by Dee King
“You will see, but I had to know what you wanted to do before I even told you. You have only said no all this time, I mean to going to the Mount. Why did you change your mind?”
“Because you are the love of my life, and I couldn’t ask you to stay here if you were going to be unhappy. That would be unfair of me to ask you that.”
“I see.” He takes me in his arm’s.
“I would go, stay, wherever you wanted to be, but this truly makes me happy.” I hold him in my arms. I can hear his heart beat as I lay my head against his chest.
Chapter 32 Sebastian removes his arms from around my body.
“I will go get it, you can go out to the balcony if you want.” He walks away from me. I look to the glass doors. I pause as I walk outside onto the balcony feeling the crisp air from the ocean. I stand beside the railing looking out onto the beach. No burnt car, no yacht, no signs of anything that has happened in the last twenty four hours even exist now.
I can hear Sebastian coming from behind me. He is holding a sealed letter.
“Hang on, let me turn on the outdoor light.” He hands me the envelope. I flip it over.
It is addressed to Sebastian and I.
Sebastian Andreas and Selene Athans is handwritten in calligraphy on the front of the envelope.
I flip the letter back over to feel the seal. The seal is in red, and stamped with a letter in the middle. I feel the letter on the seal of the envelope. I slowly trace it. It’s a letter Z.
“Can you see better now?” Sebastian has turned on all the outdoor lights. I nod. He walks towards me. I hand him the envelope.
“You can open it.” There is a turning in my stomach. I feel nauseated again.
“You sure?” I nod my head yes.
“It’s from Zeus isn’t it?” I put my hand on the seal before Sebastian can open the letter.
“Yes.” He looks as terrified as I do. He slowly pops open the seal. He finds the paper inside, and unfolds it so that we both may read it at the same time.
Your presence is requested in honor of your new found love.
We would like to formally invite you to Mount Olympus to celebrate your nuptials. We are looking forward to this very special occasion. Zeus My hands are shaking. I look at Sebastian’s face which now looks a shade of white. We both hold the letter in our hands.
“I knew he wasn’t finished!” Sebastian exclaims as he throws the letter into the air.
“Does he mean me and you? As in me and you getting married?” I look at my hands that are now trembling.
“Yes. That’s his game. I knew he wouldn’t let it go!” Sebastian storms off from me. I turn back around to the railing to help hold my body up. My whole body is shaking. My knees feel like jelly. I notice the waves crashing against the shore.
Did you know this?
I look out into the ocean as if my father were to walk out of the water. Nothing.
All I can hear is Sebastian cursing in the living room, and the waves crashing harder on the beach. I turn back around to see Sebastian with his hand up to his ear.
I walk into the living room where I see him now yelling at someone on the phone.
“You knew didn’t you?”
“Don’t lie to me!”
“I don’t know.”
“Yea, yea I heard you.”
“Bye!” He throws the phone across the room. I move slowly to him.
“Who was that?”
“Colin. I think he knew this was Zeus’s plan the whole time! I swear to you he knew.”
“How would he know?”
“He may not have known exactly, but he was acting all weird today. I knew something was up with him! I can’t believe this!”
“I know my dad tried to warn us, but I didn’t think it was going to happen.”
“You mean you can’t believe we are going to have to get married? I mean, you just can’t make someone get married. That’s crazy.”
“Yea, you haven’t met his majesty yet. We will either get married or we won’t be together. My bet is on that he thinks we won’t. Well, I will show him!” I step back from Sebastian.
“Is that what this is to you? A game? I am a pawn for you to get back at Alex with?” I start stepping further back from Sebastian.
“No. Oh, gods no. That came out all wrong. No, Selene. I am just really mad. I shouldn’t have said that.”
“Yea, well you did! I am too young to be married. This is ridiculous. Why would we have to even be married? To prove what?” I turn my back to him. He places a hand on my back.
“To prove that it’s official, that you will not chose Alexander. He wants to scare you. He wants you to chose Alex, and he knows that making you marry me in front of everyone just may do the trick to scare you away.”
I turn around to see his head bowed. His hair down in front of his face.
“I am so sorry, Selene. This wasn’t what I thought our future was going to be. I thought we would be just going to fight Alexander for what he did to Ian.”
I stand holding my elbow with my arm crossed across my body. I think of how this all started.
“Answer me this? Do you even want to marry me, or would you be marrying me because you want to win this battle with him? It seems to me that all this has just been to use me against Alex or Zeus or whoever.” He shoves his hands into his pockets.
