Being the original Cupid's daughter had it's pros and cons.
Pros: Respect, a shitload of candy on Valentine's Day, my powers are more advanced and etc.
Cons: My family.
I shifted a few times in my seat, resisting the urge to roll my eyes which was way harder than you would think especially when your grandmother, grandfather, great aunt and father are all arguing about your current situation.
"I'm going to rip their throats out! " My grandfather, Ares - God of war exclaimed as he slammed his hand down on the countertop.
"Ares calm down" My grandmother said, sipping her tea.
"Calm down?! Fuck no" Ares' voice boomed and I swear the whole house shook. "Somebody has endangered my only grandchild's life and you ask me to be calm? Aphrodite, you must be mad" .
She glared at him but didn't say anything.
I glanced at Blake who was leaning against the wall, amusement on his face.
"What about the boy? Is he aware what's going on? " My dad asked now.
"I'm not sure" I said. " I can get in contact with him "
"Do that.. " Eros sighed.
I stood up, walking towards the living room and found that Blake was following me but at this point, I don't mind.
I pulled out my phone and dialed his number, luckily we exchanged numbers.
"Hello" The familiar deep voice answered.
"Hi.. It's Hazel"
He was quiet for a second.
"Yeah, I know. Is something wrong?"
I glanced back, to see that they started fighting again and sighed.
"How fast can you get over here? " I asked.
"I can leave now if it's that important "
"I'll text you the address"
It was less than 20 minutes before I heard a knock on the door and I quickly went to the door before anyone else could.
By now 2 more family members showed up; Apollo and Persephone. Apparently the situation even has the gods in Olympus in a mess and some of them are coming down to earth to help figure out what happened and how it can be stopped.
"Um hi" I stepped outside, closing the door behind me.
The amount of noise could still heard.
Angel furrowed his thick eyebrows together and asked. " What is it? "
"The tattoo"
"Which one? " He chuckled and I smiled at his good nature-ness that will be stabbed to death repeatly once he steps foot in this house.
"This one. " I touched his hand and an electric shock zapped us and I stepped back.
The seal was getting stronger.
"I have to warn you. My family inside... Hence all the noise " I shifted my weight to the next foot. " They are a little... "
"Crazy? " He finished for me.
"Like all gods "
Opening the door, the noise suddenly stopped.
Everyone looked at us in surprise and Angel looked shocked, almost star struck.
"Everyone, this is Angel" I said.
"Built like a warrior, I love it!. I'm Ares, god of war" My grandfather gave Angel a firm handshake who nodded respectfully.
I sat down next to my grandmother and gestured angel to sit beside me.
I could see Blake glare at him from across the room and his mom, Persephone smiled brightly.
Clearly Blake took after his dad.
"I'm Aphrodite, nice to meet you" She trapped him in a hug and he visibly tensed up, luckily my grandmother let him go quickly.
After everyone greeted him, I felt him relax and even my dad joked around with him abit.
"As you know, you two are connected by the seal which is a horrible fate for cupids. Angel, have you ever came in contact with an arch cupid? " My dad asked.
"Not that I know of"
"Hazel? "
I shook my head.
My grandmother handed me a cup of tea and gave Angel coffee.
"They are targeting your father through you" My great aunt, Athena - Goddess of wisdom spoke up. I almost forgot she was here.
"I'm not surprised " I mumbled.
Since I was born, people have been trying to get to my dad or my family through me, the only difference now is that someone finally found a way to do it.
"If love dies, we all die" It was one of the darkest things I have ever heard Athena say and It chilled me to the bone.
"So what do we do? " Angel asked.
"We find the arch cupids, and kill them! " There goes my grandfather again with the violence.
"For Peters sake ARES!, Violence isn't always the answer! " Athena yelled at her brother, throwing her hands in the air.
I almost laughed at their sibling rivalry.
I swear the amount of family rivalries are unreal.
That's why I'm lucky I don't have any siblings, I didn't want to doomed to the same fate.
When they started up, I quietly slipped away with Angel.
The garden was always my favorite place apart from my room.
It was quiet out here and apart from the cold weather that bit at me, I was relaxed. Angel on the other hand, looked tense and uncomfortable.
He kept his distance but I couldn't.
"You okay? " I asked, eyeing him suspiciously.
For the first time since he got here, I noticed his appearance.
His skin was paler than usual, slightly dark circles were under his eyes and he looked weak.
I don't know how I didn't notice earlier.
"Angel? "
"Do you feel that? "He asked softly." that feeling that everything is being sucked out of you? "
"That's the seal. " I said shortly. It wasn't affecting me as fast because I'm part human but it was doing a number on him.
He tried his best to keep up his badboy façade but I knew he was hurting.. I felt it.
Before I could stop myself, I caressed his cheek, feeling his warm body heat.
I was so worried about dying that I forgot that he was fully cupid and that the poison of the seal worked much faster on him than it did me.
He didn't pull away from my touch instead he pulled me closer so that our chests were touching.
We stared at each other, our breathing in sync.
Then the most beautiful thing happened.
Angel bent down and kissed me.
It was nothing short of breath taking. A feeling washed over me that I never experienced, a feeling of pure bliss.
He pulled away, trying to catch his breath.
"I think I love you" Angel whispered, then he fainted.