Blessed

Brother talk

Hades was sitting in his throne room feeling miserable and annoyed. Seph was back but he had to contact his brother and that always put him in a foul mood.

Their relationship was rocky at best but he had to put that aside. Selene was having some interesting dreams. He kept a cool facade while she was describing them so she doesn't notice anything. It seemed that the old war between Olympians and Titans is starting again. She was dreaming of the past but that only serves to show what the future will be.

He was confused thou about the human she was talking about. Who could he be?

At times like this he really missed the Moirae. He knew for a fact that three bitches were alive the question was - where were they hiding and why?

He looked at his lovely wife talking about some official Underworld business with his lead Demons and smiled a faint smile. She was so sexy when she bosses people around. His queen was perfect. She looked like a summer morning with her golden hair and eyes chocolate brown. A few freckles on her nose and cheeks, pouty lips, slender neck, soft milky skin, small perky breasts... his gaze roamed all over her while his thoughts focused on her instead of the impending doom.

"Hades, love, you can't delay it any longer!", her melodic voice said and he looked at her beautiful worried face.

"I know, sugar. I was only momentarily distracted by my queen." he said wiggling his brows.

"First serious business then funny business.", she said coming to him and wrapping her arms around his neck, "We have to prepare for what's to come.".

Hades sighed and mind-linked Zeus, "Hey, jackass!". Nothing on the other side. "Stop sulking, you f*****g child, I have something important to tell you!", Hades was quickly losing his patience. His little brother was insolent little turd who used people, who was manipulative and cruel. Zeus robbed him of his destiny. He could never really forgive him for that but after he and Seph got together he had to accept and move on. For her sake.

"What do you want?", he finally heard. Zeus sounded angry. He had to give it to Selene, his youngest was the only one who made Zeus livid. The best part was he couldn't do anything about it. Even better, she was the way she is because of Zeus himself. Hades knew Zeus loved all of his children but he really did a number on Selene. Killing her mother also didn't help.

He didn't know exactly what his little brother did to her while they were 'training' but he knew enough. The first time he saw Selene she looked like a bloody bruise. At first, Zeus used physical force to teach and when that didn't work he found out that she had much better reaction to psychological incentives. In other words, he had to piss her off. She mastered her powers but their relationship was badly damaged. It didn't help they were both stubborn little shits.

"Don't you snip at me, buzzhead! We have to talk war!", Hades yelled.

"Explain.", Zeus said stiffly.

"I teleported the youngest fruit of your loins to me after your 'conversation' this morning", Hades decided to use the opportunity to further annoy Zeus and smiled to himself when he heard him growling at the mention of this morning, "by the way, how's your head?"

"Get to the point!", Zeus thundered.

"Sheesh, calm down. She told me she dreamt of Theia's death." Hades continued.

"What did she see?", Zeus pushed.

"Nothing much but enough to make her ask questions. She's dreaming about some human, I found that very amusing. Like father like daughter...", Hades alluded to the fact that Zeus was notorious for taking human lovers.

"What human?! Who is he?!" Zeus was furious. He wouldn't let her meddle with a lowly human!

"Why the overreacting? If the humans were good enough for the king of all gods why wouldn't they be enough for the king's daughter?", Hades had to have his fun with his i***t brother. Zeus fumed, lightnings dancing around him, he wasn't going to allow Selene to fool around with a human. He had a soft spot for them, protecting them from the wrath of his brethren, but he knew all about their weakness and lowliness. She was much too special, she was... she was his daughter, god-damnit! No man, humar or god was good enough!

"Anyway, she doesn't know who is the man, she's only guessing he's human. But the important thing is, it's starting again. You should prepare, and prepare her for what's to come."

After that, Zeus felt Hades closing the mind-link.

His eyes danced around his empty palace. In the ancient times there was so many people here, Hera was always by his side with a flock of handmaidens, his brothers and sons, their wives and children, servants... But it was empty now. He closed his eyes wincing in pain as he accidentally stretched the wound close to his eye. Selene's lightning was going to leave a scar.

He smiled bitterly.

She was so powerful! She was an unstoppable force, truly a weapon he wanted to create. She could destroy the Titans as easy as she could destroy him. But, it was never his intention to use her like a weapon.

***

His and Hera's marriage was in a worse state than ever. She was a difficult woman to love. He did love her but she was controlling and oppressive most of the time. She was always surrounded with a group of babbling women and her pets. When she was in a good mood she spoke about her entourage like a mother hen, of importance of family and family ties and when she was in a bad mood she would tell him that all that is just a distraction for her, to get over the fact she was married to him.

