The Triple Goddess

by Stephanie Hudson

  “I am not about to destroy something I paid over $350 million for and seeing as I had this Boeing 747-8I VIP especially made for me, I really don’t fancy seeing it on the news either. As for you worrying about plummeting to your death, you do realise I have wings right? Besides, I knew about Lucius kissing you before and I haven’t yet killed him for it”

  “What! You knew…when?! How?” And also was he kidding…$350 million?!

  “I saw everything in your mind that night on the roof top and as much as I wanted to kill him for it…still do in fact…I also knew that it was part of his destiny along with yours and seeing, as it stands, I can’t yet kill the fates that are bestowed on us, I have no other option to just live with it and ensure it never happens again.” At this I felt so terrible and my heart broke with what seeing it must have done to him and considering he had never once cheated on me, it made it ten times worse!

  “I’m so, so sorry.” I said pathetically knowing that was never going to be enough.

  “I know you are, my heart, and trust me when I say it helps, but I know it wasn’t your fault and can definitely understand the lure you hold on the male population…even if you don’t see it yourself.” He added when I screwed my face up. I still couldn’t believe how cool he was being about all this.

  “But wait, so you don’t try to kill him for kissing me but you do, for not feeding me right?” I said with scepticism.

  “I never said I didn’t try to kill him for kissing you and once he made me see his fate, one predicted by the Oracle herself, I knew I had to let go of his throat… even if it did pain me to let him take a breath… but nowhere in that fate did it state it was alright to let you half starve to death, I mean Keira, you are skin and bones! Which reminds me” He said getting up and leaving me alone in the bed while he walked over to a control pad on a small table next to the cluster of comfy chairs. I just couldn’t believe we were in a plane…this room was huge!

  “Bring us some food immediately…wait a moment!” He clicked a button I gathered was hold and turned back to me to ask…

  “What’s a bacon butty?”

  I fell back on the bed laughing.

  Chapter 50

  Bodily Changes and Impish Reasons

  After I explained that a ‘bacon butty’ was actually a bacon sandwich and that I was being a sarcastic cow by mentioning a ‘fat filled pasty’, which thankfully wasn’t brought with the food…’cause Yuck… we ate and acted more like the couple we still were. For me it was like a huge weight had been lifted from my shoulders and now I could finally see the future ahead of us. I decided that I was never again going to be irrationally jealous and after everything Draven had gone through to get to me, then really…shouldn’t I have had faith in him to begin with. It sounded so obvious that the footage was a hoax now but at the time, with where my head was at then I guess my insecurities just overtook logic.

  After he had made sure I ate every last morsel on my plate, he then led me to an ensuite bathroom and I was like a tourist getting excited about the fact I was about to have a shower a mile up…was there a secret ‘shower mile high club’ that only the rich and famous got to do?

  After Draven kept assuring me we weren’t going to have a plane crash and I would be in the shower as the plane went down I finally relaxed enough. And it helped when he told me he could fly the plane himself if the pilot had a heart attack, which was my next worry. He had laughed at that one while walking out the door.

  When I was done with a much needed shower I found fresh clothes, my own this time, on the bed waiting for me. When I had smelt my armpits in the shower I had almost gagged and then shame fell over me wondering what his mother must have thought taking over the body of such a smelly girl. I decided not to disclose my feelings on this matter to Draven as I was embarrassed enough as it was.

  It felt like a little slice of Heaven finally putting on my own stuff and with my softest, much-loved pair of worn to blazes jeans, I added a long sleeved black top, with my favourite thumb holes. It had a wide neck across my shoulders and was made from a clingy, stretchy material, so I added a zip up hoodie that was a nice grape colour and had a soft fleece lining. I didn’t want to start complaining but I didn’t think the supernatural could feel the cold like us mortals, so I zipped it up a bit to add more warmth.

