Updated: 28/8/2021

Happy 29th Birthday to Me and Happy 55th Birthday to my Dad!

This is the biggest mass update I have done

Chapter .2.

Failing her wasn't an option.

He would never fail her.

NEVER…

He had healed Isabella as much as he could at this stage. But she was weak and emancipated. So he could give her as much ambrosia and nectar as he wanted. But he couldn't have her burning up.

And he didn't want to expose her to his family just yet. She probably won't be able to handle it. After all she probably had been through. And he didn't think she knew she was a Demigod. Because why wouldn't she have weapons to defeat those vampires?

Also her genealogy had her real name and the name she used. So maybe she really didn't know the truth.

He would have to figure out a right time to tell Athena, Persephone and Hades that their daughter was here and his soulmate. But again now wasn't the time. He wanted to get to know her first and to earn her truth before he introduced her to anyone else.

He had voiced these things to Hecate and Hestia and both had promised they would keep this a secret and cover for him for as long as possible. He was so thankful they both understood. And so thankful to have at least one person in his family that was being kind to him about not having a soulmark for 4,000 years.

Apollo made a note to buy Hestia a couple of things she would like and owe her a couple of favours. He actually felt that he owed her more then that. But it was a start.

Apollo sighs Isabella was beautiful. Yes she had the marks of torture and suffering. But she would always be beautiful to him. He wondered if she would like him. But he knew he shouldn't push her.

He was thinking so hard that he nearly missed the small groan from his bed. His eyes snap to Isabella and saw her moving slightly.

"No…no…stop….someone…help…", Isabella moans in her sleep.

Apollo rushes to her side and touches her hand that had the IV in hit. (The other was in a cast).

"Isabella shush now your safe my light. Your safe with me", Apollo says softly over and over again.

Finally her eyes start to open on him. And he sees those beautiful chocolate brown/grey eyes he had first seen in the clearing glaring at a vampire in defiance while said vampire was torturing her, where he saved her. But as he looked closer at her eyes their seemed to be a ring of black around it. He guessed that the black might have to do with Hades. The grey from Athena and the Brown from Persephone or her Mortal Blood Adopted Parents.

"Who?" she rasps and coughs.

"Easy my light. I have some water for you", Apollo says gently helping her to drink some water, "Easy slowly you don't want to be sick. Don't worry there will be plenty more"

Bella was confused where was she? What happened? Whose bed was this? Who was this man that was helping her? Was he really helping her? Did he want something?

As everyone seemed to want something from her or to torture her emotionally or mentally or physically.

He takes the water away he she tries to take him in. He had a sunny disposition. He had sunny blonde hair with sky blue eyes with a ring of gold around the iris's. He wore casually clothes that looked to be expensive.

She saw his expression was between pained, wonder, concern and anxiety and seemed to be analysing her just as he was analysing him. She had gotten good at reading people after Ed…HE felt him. She saw no malice in his facial expression and his body language. And this man she sensed was safe and would protect her. Sometimes her six sense was useful.

Apollo saw her analysing him. Just like her Mother Athena. He hoped his expressions and body language was giving her the impression she could trust him.

"Who are you?" Bella asks trembling slightly.

"What do you remember?" Apollo asks gently.

"Victoria, Laurent, pain, so much pain…", Bella says trailing off her eyes showing her fear.
As she started to have a panic attack. Thinking about what happened too her.

He slowly runs his hand through her hair. She flinched at first but then leaned into his touch.

"Easy I swear nobody will hurt you again and I won't hurt you. I'll never hurt you", Apollo tells her softly, "Deep breaths my light. Deep breaths", he says coaching her through her panic attack.

Before he starts singing to her softly. Gathering her slowly into his arms. Taking his time to see her reaction to his movements. But his touch seemed to be what she needed besides his singing.

Bella felt the gentle touch of someone running their fingers through her hair. It was smoothing and she sensed this was a safe motion. She heard words telling her to take deep breaths and then singing. The singing was so nice and so beautiful. The voice was the most beautiful voice she had ever heard.

