Selene's Heir
Chapter 10

"How are you choosing which ones to punish and which ones to let free? Who are you to choose our fates for us? Why shouldn't the other Primordials be allowed to run free?" Eros asked harshly, and I could feel the other girls bristling at his tone. "Don't you dare talk to her like that!" Aoife snapped, jumping to her feet, grey eyes snapping. "Sit down and be quiet or I shall make your potential love life a living hell." He threatened and Annabeth pulled her down, whispering frantically in her ear. "You're right, I don't have the right to make your choices for you. But, you and I both know that while there are peaceful Primordials, there are some that aren't and humans shouldn't have to deal with an enemy that they can't see or fight against. I'm not here to make your choices for you, I'm here to ask you to help us to avoid bloodshed on both sides." I said, hoping he would listen to that at least. Psyche smiled slightly at me, pulled Eros up, and they went to talk in the hallway. I take a breath and release my wings. I should probably figure out how to fly soon and I wish I could stop putting them away. They keep cramping and it hurts! Eros and Psyche come back and she nods slightly at me. "I will aid your cause, but after, I will require a favor." He says and I smile, relieved that my first mission succeeded. "Thank you so much!" I say and he nods, eyes crinkling at the corners and Psyche comes and hugs me. "Well done, you presented yourself very well." She whispers in my ear. She lets go and I stand up and shake Eros' hand. "Tell me before you leave. You have wings, but do you know how to fly?" he asks, curiosity in his voice and I shake my head "no" and flutter my wings wildly. "You are creating a typhoon." He says dryly and I stop, feeling the tension in the group behind me start to rise again. Alpha, who was sleeping at my feet, lifts his head to bare his teeth at Eros. "Come with me and I shall teach you. You may stay here as I have no wish to become target practice." He says to the Hunters, Artemis and Annabeth. Thalia and I exchange puzzled looks but I nod. For some reason, I feel like he's testing us to see if we'll trust him. "Psyche, my darling, could you please?" he asks her and she nods and sits down, picks up a bell, rings it, and the same old man from earlier comes in. "can we get some more refreshments please, Xavier?" he nods and walks away. "Come Serena." Eros says and walks away and I follow him. We start to go up some stairs and finally come out of a trapdoor on top of the ceiling. Wait a minute… "Do you know how birds learn to fly?" he asks me, coming to stand behind me. "Their mother pushes them out of the nest." He says and pushes me off the roof. Surprised and scared at the ground hurtling up to meet me, I scream, my wings flapping wildly. I roll before I hit the ground, curling into a ball and covering my head. Eros flies down to me and crosses his arms. "You were supposed to fly, not fall and damage yourself. Foolish child." He says as if this were the easiest thing in the world. "You pushed me off the roof and you didn't even warn me! I don't know to use these things, remember?!" I yell, throat aching, wings fluttering slightly at my anger. "It has been many years since I taught someone to fly, perhaps I should have warned you. For that I apologize." He says and I nod. We march right back into the house, climb up onto the roof again, and this time he warns me before he pushes. We're well into the night before I can safely fly down and back up and I am able to fly well by his standards. That included soaring, dips, extreme dives, spins, and flips. I was exhausted, scraped up, and windblown. But I could fly, and he was looking at me with pride as if I was his child. "Well done, what do you say we relieve Psyche of your friends? Or is it the other way around?" he asked me, a seemingly thoughtful look on his face and I tried to laugh, but all that came out was a croak.
"I have to say, I was really worried with the screaming. But, then again, with being pushed off the roof, I'm surprised she didn't try to kill him." Thalia said as she carried a sleeping Serena to the car and strapped her in. "He did help her learn how to fly though. Poor girl, she was so tired, and her wings are drooping." Aoife said as she smoothed Serena's hair off of her forehead and covered her with her long black jacket. The girls drove to a hotel and put Serena under the covers and her wings spread out on either side of her. "Her wings are longer and she's taller now. Her hair needs a trim too, I can do that tomorrow." Krysta said as she flipped her long black hair back over her shoulder. "Don't go crazy like last time ok, Krysta?" Kylie said, playing with her own recently chopped hair.