  I was just about to walk out to see everyone when the ‘repaired’ door opened and Draven stood there filling its frame with his impressive physique. I dragged in a breath at what the sight of this man did to me. I wished earlier I hadn’t just been subjected to eating, kissing and playful touching. I really wanted Draven to ravish me but every time the subject had come up, it was brushed off with the need to rest, to eat more or finally the need to shower and after smelling myself I wasn’t surprised. But now, at the sight of him, I was hoping he would like to see what clean Keira really smelt like….everywhere! I was just about to jump on him again when a green haired Imp popped her head round his frame making her look like a child hiding behind a giant.

  “Tootie Pop!” She said excitedly and Draven saw my reaction and couldn’t hold back his own smile at the sight of me beaming.

  “Squeak!” I squealed back and she actually pushed Draven out of the way and ran to me so fast I had to actually catch her as she threw herself at me. Draven rumbled at being man handled by a little thing like Pip, who believe me, was not as weak or fragile as she looked. She hugged onto me and squeezed me tight.

  “You silly skinny butt! Toots really, don’t you know nothing can kill an Imp like me. That axe would have just shattered if it touched my bones and then I could just heal myself, so next time just let the bastard try!” She said and I laughed.

  “Umm, I think I will opt out of anymore adventures Pip, so next time how about we just going shopping before cocktails…deal?” At this she clapped and bounced off me. I looked up to find Draven’s hand on her shoulder that stilled her instantly and she bowed her head in respect.

  “Calm yourself Imp.” I frowned at his name for her and cleared my throat.

  “Her name is Pip, Draven.” I corrected and he shot me a mischievous grin that was devastating to my libido.

  “Yes and my name is Dominic to you but we don’t always get our way, do we?” He didn’t give me chance to comment as, let’s face it, he had me there.

  “Pip, we will be landing shortly and I will have to leave…”

  “BUT!” I interrupted in panic, which he interrupted right back.

  “But…I will be very quick in returning. Meanwhile as you have been wearing out my expensive carpet floors on my very expensive plane, while drinking it dry I might add, your wait is over and here she is. Take care of her for me while I am gone little Squeak.” He ruffled her hair playfully and she beamed at him like he was a father figure praising a child.

  “Of course, my Lord.” She said respectfully and my mouth fell open in shock…ok, so who is this imposter and where is my impulsive, larger than life friend that quietens down for no man?!

  Then he walked over to me and pulled me roughly to him and lowered his head to mine.

  “I won’t be gone long and there is enough power on this flight to ensure the kind of safety I am satisfied leaving you with. Do not leave the room for me…understand?” He said rubbing his nose along my jawline and I could only manage a weak ‘Uhmm’ noise making him smile.

  “Good girl.” Then he kissed me and I wasn’t talking little parting peck, I am talking earth stopping, wizard of Oz toe curling…or legs in her case, glass shattering and storm creating kiss that had me not so attractively panting.

  “Now why go and do that just before leaving me?” I whispered, although I needn’t bothered as Pip giggled all the same. Draven just smiled down at me and didn’t answer but ran his fingers down my cheek in a loving caress.

  “Be good you two.” He said as he left and when the door closed I fell back onto the bed dramatically making Pip burst out laughing.

  “Holy shit, what that man does to
me!”

  “I can see that…man, Toots I thought you were going to start humping his leg like a bitch in heat, I mean it’s cool if you want to do that…Ahhh! Hey!” She complained as I threw a pillow at her head.

  “Sooo…I gather you’re all good with what happened and stuff?” I asked, wondering how to approach the ‘Oh My God!’ subject of Adam turning all beastly and she laughed knowing exactly where my thoughts were at.

  “And stuff?...Toots chill, it’s fine. They just had a panicked time on their hands when Adam hit the roof as my signal went down but bless my man and his big balls, he held onto the old beasty boy until they got to the Temple but then that pale shithead hit me, so that is when he snapped.”

  “I noticed and bloody hell Pip, you weren’t joking when you said he was unstoppable, I think I wet myself at one point.” She laughed but I didn’t know if I was joking at that part or not!

