After Artemis had shown me the nooks and crannies of Mount Olympia, and the mansion, she took me to her room. Her room was well furnished, and had several paintings of wild animals. There was an opening which made the roof a see-through.
You could see the skies through it. Her room was decorated with white and silver. Her queen sized bed, had a silver bedspread on it.
"What would you like to eat?" She asked.
I didn't have any appetite for food, I was too excited to, I was in a whole new world, a whole new level, and a whole new reality—with gods.
"I'm not really hungry. But I'll let you know once I do."
"Okay. I'd leave you to freshen up. I'd bring you some clothes. There are some fresh towels in the closet." She said with a smile, before walking out.
I walked to the closet, taking off my clothes, before wrapping up the towel. The door swung open, and I walked towards it, she must have been back with clothes. Surprisingly, I saw him instead! The man–guy.
"Why are you here?" I asked.
"Strip!" He ordered. His voice had gone from calm sea, to stormy.
"What!" If he thinks I'd strip in front of him for no reason, because I'd let him kiss me earlier, he was definitely mistaken! I refuse to let a god use me for his lust filled purposes.
"I said, strip!" The glint in his eyes showed he meant what he'd just said. "Please. I need to see something. I promise I won't touch you, nor try to take advantage of you."
After giving it a few thoughts, I decided to do what he'd asked. This better be good! I slowly tugged off the towel, and heat crept into my cheeks and I flushed. It felt awkward, stripping in front of a god. I let the towel fall freely.
His eyes went dark as they roamed my body, and as he moved closer, I saw anger visible in them. His fingers trailing my chest, I looked down, and for the first time, I saw it. The welts caused by the lightning. This would surely leave a scar. Fortunately, I wasn't feeling any pains.
"Turn around" he ordered again.
I turned, his fingers left lingering trails on my body, my breaths was starting to become heavy from his touch, and like he'd promised, he didn't touch me. Just the welts.
He leaned down, picking up the towel, he turned me to face him, wrapping me up. He pulled me towards him, as his lips muzzled my neck, his breath heavy, his voice gruff as he spoke,
"You seem to be awestruck, by all the gods in this house, except me."
I opened my mouth to speak, but all words left me, and my breathing hitched, as he nipped my neck, sucking on it. It took every ounce of strength in me to resist a moan, and fall right into his arms.
"We need to work on that jelly. A mortal cannot despise the god of the seas."
He pulled back, his eyes held an unfathomable glint in them. He smirked, before walking out. What the hell was wrong with this guy? Why was he trying to get under my skin. And why did he call me Jelly.?
I shrugged the thoughts off my mind, as I walked into the bathroom. The bathroom, like I'd expected was huge! And the tub, oh my gosh! It was big enough for two. And the jacuzzi, I could literally spend the rest of the day bathing, and the soft blue lights, gave the bathroom a relaxing feel to it.
Taking off my towel, I stepped into the jacuzzi, which was definitely my first choice, turning on the hot water, I let it fall on my skin, and my tensed muscles relaxed, as the hot water worked it's magic. I ran my hands through my hair, and after nearly five minutes of reveling in the hot water's touch, I stepped out, wrapping the towel, wringing my hair dry with another. Before stepping out.
Artemis P.O.V
I walked back to father's room, knocking on it. Hera opened. I walked in, father sprawled on the bed.
"What is it?" He asked.
"What should I do with the girl? Should I take her back to Golden City?" I asked. There was no need keeping her around anyways.
"She stays" he replied, with a certain fierceness in his voice.
"Why?" Why would father want a mortal in the house of gods? Except he was planning on using her for his sexual needs. I would never let him do that.
"No questions! She stays! Hera, get me Aphrodite" he ordered.
Hera nodded, as she walked out.
"I do not understand why you want to keep her around! She's not safe amongst gods! Who knows, another fight could ensue, and she might just not be lucky this time"
"She's not safe amongst the humans either" he frowned.
"What does that mean?" I asked, confused.
"Demi god. My lightning bolts are in her, if I take them out, she dies. If she uses them, she dies. I need to figure out a way to get them out–at least, that's what Apollo said."
"Demi god?!" I stared at him wide-eyed. Father made her a useless Demi god who couldn't even wield her powers without dying.
"Yes. But, she must not know about this, or, she might try to leave with my bolts and go kill her self trying to figure out how being a Demi god works."
"Who else knows about this? " I asked.
"Apollo, Poseidon, Hera and I. Now you. And it stays that way, no one else must know about this. "
Not telling her something this huge was definitely wrong. " You need to tell her. She has to know. Before something goes wrong and–"
"Enough!" Zeus said, stopping me with his hands. " We do not tell her, and that's final!"
"Yes father"
Hera walked in with Aphrodite a few minutes later.
"You called" she said grinning.
"Yes I did. You would go into the city, ask her what she wants and needs, get them for her. Get more than enough, she'd be staying for a while."
"Hmm, okay" she said without asking, why Zeus needed her to stay.
Hayley's P.O.V
There was another knock on the door, I walked towards it, opening it.
"Hey, umm– what's your name? Sorry, I forgot to ask" Aphrodite asked.
"Hayley"
"Oh, okay. Hayley, Zeus asked me to ask you what you would want and need for your stay here."
"Stay?" I wasn't intending on staying, all I'd wanted were videos. Proof gods and Mount Olympia existed.
"Yes, Zeus would like to have you in his house, for a few weeks. So he'd make up for nearly killing you. He's deeply sorry, you see."
I was going to say a big no! But, a part of my brain was cooking up pictures of life with gods. I could stay, besides, Zeus wanted me to, who was I to say no. But first, I'd call Zara, to let her know I was safe, before she runs to the cops and they declare me missing.
"Okay, tell him I'll stay"
"Great!" She said with a smile on her face. " So, what would you be needing?"
"First, I need a phone, I'd lost mine after getting hit. Then chocolate, I mean lots of chocolates, a big bowl of ice cream, cereals, cause I love to take those every morning, clothes, lingeries, I love them silky, and as for the clothes, you can get me anything you find okay. And you could add other womanly items needed"
She looked at me, her face contorting into a wierd expression,
"Is that all?"
"Yeah, it is"
She handed me a bag, "wear this first, till I'm back."
"Okay"
"Bye, for now" she said, walking away.