Aliana’s POV
I blinked at the empty space, my heart shuddering in my chest with unfamiliar longing…
What the hell just happened?!
“Oh well,” Erebus shrugged, grabbing more pancakes and, as if nothing had happened, happily dug in. “More for us.”
“I---erm, this…?” I stuttered a question, glancing between the two gods. “This happens a lot?”
“A god like Ani is never truly off duty, sweety,” Nyx said lightly, picking up more grapes and continuing to eat – as unfazed as her lover. “Don’t take it personally.”
“Still,” Erebus continued with a frown and his mouth full. “I’ve never seen him get physically ill before.”
“He’s been gone for a millennium,” the goddess of darkness snorted, pouring more syrup over her pancakes as if she and the apron cook were discussing the weather – and not the a
