I wonder what the twins told her. If they told her anything at all.
Her hands grabbed my wrist as she walked me to the living quarters. The humans didn’t bat an eyelash at me; to them, I was just another girl being taken in, saved from the horrors of the demons.
“Did something happen?” she asked, her tone careful. “Where are Eros and Oros?”
She could have looked inside my head if she wanted to, but she was giving me the chance to tell her. The privilege to keep things to myself if I so wanted.
But I trusted her. Just as much as I trusted the twins.Despite their lapse in judgment.
“They took me back to the Human Realm as soon as I got to the palace,” I said with a frown.
She stopped in her tracks and turned to look at me. Her eyes trailed down my form.
“They let you go home and you… came back?”
I came back.Other humans would probably foam at the mouth for a chance to go back. To regain their lives.
They probably had family, loved ones waiting for them.
But I had no one.There was no one waiting at home for me. There had been no mail at my door. No missing person poster.
I had just up and disappeared, and no one gave a shit.
The only ones who truly care about me are here. And they’re the only ones I truly care about too.
I shrugged; I had no words for her. How could I tell her all that? How could I tell her that the best time of my life had been when I was kidnapped by a demon and sold tothem?
But one look at my face seemed to tell her everything she needed to know.
“Do you want me to call them?” she asked.
I shook my head.
“Could I actually stay here for a bit? Maybe… help out?”
A smile spread across her face.
“I would love that.”
27
EROS
One would think becoming ruler would make things interesting. But after three months of it, I was growing progressively more bored.
Oros was hanging in there relatively well, but I couldn’t find anything to entertain myself with.
There was food. Humans. Even demons. But I didn’t want anything to do with them. I didn’t dare even think to touch anyone else.
All I wanted was Eve.
I missed her. More than I had ever missed anyone. Oros felt the same; I could feel it even though we never talked about it. Maybe that was why she hid it much better. She buried herself in her work. Became the ruler our father could never be.
In a way, we had both learned to live without her, even if it hurt. Even if every day I thought of her. And even if every night I yearned for her to be in my bed.
I regretted our decision. Even though I knew it meant keeping her safe, I would rather have been selfish and kept her all to ourselves.
Oros was able to suck it up. Swallow the bitterness. But I couldn’t.
