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Chapter 5: Soul Mate Connections – Part 1
"We need to turn back!" Serena said suddenly as tiny shivers ran up her spine. The other women turned to look at her as though she was crazed. They were marching still though it was night already and they had just stopped for a break. Serena tensed up and stood abruptly.
A little later, when they were ready to move on. "Your highness, I can't find her." Lita ran to the Prince in alarm her face etched in worry.
Her, meaning Serena, Darien understood. He turned to his other commanders. "Move on without me."
***
Meanwhile, Rei was fretfully sleeping. She tossed and turned in discontentment. And then she dreamed…or was it a dream?
He hovered above her, murmuring.
"Sleep well my pretty prophetess for you will be my vessel. Your rage, anger, pain will suit well my purposes. Sleep well for what you see in dreams will come true in fitful punishment."
Rei struggled and woke up suddenly, heart beating wildly. She dreamt of a storm. A big one.
***
He didn't know where to look. He was riding in circles, his knuckles white as he clutched the reins.
"She could be hurt… she could be dead… No Darien don't think like that… she's just lost…"
He found her unexpectedly while he was ready to give up. But it seems as though it was she who found him. Acute relief overcame him seeing her alive. "What are you doing here?" She asked her voice annoyed.
That set him into a rage. What right has she to be annoyed with him? Wasn't it she who had gotten him all agitated in mindless worry?
"The question is what are you doing here?" Darien growled.
"I want to be left behind."
"You fool! Do you think you have that option?! You are a prisoner."
She flinched at his angry tone and then her own fury matched his. "You know nothing." She whispered
Her whispered words aggravated him more. He came forward and the moonlight washed over his formidable features. He was mad. Mad as hell since he can't understand why he was so shaken when he thought she disappeared.
Undaunted, she approached him as well. His breath caught as he realized that she was near naked. And then his mind clouded in anger yet again. Was she having a tryst behind his back?
"You stupid man." She hissed.
"Was she glowing? It seemed that way to him. Or maybe it was just a trick of light…something doing with the moon."
"You're forgetting your place." He looked down on her.
He can't resist the temptation any longer and while she was biting his head off with calculated cruel snippy words, he lowered his head and began kissing her.
She sensed him, knew what he had been planning to do. She could've step back. She could've disappeared but no…one single moment of surrender.
"A single memory of guiltless pleasure. Let it be this."
And oh! What a kiss. His tongue was teasing, coaxing, begging to enter. Her knees buckled and her emotions went haywire. Serena was ashamed of being affected in such away. She was sexually aware of him as a man. Her hands ached to touch him. All of him.
And the moon seemed to add to the craziness. She had a sudden longing to strip off all her clothes and dance naked in the moonlight. His hand was stroking her hair, his lips moving sinuously to her throat. He was going to leave a love mark there in the morning. Serena the maiden goddess was now painfully aware of the sexual tension.
"What are you doing to me you vile mortal?" She asked hushed that Darien barely heard. But he was too consumed with passion to think about her words.
Grrrack!... Zzzzzding…! Bang…!
It stopped their little interlude from growing any farther. Serena pushed him away as she felt the wetness on her bare skin. "This was what I meant. A storm is coming. It's going to wipe us out if we keep on moving,
Her words washed over him and he nodded. "We need to warn them."
The rain poured down hard and steadily, and lightning slashed repeatedly across the sky.
***
Rei couldn't sleep. Since she woke up with that dream, she hadn't been able to get back to bed.
"I need to look into this." She brooded as her dream flashed before her again and again vividly.
She lit a candle that they had given her and walked noiselessly to the open window. The wind instantaneously blew her long black hair back.
Hands gripping the ridge of the windows, she lifted herself up and jumped down to the ground. She had to interpret this dream fast, for it was coming true in next to no time.
***
They never made it back to the others.
Serena grunted as she dragged his near-unconscious body inside a musty cave. They were both drenched wet, cold and shivering. She dragged him at a corner of the cave, sighed and leaned her tired back at the cave's walls.
"This is ridiculous." Serena thought wryly with grim amusement as she glanced at her surroundings. She shook her head in defeat and glanced at him. She frowned then. He looked strange… His breathing was harsh, eyes still closed and he was sweating though it was so cold.
She touched his bare skin lightly. "Heaven's above! You're burning!"
He made no reply. Serena didn't know what to do. She had no experience with mortal sickness.
Get him out of those wet clothes.
She gave a nod to herself and set herself to the task of removing his clothing. She was inexperienced and had some trouble of what comes off first. She set her eyes of his feet and promptly removed the sandals he wore.
Hmm, what next?
After a bit of more awkward moments, she had him naked.
Goddess though she was, she was a VIRGIN goddess. She made an "eep" sound as she surveyed her work.
"Lily?" … "Lily?!" … "LILY!!!" She called her fairy attendant quickly.
Lily appeared in a sprinkle of dust. She went straightway buzzing her complaints. Serena silenced her with a look.
"Quick a blanket."
Lily made a sound that resembled a sigh and a soft warm blanket materialized.
She flung it a t him and then kneeled arranging carefully so that it covers him completely.
Serena dismissed her fairy. Making an outrage sound before she left she was forced to comply at the order.
Serena winced at the fairy's threat. Lily was going to tell Artemis.
"She's bluffing." Serna hoped. She pushed away thoughts of what her mother was going to do when she finds out about this current situation.
She stripped off of her own clothes and lied down.
"Are you going to die?" She asked in the darkness as she reached for him. She held him close and shared in his dreams.
Very long author's note: All right, I've gotten attached to this story so rest assured readers that there would be an end to this. Starting now, I will personally answer any questions you might have about the story. Just leave your email address and I'll get back to you within a week.
You all might be wondering what Serena's power is. The fact is, she has none at the moment. Other than being a goddess of course, meaning she's immortal, blessed with beauty, grace and all the goes in the goddess territory. But no, she can't read minds, control them for that matter, or do something world-changing… She's still a minor goddess now, and the plans are for her to succeed to Artemis' throne.
To answer some of the questions: Not sure yet about Yaten and Taiki, and no the gods don't know yet about Serena with the humans. Like most gods, she is left alone most of the times. Also, no, Serena did not give herself to Deamando. She's still a virgin. She just only felt Rei's pain.
Ok, I've all probably bored you by now. Till next chapter!