"The pain didn't bother her in fact she was used to it"
Amaryllis patched up her wound and hid it before her father came. She hid the pain fairly well but it hurt to bend down to get anything. Her father has come for his weekly visit to make sure she's been keeping the shadows in line. He didn't pay much attention to her body movements but he did notice the changes in her voice at times.
"Darling what's wrong?" The question startled her so she wasn't to sure what to say.
"Dad I'm gonna be honest something doesn't feel right and I'd like to leave this realm and go to the hum-"
"No, absolutely not, your mother died there so it will not be happening end of discussion." He said without missing a beat. Almost like he recited this speech before. "Don't ever ask me again til it is safe there, which may be never." He walked alongside her to the exit of the castle, but she needed a minute to take in what he said. "And you didn't do to good of a job hiding that stab wound, you're bleeding" he healed it for her "Don't ever leave this realm again unless its to see me" he said and hugged her then vanished back to the underworld.
She huffed and stomped into her room and flopped on the bed rather dramatically. Her best friend and right hand woman came into the room and leaned on the doorway.
"Let me guess you got busted again by your father" Sage asked her knowing exactly what happened, it happens an awful lot but this time could of ended worse. "The mortal realm is dang-"
"Yes I know but I want to explore I am pretty sure I found my mother's killer, I have to end him" she said cutting Salem off mid sentence.
"As bad of an idea it is, if I help you will you stay in this realm?"
Amaryllis perked up intrigued "yes, are you serious?" She couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"Yes but we need to go now so we can get back before your curse gets worse"
Amaryllis smiled and got up grabbing a few things "Then lets get going"
"Oh dear" Salem knew this would be a mistake. Amaryllis hasn't done more then two bad things in her life so her curse wasn't to bad yet but this may set it off worse and she would be afraid to see what happens.
They traveled to the mortal realm and instantly they both had a bad gut feeling,and what they were about to discover would explain that feeling. They proceeded to walk into town, Amaryllis walked Sage down the alley she was attacked but the alley was very well lit and less creepy now. It was the same time of day, they continued down the alley when they heard a small voice quaking and cracking. They followed it and to their horror they found the teenage daughter of Aphrodite, Harmony, hunched over her mother's dead body. Amaryllis walked over cautiously and kneeled beside her and pulled her close letting her cry. Sage examined the body and the markings were very different then the ones found on Persephone so that would indicate their is more then one killer. Once they got Harmony calmed down they saw the wound similar to Amaryllis's and she had a feeling these wounds were not lucky shots but a torture method, a marking or a warning shot they got Aphrodite's body out of there without any mortals detecting them. Harmony finally calmed down enough to tell them what happened as they tended to the wound.
"What happened dear?" The girl was no older then 16, so while Sage tended to the wound Amaryllis distracted her from the physical pain.
"I was with my mom doing our usual walkthrough of this town and these men came after us, one stabbed mom while one held me so I couldn't get to her then stabbed me" She explained as her eyes teared up again. She needed her dad's help even though she would get into trouble. She contacted him and he came immediately and comforted Harmony.
"Dad i need you to take this curse off me so I can stay here temporarily please" She practically begged "If you do I promise I will never leave my realm again unless I have to.
He hesitated but nodded "Fine you have a month and Sage can stay with you, someone will need to protect Harmony though. We have no idea who we are dealing with currently"
Amaryllis nodded if she wanted to rule over the underworld this test of strength and wisdom would have to show her dad she can rule.
Her dad lifted the curse "if you can do this and get close I'll extend it and leave the curse off but you have to stop this killer, our family is at stake. If you can do this then you will be able to rule when I step down." He smiled some he was proud of the woman she is becoming. He could see her mother in her, with that he vanished with Aphrodite's body he had to tell Zeus what happened.
The three girls were now alone to face what the mortal world would throw at them and now Harmony vows to avenge her mother, but none of the girls know what danger lurks in the shadows.