“No, it was never about that. I told you when I found out that you were a Migades, that was all I wanted to know. I never knew the girl I had been in love with for the past three years was going to be a Migades. I would marry you because I love you, but I didn’t think we would have to marry so soon.” He speaks gently.
“Yea, me neither.” I kindly say.
“Selene, the choice will be yours.” Closing his eyes for a brief minute he drops to one knee, and pulls my hand to his chest. I watch as he takes off his charmed class ring. He slowly slips it on my ring finger.
“Selene Athans, will you do my the greatest honor of becoming my wife?” I stand there staring into his eyes. A single tear falls from my eye. I kneel down on my knees in my dress.
“I will marry you.” I say with a voice so soft I barely hear myself.
“Yes?” His lips form a smile, slowly.
“Yes.” I whisper while I gaze upon him. He stands to his feet, and takes my hand to pull me up. He takes me in his arms. I wrap my arms around him.
I suddenly have the urge to walk the beach. I need to think. I let go of him. For the first time in my life, I feel I need my father for the answers.
“I need to go walk. I need to think.”
“Okay, lets go for a moonlight walk.” He turns to start to the glass doors of the balcony.
“No, I need to go by myself.” He stops.
“Oh, I understand.” His shoulders slump down.
“I just need to clear my head.” I tell him.
“Yea, sure. Go ahead. I will be here waiting.” He moves out of my way. I walk past him to the glass doors. I turn around to see Sebastian sitting on the couch.
I make my way down the balcony steps. I reach the sand on the beach, and take my shoes off. I hold them in one hand. I walk along the water. Letting the water hit my feet. The moon is full, and I can see everything so clearly.
What am I doing? Is this the right choice for me? Dad? Anyone?
I keep walking along the shore line kicking sand every other step. I rub Sebastian’s ring back and forth on my finger as I stare at it.
How do I make such a big decision in my life in just one week? Does he really love me like I love him? Why did all this have to happen to me? How do I know what I am suppose to do now? Am I just saying yes, because I know that this is what Sebastian wants? How can he truly love me or I love him, in just one week?
I look to the moon to give me an answer. I walk up to the beach, and sit down. I place my shoes beside me, and my head in my hands. I feel something moving under my feet. I move my feet away from the spot.
I can still feel something trembling under t
he sand. I stand up fast, and move back. I hear what sounds like a horse. I look to the right of me. It’s a white horse. I stand still.
The horse walks towards me with what looks like wings on the side of it. I stand very still as the horse walks towards me. It flutters it’s wings.
A winged horse? A pegasus? No. This can not be real.
He approaches me. I try not to move, make a sound, or even breathe.
He places his head on my arm, and nudges me. I lift my arm to pet him. He is soft, and the most magnificent creature I have ever seen. I walk around him, keeping my hands on him. I pet this fantastic creature, till I feel something.
He spreads open his wings. A letter drops to the ground. I bend over to pick up the piece of paper. The pegasus lowers his wings. I open the letter while trying to not be awe struck by him.
Selene, you have to make the choice that you feel is right for you. Just know that Sebastian’s heart is as true as yours.You are not alone. I am here, and there are many others that will be by your side, always.
Dad I hold the letter in my hand. Before I can touch the pegasus one more time, he makes a motion with his head towards me to say farewell. He spreads out his huge wings. I step back. He starts running on the beach. In the blink of an eye he is flying. I stood there watching this magnificent creature fly away into the sky, then he was gone.
I can not shake the feeling that this pegasus and I would somehow be destined to see one another again.
Farewell for now my magnificent friend..
I look back down at the letter in my hand.
Dad.
I reread the letter.
I turn around to see a man standing in front of me.
I trip over my own feet. The man resembles Colin, just a little older. He is taller than Colin, with sandy blonde hair. Crystal blue eyes, and face that looks similar to mine. I stand stiffly in awe of this man. I feel as if I am holding my breath.
“Selene.” The man speaks in a low tone. I close my eyes.
“I never thought we would meet like this, but for the first time in your existence, you needed me.” I shake my head repeatedly back and forth. Tears are filling my eyes. “Dad?” I let out a huge breath I had been holding.
“Yes, Selene. It’s me.” My father steps towards me. My lips are quivering as I try to get the words out that I so badly want to say. I want to yell, curse, even scream at him, but I can not muster the words. He tries to hug me. I stand with my arms by my side.
“I know how you feel towards me, I hope to change that.” I barely acknowledge that he has spoke. He releases me from his embrace.
