Act 13: Psyche
Psyche listened to Aschimos's even breathing. Psyche had pretended to fall asleep first while she waited for Aschimos to fall asleep. She usually is the first one to fall asleep. However, she had forced herself to sleep during the day in order to stay awake that night.
At first, Psyche was able to ignore her sisters' advice, just assuming they spoke out of jealousy. She talked Aschimos into allowing her sisters to visit again. Psyche figured that if Prota and Deftera were to visit her more often and see how truly happy she is, they would drop their campaign against Aschimos. However, they continued to prod her into sneaking a look at Aschimoss and killing him. Prota and Deftera's advice combined with Psyche's own curiosity made her form her own logic. Aschimos had proved his love to her through gifts and words. But he should be able to show her his face, no matter how embarrassed he may feel about his looks. And if he was really planning to murder her…at least Psyche was prepared.
Psyche climbed out of the bed, trying to keep her movements quiet and steady. She figured that Aschimos was not a heavy sleeper since he always managed to go to bed after her and wake up before she did. Psyche reached under her pillow to get the knife and penlight. She tiptoed to Aschimos's side of the bed.
Taking a deep breath, Psyche turned on the penlight and shined it directly on Aschimos's face. Psyche almost dropped the penlight when her hand flew to her mouth to cover her gasp.
He—he's gorgeous! thought Psyche. Psyche took in his features from his flaming red hair to the peaceful look on his sleeping face. No mortal man could be this beautiful, she thought. Could he be a God? All this time, I've been married to a God! He's as beautiful outside as he is inside.
Psyche laid the knife on the edge of the bed and bent down. Just as she was about to kiss her husband, the penlight slipped from her hand. It hit Aschimos's temple, before landing on the bed.
Random Note: Double acts for Psyche this time. I've completed maybe 2/3 of the story so far, and there's still a lot to go! Think I'm doing a good job so far? A bad job? If so, please lemme know. J
