Luke Curses Me Out
-Palla
I sat on the window seal in my suite. It was close to the top deck, near Luke's study. Kronos' room was a few floors up too, but I don't like talking about that… whatever it is. Lupii were asleep in the corner as Bambi and I watched the dawn sky turn blue.
"How much long do I have to pretend to like him?" I asked her. "I'm sick of wearing dresses."
I could see her shaking her head in disbelief at me from the corner of my eyes. "You're not wearing one now."
That was true. I was wearing my black and gray camouflage sweet pants with a white, fitted cropped T-shirt with a cropped hoodie that matched the pants and pumas, my favorite outfit.
"Anyway… wait, why are you wearing that? That is too revealing young lady! You're too young to be wearing that! You're only-"
"Over four thousand years old?" I finished. She looked down. Her stubby tail went down a little and a shadow came over her face. "My greatest apologies, my Lady."
I told her several times to not call me with any authority. I didn't try to correct her; I was too busy looking at where I was.
"It's been too long," I told her. "I've dreamed of this day, and it's great that it came."
I looked at Bambi. She had a look of pride, and then she looked back at the view of modern Alexandria and became worried.
"Now, what was that about not liking Luke?" before I could come up with a lie, I heard my door open. Bambi raced to Lupii and dragged him and his bed under the mine with her.
Ok, so I don't like Luke, I love him. So technically, I didn't lie. I just found it weird if I loved the man who killed my little sister. Yet, like Annabeth told be the first time we met, it's hard not to like him.
Luke walked into the room with his hands behind his back. He looked shocked when he saw me. Since I wasn't around my sister, I was transforming, but now, I felt the same as usual, but I still love Luke, so it's either permanent or I'm still not full back to normal.
He did ask why I was sitting on a balcony dressed like a soldier. He walked on the balcony and smiled. I turned to him and jumped down. He kissed my cheek affectionately and asked me to sit down.
"Close your eyes, and don't peek." He ordered. Usually, this is what you never do around Luke. He killed his favorite ugly "Upalompa' thing name Kelli once telling her to close her eyes, because he had a gift for her, but stabbed her with Backbiter instead. I did what he told me. I felt something cold around my neck. He fastened it for me and scooted back.
"Ok," he said, taking a breath. "Open."
I looked down to see a familiar necklace around my neck. It was a golden necklace, with a 'Leb' attached to an 'Ankh' mad from two snakes. The golden chain was also mad of two.
I jumped up. I started trying to take the cursed necklace off. Luke looked at me worried and tried to calm me down. Once he did, he looked me in the eyes and saw that I was worried.
"What's wrong you don't like it?"
I broke his grip and walked to the other side of the balcony. I realized I was crying. "How could you do this to me?"
He didn't dare come closer. He began t ask me what was wrong, but I cut him off.
"This necklace is a curse of love!" I said. It came out louder than I wanted. The monsters heard me from down below and stared up, waiting to hear the rest.
"This necklace is a true legend of Egypt, given to an ancient queen's lover. The goddess was angry at her for certain reasons. To get rid of the queen, she gave her true lover a necklace to give to her, saying that it would make the queen fully his forever, since the queen could not marry him. Once put around her neck, she was cured. She became immortal, a teen forever. But, if her lover would one day break her heart or find someone new, she would die, and it came."
Luke spun me around and put his hands on my shoulder firmly. "Pallina, I promise to never hurt you or leave you, I love you."
"But you will," I warned.
"I promise."
"As did the queen's lover."
And with that, I took his hands off my shoulder and began to climb the rail. "I'm going into Alexandria. I will be back soon."
And with that I left jumped off into the water.
Ok, sorry this chapter is so short. This is all you need to know right now, Thank you for reading & updating should come faster since its summer! :P