“Don’t you have something you want to ask me?” He says matter of fact. I nod.
“Where have you been in all my life?” I say with tears streaming down my face.
“Here. I have always been here.” He places his hand over his heart. I can no longer hold my emotions back. Tears are falling onto my dress. I look down at my necklace from Sebastian, and clinch it with my fingers.
“He loves you, Selene.” I nod yes again.
“He did not know that this was the future for the two of you.”
“I know.” I quietly say.
My father slowly lifts his hand. He takes my hand with Sebastian’s ring on it, and places both of his hands over mine.
“No one can tell you what to do, Selene. You will make the choice that you feel in your heart is right.” I push the hair out of my face.
“You are truly beautiful. Inside and out. You are a Migades. YOU are MY daughter.” I pull my hand away from his. I glance out into the ocean.
“ You need to listen to what your heart tells you, you always have.” He looks out into the ocean. I look out towards the ocean the same as he does.
“We will have our time, but right now, you have to do what is best for you, and what is best for Sebastian. If you do not love him, then you need to let him go now.”
“I do love him.” I look directly into my father’s eyes.
“I can see that.” A smile slowly sweeps across his face.
“Dad, Cato said Sebastian has a secret he is hiding from me.”
“I guess you want to know the secret?” I look at my father.
“If I tell you, you can not tell him you know.”
“Just tell me. Is it that he doesn’t love me?” I ask.
“No, it’s most definitely not that.”
“Then what?”
“Sebastian knew this was a possibility for the two of you, but he had already decided he didn’t care what the consequence’s were. He was going to stay with you forever. Even if it meant he could never go home.”
“Why would he do that for me, and why is that such a secret?”
“Because he is not suppose to chose love over being a god.”
“What does that mean?”
“It means that he will chose you over anyone, and anything else. Actually, I admire him for having such courage.”
“Could he get hurt if he chose me?”
“It means that Sebastian is laying everything on the line in hopes that you will do the same for him.”
“Oh...” I say quietly.
“Good.” He says to me.
“I need to go, but Selene...” I stand there staring at the man who is my father.
“I love you.” He says to me while he walks away from me. He turns around. I stay still.
“I will see you soon.” He steps into the water. A huge golden trident comes out of the water. He takes a hold of it, and walks directly into the waves. He is gone before I can blink.
“Goodbye, Dad..” I whisper. I kneel down, and take my shoes in my hand, and walk back to the mansion. I now know what my choice is.
I step lightly up the balcony steps. I see Sebastian sitting on the outdoor couch. He stands as he sees me. I walk straight to him. We both stop walking towards one another. Meeting in the middle.
“I love you, Sebastian.” With my pulse racing I feel like my heart is going to jump out my body.
“I love you.” We stand close to one another. He looks at my hands. I am gripping the letter from my father in my hand.
“Your dad?” I nod yes. I close my eyes for just a moment.
“If you don’t want to get married, then we don’t have to. I am sorry I asked you like that. I should have done it the right way.” He stumbles over his words. I lay my hand where his heart is.
“No, you did it perfectly.” He bites his lower lip.
“So, what’s next?” I ask.
“I guess we are going ring shopping.”He takes my hand with his ring on it. I can feel his hand trembling just as mine is.
“This will not work for the daughter of Poseidon. You will have a ring that is as beautiful as you, Selene.”I touch my fingers to my lips.
Meeting my father, getting married,finding out that someone I love is willing to give his life for mine. I never dreamed this would be my life .
Who would ever believe the guy I clearly thought I hated all this time was the man I would now be marrying.
I look into his blissful blue eyes, and I feel a smile creep across my face. I feel that it’s finally time to admit the truth to everyone, and myself.
My name is Selene Athans, and I am a Migades.
I want to thank my husband Jeremy, and my beautiful daughters, who said I could do this from the very start. From the crying to the clapping, you all make my life worth living, and happy not to be ordinary. I wouldn’t know what to do without you.
Thank you to my friends who supported me, and told me from the first page I wrote that I could do this.
Thank you to my family, who has supported me, and has cheered for me from behind the scenes. Thank you to my “Ladies” for all your input, your listening, and words of encouragement. You guys are the best and I couldn’t ask for more.
Dee King lives in Missouri with her husband and two daughters. Adding into the mix is
two dogs, Zoey and Dublin, and two cats, Salem and the Princess Alic
e. Dee enjoys music and spending time with her friends and family.
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