After she had called room service, she waited to hear a knock on her door again. She kept thinking about how someone she doesn't know had seen her boobs. It was traumatic.
A few minutes later, the was a knock on the door. She stood up from the bed and opened the door. It was the same guy. Oh God. As if earlier was not embarrassing enough. He noticed her expression and tried to stay professional.
"You called Ma'am?" he asked. "Yes. I wanted to return this." she handed him the tray. " Thank you." he said. She nodded her head and closed her door and came to sit down again. She heard a knock again. She was confused. She got up anyways to see.
It was him again. What the hell did he want now?
"I just want to apologize for earlier miss. I shouldn't have looked and pointed it out. It seemed to make you uncomfortable to see me." he politely said. "Thank you. I really appreciate that." she said. " Let's pretend that didn't happen because we'll be seeing more of each other." he said. She smiled.
"Sure and um, what's your name?" asked she. "Leonidas but you can call me Leon." he answered. "Kristen." She extended her hand and he shook it. "You're foreign aren't you?"
"Yeah I thought that was obvious." she said. "It's not but your name gives it away." " What do you mean?" "Around here, everyone either has a god name or a regular Greek name." "God name?" "Yeah you know. Ares, Zeus, Poseidon, Aphrodite." "Oh those mythological Greek gods." "They're not mythological. They existed. In fact they still do."
Kristen could not believe it. He was saying that Greek gods actually still exist. That's gotta be a lie. "So you're saying that people can shape shift and teleport?" she asked.
"Possibly." "Wow!"
"Anyway, I have to go so have a good night." Leonidas said and left.
She closed the door slowly and went and laid on her bed. She was thinking about what Leonidas told her. Did Greek gods really exist? If so, then other mythological creatures may exist. She found it hard to believe and yet so intriguing.
_ _ _
Achilles had long left the Palace. He was walking down the street when he saw some kids sitting on the floor.
"Look, it's our Prince Achilles." one kid said. They got up and bowed before him. He smiled at them and asked. "What are you kids doing out here? it's so late at night." " We have nowhere to go your highness." the oldest said. "What about your parents? Where are they?" "They left us a long time ago."
He felt pity and asked. "Well is there anything I can do to help?" "Some money would help your highness." He put his hand in his pocket and pulled out some money for them. "Where are you going to stay?" he asked again. "In a homeless shelter nearby."
He felt so sad for them. "Be safe then." He said. "We will. Thank you Prince Achilles. May the gods bless you." They said and left.
He sighed. "People are still living in the streets?" he asked himself. As the future king of the Island, he ought to do something about it.
He continued walking until he reached a hotel called 'Nebula Hotel'
When he entered the hotel, The worker was surprised to see him. He wondered why the prince had walked into the hotel.
Achilles walked to the front desk and the man behind stood up quickly and paid his respects.
"Your highness, welcome." he said. "Thank you. I know it's very late but I'd like a room please." Achilles said. "But of course. We have a presidential suite available. How long will you be staying?" "Just one night." "Ok."
"And how much will that be?" Achilles asked. "For you your highness, it's free." The man said with a smile. "No, no, no. I wanna pay." He took out a card from his pocket. "Call this phone number and everything should be taken care of." he said. "Thank you your Majesty." Achilles nodded his head. The man gave the key card with the room number on it.
"Can I also get some clothes sent up to me please?" "Of course. It'll be up soon."
Achilles then headed to his suite. He pushed the button of the elevator and it opened. Immediately he entered, someone joined him. It was silent until the elevator door closed and he greeted. He was surprised that she wasn't already bowing and freaking out cos usually when woman see him, they act like that.
She responded to his greeting, looking at his side profile a little. His voice sounded kinda familiar to her but she didn't quite know who he was. It was the same for him.
She turned to look at him and that's when she found him already looking at her. Their eyes met all of a sudden. She gasped with eyes wide open and so did he. "It's you." They both said at the same time.
She didn't know how to react so she just stared at him. "You're the one who called me a pervert." he said. She was now scared than shocked. "I'm so sorry Prince...Your highness," she lowered her gaze. "You were being a pervert but I shouldn't have said anything. Please don't have me executed." she begged. He stared at her for a while and began to laugh.
"Execute you? Why would I do that?" She looked up at him. "I don't know maybe cos I was disrespectful." "I couldn't do that. Even if I wanted to, I couldn't." He said. "So you're not gonna chop my head off?" "No."
The elevator opened and they both got off. "What room are you in?" "Um..., I don't wanna say." she said. He nodded slowly. "Ok. I get that. Good night then." He was leaving but then he came back.
"What's your name?" asked he. "K-kristen." she answered. "Last name?" he added. She lifted her brows. "Kael." "Hmm. Kristen Kael. It's lovely." She didn't know why but it sounded so nice when he said her name.
"What's yours?" she asked him. "Prince Achilles Onasis." he said in a proud voice. She was taken aback. His name sounded really royal. She nodded her head. Instantly, he leaned closer and whispered in her ear, "Made you wet didn't it?" he then smirked and walked away. Kristen found herself shocked and nervous at the same time.