  “Yeah, well I was just gutted I missed the big battle, from what the guys were telling us it sounded epic…sorry you died and all, but hey you make a pretty corpse and you look healthy enough now.” I laughed as she nudged me.

  “Yeah, it was a bit crazy.” I said as I didn’t know what else to say.

  “Well, I had my hands full, literally as do you know what it takes to calm a raging hard on that size?” I coughed as I swallowed and ended up choking on it, which received me a pat on the back from Pip.

  “Tell me you’re only joking!?”

  “How do you think it is that I calm him down Toots?” Oh no! I couldn’t, I just couldn’t think about it…I mean how?

  “It’s all in the technique Tootie pear, and I have one hell of a grip…get it ‘one hell’ Hehe…ok look, we would have been there but when my man is like that, there is no controlling him really…I mean even I sometimes just bat my eyelids and hope for the best, it was rather that or flashing him my itty bitty titties, which he loves and does this thing where…”

  “LALALALA Pip seriously! Do not finish that sentence for the love of Swiss cheese.”

  “All that is holy…why Toots, I think I am rubbing off on you.” She looked thrilled with the idea.

  “So you couldn’t risk him only destroying the bad guys, am I right?” I asked and she nodded.

  “Exactamundo!” Well if the state of the Temple was to go by then I knew she wasn’t exaggerating.

  “Anyway, I heard you and your mother-in-law kicked ass! Shame his daddy’o wasn’t around for the family reunion, although I doubted a battle is the right way to say, ‘hi, my name’s Keira and I am sexing up your son’s man stick.” I huffed at that and she lifted an eyebrow in question.

  “Not getting any, eh?” I frowned but she just held up her hands and giggled.

  “Hey I know the look…Adam cut me off once when I might have accidently on purpose bought a sex club and surprised him with a pole dance in front of a few of Hell’s officials…but hey, it was for his birthday but go figure, he doesn’t like to share.” She shrugged her shoulders at me shaking my head.

  “You’re a class act, Pip.”

  “Yeah, well he didn’t think so that night… I had to go a whole day without sex! Do you know what that’s like for an Imp?!”

  “Oh poor you, my heart bleeds for your one day in…what, how many years?”

  “Ok, so you have a point but do you want to know why royal lover boy, hottie bad wings, won’t put out?” She said raising her eyebrows and I rolled mine in return.

  “No why? ‘Cause I smelled like I hadn’t showered since I left Afterlife?”

  “No, I think if someone had rolled in year old cheese that had been baking in the sun, that boy would still find his boner, so no, that is not the reason.”

  “Then what is it, sex educated Professor Pip?” I asked folding my arms across my chest but the answer didn’t come from Pip, it came from the door way.

  “Because you’re now a virgin again!”

  I was just so happy that answer didn’t come from the Draven I was sleeping with or the one that winked at me and made me blush like a…well, like a virgin!

  Sophia had walked into the room and like a group of teenage girls we all jumped up and hugged each other and soon the room was filled with girly chats and it was a real eye opener when I stopped and thought, well here I was sat on a bed in a $350million private plane the size of a jumbo, with the most stunning Demon and a Green haired, tattooed and pierced Imp chatting about boys, clothes and when we could all go shopping together!...And this was now my norm in life…wow life had most certainly changed alright and I could never call it boring again, well, not like I ever did!

  As it turned out Pip and Sophia were great friends and when the feud had happened with Draven and Lucius, they had no choice than to say goodbye to one another. Looking at them now I could see why Sophia and Pip made such good friends. I mean they were both mischievous as hell and I bet got into loads of wicked trouble when they were together. They both loved fashion, although looking at Sophia’s designer red winter, woollen dress with thick tights and soft knee high leather boots to die for, she couldn’t have been more opposite to Pip.

  My little friend was dressed in skin tight PVC leggings that had two great slits up the front held together by safety pins the full length and a fake blood spattered top with BIO HAZARD written across in yellow writing and on the back a spray painted warning saying ‘My Zombie killin’ top, mother F…’ and you can guess the rest! So you can see that these two best buddies couldn’t have been further apart but to watch them you could tell they had been friends for years and with the way I felt about the both of them, I could not have been happier.