She felt herself being gathered into a persons arms so softly and gently it didn't hurt her still healing injuries. And this males touch didn't hurt her like others did. His touch and his surrounding presence made her feel calm, safe and loved for the first time in a really long time.

"Who…who are you?" Bella asks after she had started to calm down.

"I am Apollo. I saved you from those…vampires", Apollo says gently.

Bella flinches a bit, "You killed them?"
"The male. The female got away", Apollo admits not wanting to lie to his soulmark.

"She will come for me. She will come and kill you and everyone else that helped me", Bella panics.

"Don't worry my light she has nothing on me", Apollo assures her.

"How do you know?" Bella asks trying to understand what he was saying.

"First are you in pain?" Apollo asks going into Doctor mode asking her questions.

She answers them and he gives her some type of food. To her it tasted like Grandma Higginbotham's cookies. It made warmth spread through her body and it took away the pain.

"The is spiecal food/medicine that I will explain in a moment. But I have also given you a powerful painkiller as you had a lot of broken bones and other injuries. And I can't heal them all at once", Apollo tells her.

"Heal them? Like a doctor?" Bella asks softly settling into his bed.

He had let her go and settled into a chair beside her. He fixed her blanket pulling it up to keep her warm so he could try and explain as carefully as he could about THEIR world.

"How much do you know about the Gods? The Greek and Roman Gods specifically?" Apollo asks gently.

"I know the general stories that were told in school. But I…", Bella stops looking embarrassed she actually has a slight blush to her deathly pale skin.

"But?" Apollo prompts gently.

"But I loved to read more then what was taught in school. I loved reading about the Greek and Roman Gods. But something draw me to the stories of Lady Athena, the Underworld Gods and the story of…Artemis and Apollo. But mainly Apollo", Bella says looking at him questionary.

He said his name was Apollo. Was he named after the Sun God?

Apollo took a deep breath hopefully she would believe him. At least she had read the stories. And she had actually been drawn to HIS stories. He hoped he wouldn't scare her off with the truth and maybe her belief in those stories. He HAD done bad things. He could admit that.

"Isabella all those stories are…true and I'm THE Apollo, God of the Sun, Light, Healing, Disease, Plague, Music, Art, Archery, Poetry, Reason, Knowledge, Truth and Prophecy", Apollo says a bit scared about how she would act.

She tried to comprehend what he was telling her. So all those stories were true and he WAS the God Apollo?

But again her six sense told her he wasn't lying to her. And that all this was true.

"So you're THE Apollo?" Bella asks him tentatively.

"Yes", Apollo replies.
"What would you want with someone as broken, plain and scarred like me?" Bella asks to the God.

Apollo gently cups her face tracing the claw marks on her face. Bella tries not to flinch. It wasn't hard his touch really didn't make her want to flinch. But to lean into his touch.

"You are beautiful Isabella. Don't let anyone tell you different. You will ALWAYS be beautiful too me. I see a strong, kind, beautiful woman who was a heart of gold. Who has been through so much and still doesn't let it break her. You are strong Isabella and more spiecal then you know", Apollo tells her wiping her tear away.

"You really mean that?" Bella whispers.

"God of Truth", Apollo points out with a smile as he made her smile.

"Really coming to pull that title? I had many people lie to me before", Bella tells him even through she had a smile on her face.

Apollo could see how she would think that and he didn't even know her full story yet. But the thing with his soulmark/soulmate was that he could feel he couldn't really lie to her. He assumed it was part of the bond that they wouldn't be able to lie to the other or it was just him with his domain of truth.

"I wouldn't and can't lie to you Isabella", Apollo says truthfully.

"Wouldn't or Couldn't?" Bella asks.

"Both. Would you allow me time to prove myself Isabella?" Apollo asks gently.

Bella looks into his sky-blue eyes and she could see how much he wanted her to believe him. And she knew one thing that truly scared her.

She believed him…

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