

"Honey...God, If only I knew, we knew about this, we should've done something. Eris, you've hide this pain for seven long years. I'm so sorry." Aunty Demeter is now crying in front of me. She keeps on apologizing for the pain that she didnt give.

"It's okay, Aunty. It's okay."