you often disagree with your father?” he asks me.
I chuckle at that, “No, only when he is being a stubborn ass and doesn’t listen to reason. Then I just do it myself.”
He smiles down at me as we approach my rooms. Do I really want him to leave? I would like to know why he actually talks to me and is not falling over himself to be in Natal’s presence. What could I say to get him to stay and just talk? I don’t want to seem too forward, since we’ve just met. I don’t want him to think I ask everyone back to my room. That thought makes me silently chuckle. Like there are men that fall over themselves to be with me instead of Natal. It has been at least three quarters of a century since I even had a man in my bed, and that was because Natal was gone. I was the only other goddess that was single and available at the time. Not that I think I want to jump in bed with Tane, which I don’t… to be honest I do, just not this soon. We stop at my door, and I look at his chest, since that is what’s in front of me. He is very tall and carries a strong presence compared to me. I am afraid to look up into his eyes, wondering what I can say…
“Would you like to go swim? It’s still early, and I can show you what I was thinking about the weaknesses around the realm.” His comment stops my rambling thoughts and he gives me the perfect reason to talk and get to spend a little more time in his presence.
I look up into those deep blue eyes, “Love to, we can go through my water chamber.”
I open my door and we walk into my main room. It’s a small sitting room with my bed off to the left on a raised platform. I turn right to go into the water chamber. It’s always lit in a soft glow from some of the glowing fish that stay next to the dome. I walk over to the steps that lead down into the pool.
I pull my skirting up to my thighs as I step down on the first underwater step and sit. Within a passing thought, my legs turn to my fin. In a blink my dress disappears, and all that is left is my silver top, which some mortals would call a halter top but it sticks to my upper body so it’s easy to swim in, and I am not exposing myself to anyone.
He steps next to me and pulls up his loose white pants, showing off strong calves, as his feet touch water. He pulls his tunic off his chest and sets it aside next to the pool, then his pants disappear, and a fin is in their place. Humans would never be able to track the moment we shift; it is faster than a blink of the eye. Without thought, I reach over and touch his scales. The black and red color draws me to it, wanting to touch and see if it is as warm as it looks. I see him shiver as I make contact. I stop and pull my hand away, blushing because I know firsthand that our scales are as sensitive as a person’s skin is.
“I apologize. I didn’t mean to be so forward.” I know my whole upper body is blushing.
“No apologies needed. Out of curiosity, why did you?”
You can hear the huskiness in his tone.
I like that he is so straightforward. “I have never seen scales your color. They look like they are on fire. The dark black and shades of blue with the brightness of the red is mesmerizing to look at. I just wondered if they are warm as they appear.”
He chuckles at my comment. He grabs my hand, brings the back of it to his soft lips, and kisses it. His warm breath with the touch of his lips sends butterflies to my stomach. Then he brings my hand back down to the scales on his fin. He is warm, not hot like the fire his scales would make you think they were. I look into his eyes as I stroke the scales. His pupils dilate and his breathing is harsher. I can’t believe I have this effect on someone as beautiful as this man next to me. Or that I am being this forward to a person I am just getting to know.
Before this goes anywhere more interesting and makes me look like I spread my thighs to everyone, I stop and give a small smile. “Come on, let’s see what you have to show me so I can let those I visit know where to be on the lookout for strangers.”
He smiles. He still has the look of hunger in his eyes. He grabs my hand, gives it a small squeeze, and we dive down into the water together.
Tane
It’s a good thing that she stopped when she did. I don’t think I would have been able to keep my hands to myself much longer. I wanted to grab her and give her the kiss that those beautiful lips were begging for. I swear her touch seared all the way down to my immortal soul. Her blushing was a beautiful sight to see. She has an innocence about her along with the strength I have already witnessed. I’ve never met a goddess that had me this fascinated before. As we swim together around the realm, I point out different areas that could be an issue, like some old buildings that are in shambles that could be easy to hide behind and not be seen by patrol. Where did some of this architecture come from? Some look like statues and some are old arches that are strategically placed throughout the realm, I ask her.
Those were brought in by different myr-families throughout the centuries. They were from Atlantis, and since some of the architecture was so beautiful, they brought it to the realm so we can appreciate it. Of course, my father set it up in different places so it would still resemble what Atlantis looked like before his siblings sank it. Guess mortals learned that if you pissed off the twelve gods back then there were repercussions. They all died and the story about the “Myth of Atlantis” is still told by mortals!
I agree mortals want to find the lost city of Atlantis to this day.
Hard to find a city that all the other myr-families took apart once it reached the ocean floor. They will only find an ocean floor and never know they are above where Atlantis was.
At times so many mortals today think they can rule the world and be worshipped, maybe the twelve should teach them another lesson to be remembered.
Sadly, mortals think of us as myths just like Atlantis, and the war of Troy that happened. We are not real to them anymore. Maybe if we were, things would become simpler, yet mortal man would try and wage another war with us trying to prove they are more powerful and hurt other mortals in the process. We cannot be the reason to start a world war that causes helpless mortals to die for other men’s ambition.
Leia, you know they are already doing that to each other now, women, children, elderly, all dying for no reason.
I know it is hard to sit back and not do anything. Father talks to his siblings and they all believe Hades is the one stirring up all the animosity going on with the mortals. They don’t know what to do.
Sadly, we can only hope that throughout history with all the violence and wars that have happened since the beginning of time, at some point mortals would want a world of peace and not of fighting or following those who want to. That they can one day make a stand against their oppressor and learn that fear is something they can fight. We can only hope that they will see that and end the violence that threatens the world before they destroy the rest of the world so that no one can live on it.
I know. It’s just sad to see the world of mortals the way it has turned out in the last few centuries.
Let’s get our minds away from the depressing thoughts and swim around the realm once to make sure all looks normal before calling it a night.
I would love that; it is hard to keep up with you though. Even in just your myr-form you are a fast.
Well then, how about I turn to my dragon form and you can hold on.
She smiles at me, blushing from my request. Then she nods to me to continue, so I move back some from her, since my other form is much larger, and I change forms. I turn my head to look at her. She is slowly eyeing me from the top of my head to my
