Hello my lovelies! I am so sorry I haven't been able to update in awhile but I just started my new job and let me say that I am TIRED! I work in a childcare facility and I have never been more tired in my life but these children have already captured my heart. I also don't want you guys to miss this story too much. So without further ado...
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RPOV
I enjoyed the dry heat as I watched the humans tend to the dirt below me. It's not often that I travel to this part of the world where the people rarely work the ground for some vegetation but they deserve to eat as well. Although I love to travel the world I do miss home. Mount Olympus is more beautiful than any mortal or god can dream of. A place for the gods to be themselves and feast upon all the luxuries that only a god can handle. However, once I conceived my beautiful Isabella I couldn't imagine living in a place where I could not take her or her father. I settled to live on earth among the humans so I could be with them. Even after Isabella's father was wrongfully taken from me, I could not bear to leave Isabella's side.
Now I spend my days wandering the earth and blessing the people's hard work with bountiful fruit. I missed my daughter whenever I was away which is why I always made my trips short. Although I have missed the feeling of a man lying beside me day after day I would not put my daughter in harm's way. I love men and the bond I feel when I fall in love with someone, mortal or a god. However, my daughter's safety came first. She is the daughter of a goddess and was blessed with the beauty of one as well. Any man would crave to have her in their bed willingly...or not. I could never do that to my child.
As I watched the people working below me I noticed a young girl very close in age to Isabella. She had skin similar to beach sand with raven black hair. She worked closely with a man a few years older than her with a small babe attached to her back with a cloth. A sigh escape my throat before I could sense it. My daughter is always alone. Even if I am gone for two or three days it is still too long without companionship. Any young man would be willing to marry her and she would make a capable wife. I know Isabella longs to marry a man who will love her just as her father loved me but a love like that is rare to find. Even I, a goddess, was only blessed with that type of love once every few centuries. And it never ended well.
I shook my head of such thoughts as I surveyed the people once more. A smile pulled on my face as I grew pleased with their growth. I was about to make my journey up north when my heart clenched within my chest and all sound around me became silent. I could feel my chest become tighter and tighter as a voice, barely above a whisper spoke into my ears.
Mother
Although I could barely hear it I knew it was none other than Isabella. I knew something was wrong. Never before have I heard her call out to me this way.
I could feel distress fill my body as I transcended into the skies and quickly flew home. Never before had I felt this before. Except that one time.... I tried not to think about that dreadful day as I pushed my body harder to move faster. But the closer I flew to home the more I felt panic will every cell in my body.
Once I saw my home in sight I descended to the grass below. I could hear thunder boom in the skies above no doubt sensing my anxiety. I used the strength of the winds to open the main doors scaring Angela into dropping a pitcher on the ground. I normally would have been upset over Angela's clumsiness but I did not care for a piece of dried dirt at the moment.
"Where is my daughter?" I asked as the house began to shake from the storm brewing outside.
I could see Angela trembling and fear forming in her eyes. I had never reacted this way before.
"She went outside a few hours ago, my goddess." Angela stammered as she bowed her head refusing to look into my eyes.
I quickly walked out the door and ran as fast as I could, using all of my senses to track her. Once I reached a clearing I noticed her scent disappeared. I looked all around me and saw nothing out of the ordinary. I turned to look around me and heard a slight crunch beneath my right foot that did not sound like a branch. I stepped back to see a Narcissist flower lying under me.
A Narcissist flower? But they do not grow within this region.
I picked up the plucked flower and could sense Isabella had held it. I gently held the small flower in my palm as reality settled. I could no longer resist the feelings coursing through my body as a tear escaped and fell on the soft petals. I collapsed on the ground as I held the floew in my hands and released a cry so loud and deafening that I could hear the birds around me fleeing from the trees.
My darling Isabella...
My little flower...
was gone.
I know this chapter is a bit shorter than what I normally write but I did want to introduce another pint of view to the story. I really hope that you all enjoyed it and understand where Renee is coming from.
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