  “Ok, now does somebody want to explain the pink elephant in the room and tell me what you mean about me now being a virgin again?” I said once we had gotten past the girly essentials and the plane had landed.

  “It’s true, for the ritual Malphas needed the Maiden to be…well a maiden. So he used Draven’s healing blood in you and the blood of the Mother Goddess, the ‘randy redhead’ to you, to rebuild that part…you know…the flappy bit.”

  “Eww, Pip…a little bit gross and I don’t know how many friend lines you just crossed with that one.” I teased but still not being able to believe the fact that I was now a born again virgin…a real one!

  “So that is why Draven won’t touch me?” I asked and thankfully it was the more diplomatic Sophia that answered me.

  “Can you blame him, after everything you’ve been through. Give it time, he just doesn’t want to hurt you.” She said softly and then Pip nudged her.

  “Hey, can you imagine, I mean your Kingy Bro must have some real restraints…finding a virgin we can sex it up with, for our kind is like the holy grail for a mortal!...bottoms up!”

  “Thanks Squeak…discreet as always.” Sophia added.

  “She’s joking though, right?!” I said shocked Draven would consider my virginity as such.

  “Actually she isn’t and I can’t image my brother is having an easy time with it. Talk about being torn between a rock and a hard place.” Sophia said shaking her head but Pip burst into a fit of laughter.

  “Torn! Ha that’s a good one, like as in torn hymen!” She shouted excitedly and I groaned at the thought.

  “I am glad you’re excited Pip, jeez…I am glad you weren’t around the first time, I would have crapped myself.”

  “Was the first time any good?” Sophia asked and I started playing with my sleeves nervously.

  “Well no, not really…you know how it is…couple of drunken teenagers fumbling around and trying to find the right way…well I guess you guys don’t.” I said looking up and seeing the amazement on their faces.

  “Well there you go then! At least your next, first time will be better…I mean, mmm… Draven.” Pip said and I laughed at Sophia’s face.

  “Euww Pip, brother remember.” I laughed at them both and the rest of the conversation continued as such.

  We were soon speeding down another runway and I had no idea where we had j
ust stopped off but considering the size of the plane I doubted it was to refuel. I asked Pip and Sophia but neither wanted to answer and they ended up skirting round the subject with other supernatural gossip about people I didn’t know. As time went on I got the distinct impression that two things were going on. One, being that I was being kept in my room with the help of two girly conspirators and two, their mission was to keep my mind from leaving the room and thinking about Draven…neither of which, were working.

  “So, why are you two keeping me hostage then?” I blurted out halting their conversation about the benefit of sex swings, something I really couldn’t contribute to.

  “Umm, what do you mean?” Sophia said unconvincingly and Pip started nervously playing with her lip ring and tongue piercing, which today’s choice was a pentagram. I rolled my eyes at them both.

  “I am a bit of a pro at this subject guys, I could write a book on being held against my will, now fess up…why doesn’t he want me leaving this room?”

  “Lucius!” Pip yelled and then slapped her hands over her mouth.

  “PIP!” Sophia yelled back.

  “What! I cracked under the pressure!” Sophia rolled her eyes.

  “Really Pip, it’s not like our Keira is in the Gestapo or the Spanish inquisition, you didn’t even need to lie, you could just have not said his name!” Sophia argued and just before Pip responded I put my hands up, playing peace maker.

  “Guys, it’s a little late for shoulda, woulda, coulda…So he doesn’t want me leaving here because he doesn’t want me seeing Lucius?” I shook my head at the obvious reasons from my control freakishly handsome boyfriend that had some major jealously issues but considering why I knew I needed to cut him some slack. So I started laughing.

  “I am glad you find it so funny.” Draven’s voice cut through my laughter and I gulped before I turned round to face my man standing in the doorway for I don’t know how long.