Page 23 of Chaos
“We wanted to ask you something. Well, there are a few things we wanted to ask you.” Odin says beside me. I glanced back at him. He may still look nervous, but he has such a warm, comforting smile on his face. “The main thing we wanted to ask is, would you be ours?”
Those words are so quiet, I don’t know if I heard them correctly. I look at Zeus. He nods his head to me, letting me know that’s what he wants. I peek at Midas. He looks even more nervous as he waits for me to speak.
“Yours? What does that mean? And what about Valerie? I thought Midas was dating her.”
I know he isn’t, but I just wanted to jab him in a sore spot. They don’t know that I saw the video, even though every person at school has. It has been the talk of the school ever since.
“Fuck Valerie.” Midas barks out. “I was never with her. I can’t stand that bitch.”
“There is a lot that we can’t explain right now. I wish we could, but we don’t have all the answers yet. Just know, we don’t want her. We only want you.” Zeus grabs my hand and holds it tight. I can feel him squeeze it three times.
I don’t know what to say or feel right now. I told myself when I thought I was going to die that I forgave them for everything they had done. I do forgive them. I want to put everything in the past and leave it there, but there is a nagging voice that tells me to keep my guard up. If they did it once, what’s to say they won’t do it again?
Plus, there are still the feelings I have for Dante. I still haven’t even glanced at my phone. Too terrified to find a text or anything again from the man who broke in.
I need to get over that fear and reach out to Dante.
“I don’t think jumping into a relationship would be the brightest idea, but I’m not saying I don’t want something.” I quickly look at all of them, making sure they are paying attention to what I have to say. “I like you. All of you. But I like Dante too. I spent too much of my life doing what someone else wanted. Now, I plan on taking what I want.”
I can see the objection to Dante and the confusion over the second part in their eyes. I haven’t told them about Evan, and I don’t plan on it. It’s better to keep that all in the past where it belongs.
I can practically hear Midas grinding his teeth from where I am sitting. Odin and Zeus look at Midas, silently communicating with each other. I stand up and move around the coffee table so they can all see me.
“You don’t get to tell me what to do. I am perfectly capable of making my own decisions, and nothing you three,” I point at all of them, trying to accentuate my point, “have to say will change my mind right now.”
They all look back at each other before Midas nods his head.
“Fine.But I want you to know, even if you don’t want to say you are ours, you are. We will protect you, always. We own you, Serena, whether you like it or not. And we will doanythingto protect you. Even if it’s against him.” Midas looks deep into my eyes, showing me the determination he has to keep that vow to me.
After that conversation, a weird tension in the air dissipated between us. They accepted what I had to say, even if they didn’t like the idea.
In typical Midas fashion, he was the most vocal about his objection over the days about me pursuing Dante, but never telling me why. Much to my annoyance. But not telling me what they have against Dante is a good sign, or at least I take it as such. If they wanted me to leave him alone, they would have told me why they all hated each other.
Zeus is the first to notice me standing by the front door. With a small smile, his version of a megawatt cheesy smile, he waves to me, making the other two turn around and look at me. I can’t help but smile as I walk over to them.
“Ready for your first day back at school?” Odin asks as he takes my bag and slings it over his shoulder.
“Honestly, no. I don’t want to be at home anymore, but going to school freaks me out too. I can’t stop wondering if whoever attacked me is at school.” I feel small as I say them. Never wanting to be a damsel in distress, but it’s all I feel currently. A little girl who needs to be protected.
“Don’t worry, princess. Your big, strong men will be there to protect you all day. No one will touch a pretty hair on your head.” Odin exclaims as his finger boops my nose.
I get on my tiptoes and gently press my lips against his. A silent thank you for the reassurance he gave me. Odin’s arms wrap around my waist, pulling me in closer to him as he tries to deepen the kiss. A whistle from Midas is the only thing that stops that from happening.
“Dude. Why are you cock blocking me?” Odin groans, but there is no malice in his tone, only humor.
I let out a small giggle as I shook my head at him. I walked around the car, ready to get into the driver’s seat. Midas slams his hand on the door, preventing me from opening it. I turn around, ready to get mad at him once again. Who the hell does he think he is? Thinking he can steamroll over me whenever he feels like it. An angry rant, and maybe a slap, want to burst from me, but I stop the words before I can unleash them.
Midas wraps one of his strong hands around my neck. Not hard enough to cut off oxygen, but enough to tell me that he is in control.
“Angel, give me the keys.” His dark voice commands.
Nuh, uh. Nope. Not happening. He is not taking the keys tomycar. Don’t know what he is thinking, but he sure as shit isn’t getting what he wants this time.
An idea pops into my head. Let’s have a little fun with this.
“What keys?” I ask, trying to be oblivious to what he wants.
I poke my head around Midas. Odin has a massive shit-eating grin, clearly knowing what I am trying to do. Even though his face is blank, Zeus looks extremely amused at the situation. They both know how used Midas is to getting his way, and that no one ever fights him on it. So to see me, a five-foot-seven-inch girl, stand up against him brings them an inexplicable amount of joy.