She drove him insane but he understood her. As a goddess of women, marriage, family and childbirth she was suffering deep in her heart because of their past. She couldn't forgive me or herself for the fate of Cronos and Rhea and she couldn't forgive them for everything they did to us. It was a constant conflict in her mind.

He was considerate of her pain for the most time and tried to help her deal with it but it didn't work always. She always felt the need to run away from him leaving him alone for decades and then coming back like nothing happened, playing the role of a woman scorned. Their relationship was toxic and still they couldn't let go.

That afternoon, he was on his way to her chambers, he was coming to see her as she returned home that morning. Zeus prepared himself for the fight he knew would happen. She was away for ninety years! In that time, he took many human lovers, trying to erase Hera's face from his memory. It didn't help, none of them could come close to her perfect beauty.

He was in love with her before he even knew her. She talked to him from Cronos's stomach because somehow she could mind-link him. He was soothing her pain and loneliness, her fear. She was always in the dark so he would describe to her the nature, the colors of flowers, the taste of sweet fruit trying to breathe life in her world.

Cronos, afraid for his throne, created a prison-dimension hidden inside himself where he would hold all the ones who he deemed dangerous. He would swallow the newborns but not kill them. They were not all his children, like the human mythologists think, but amongst the ones who were trapped formed a connection stronger than blood. My mother Rhea couldn't bring herself to feel the pain of losing another one of her sons, Hades and Poseidon were swallowed upon birth, so when I was born she tricked Cronos to take a fake baby and hid me away.

She thought that her older sons were dead but when I started hearing Hera in my head, she found out they were alive and we started planning to free them all.

It wasn't even hard. The old man was so overconfident and drunk with ambrosia that he didn't even put up a fight. I couldn't bring myself to kill him so I imprisoned him in the same cold dark place where he held my brothers and the others and hoped I will never hear or see him again.

When I finally saw Hera, my love for her only grew. She was so small and fragile but beautiful beyond reason. Light brown hair, even olive skin, full lips and the most beautiful jewel green eyes. When she looked at me I felt I was swimming in a fresh mountain lake. I walked faster. Something was definitely loose in my brain because the rational part of me knew I was in for a long screaming match but the part of me that was just a man in love couldn't wait to see his beloved woman.

When I was at the entrance to her chambers I hesitated for a minute to compose myself before I knocked. I heard a faint "Come in" and my heart did a somersault. Even her voice made me weak...

She was sitting at a small table peeling a pomegranate. I didn't really want to fight. Seeing her only reminded me of how much I missed her all these years. So I sat there quietly and watched her fingers stained red from the fruit.

I noticed when she finished with the pomegranate and saw her hand slowly going to my face. I looked her in the eyes. She was as beautiful as ever, the only thing that was wrong were the dark circles under her green lakes. I opened my mouth to ask her about it but she quickly put her sweet red fingers over my mouth and just said, "Please... I'm-I'm sorry...".

Desire for her exploded inside of me. She didn't need to say more I saw how much she suffered and how much she tried to come back and be mine. I wrapped my big hand around her thin wrist and slowly sucked the juice from her fingers. Her eyes closed and I heard her breathing in. "Open your eyes, polyagapiménos...", I asked not wanting to be away from her eyes anymore. She obeyed. Pulling at her wrist I moved her to my lap and kissed her lips. She tasted sweetly like I remembered. I trailed my lips to her neck and sucked lightly as my hands traveled up and down her back finally settling at her round ass. She arched her back moaning to give me access to her neck and put her arms on my shoulders for balance. I wanted her so much it hurt. His erection was full and throbbing. He didn't want to rush but the need for her body was urgent and he desintegrated their clothes with his powers. She chuckled at him for his haste and took his face between her palms claiming his lips in a deep kiss.

Zeus cupped one of her breasts in one hand and kept the other on the small of her back. Hera surprised him with the urgency of her kiss but eagerly accepted it. She started rubbing herself against his erection and he felt her wetness coating his member. She was ready for him. He broke away from the kiss and said, "I see you missed me too...". Her response came in a form of moans and unspoken pleas. Zeus took her by the hips and positioned himself at her entrance. He wanted to do it slowly but Hera took over the control and placed her hand over his member and guided him in. She let him fill her up to the brim and started bouncing up and down in no time taking pleasure from his body. In-between moans and strangled breaths she peppered small kisses all over his lips and held her small body glued to his. Zeus could feel she needed to be in control so he let her. Her core was dripping wet and soon he felt her muscles starting to constrict around his member. With just a few flickers of his finger on her swollen nub she let out a small scream and exploded around him. He felt her shaking as she whispered thousand i love yous to his ear trying to catch a breath. She placed her head at he crook of his neck, inhaling his scent and promised, "I'll never leave you again, agapi mou...".

That afternoon, Selene was conceived.