Destiny of a Good Deity

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

The doctor insisted Mya stay in the hospital overnight for further observation. Against her own wishes, she agreed. Dan had been released the previous night, and he was an ordinary human being. She was a deity. How could he recover faster than her? As much as Mya thought it was unfair, she said nothing. Doctors and Gods were those she didn’t argue with.

Zach was on his way to pick her up from the hospital and take her back to her apartment. He acted as if she couldn’t hail a cab herself. But she couldn’t prevent him from acting on his own will. Not to mention that the idea of being taken care of by Zach pleased her. She had never felt that kind of pleasure before. Her as-long-as-the-eternity life was all about taking care of others. It was nice to be tucked into bed and have someone bring her food and worry about her. And the fact that it was Zach taking care of her made it that much nicer.

In his music business, Zach was like a God to his fans. He looked like a God, and he performed like one. He could have any girl he wanted, but like her, Zach lived a double life. Despite his rock-star status, he was a well-loved man to his friends and family. During her professional observation, Mya had seen Zach taking care of the people he loved. He never brought his wild music business home. She had seen him visiting his parents often, bringing presents to his nieces and nephews, and being generous and kind to his friends and his students. It was a fair guess that he would be a wonderful father one day. Mya saw that he was a gentleman to his girlfriend, Chloe.

There was that, Mya thought with a sigh. His stunning childhood sweetheart. Just thinking about it made her heart ache.

“Stop it!” She smacked herself in the head. “You’re two years his senior. Actually, a thousand years his senior. You’re worse than a cougar. And a good deity does not have hormonal issues.”

She heard the faint tinkle of a bell, and a hovering image of Leon appeared in the air above her.

“Wow.” Mya stepped back and stared at him. She bit her tongue discreetly to ensure she said nothing. Something strange was happening. It felt as if a storm was coming her way.

“Mya, Ishtar has a message for you.” Leon nodded slightly in greeting and spoke in English, a language he’d had no knowledge of as of yesterday.

“Double wow. Hi there. Since when has your job description changed? Don’t tell me you broke a crystal and are about to be exiled like me?” Mya gasped.

Leon smiled and said, “I’m now in charge of Ishtar’s communication to deities who work…remotely.”

Mya rolled her eyes. “Yeah, I can see the position came with language capabilities. If she could give abilities to you so easily, why didn’t she give me a superpower, too, so I could do my job faster?”

“I’ve been promoted. As you said, you were exiled. There’s a difference in the amount of privileges one can get under those circumstances.”

Mya’s blood ran cold. This was a different Leon than the one who had blushed when she asked him to take her to his chamber. She shifted her stance, bracing herself for the coming news.

“What’s the message?”

“Yesterday, you didn’t make the meeting. Ishtar took a hundred points off your scorecard.”

“That’s a bit harsh. No, that’s unreasonably harsh.”

“Well, Ishtar thinks you didn’t respect her time.”

“I… All right, I’ll make up the points. I don’t even know how many points I have to make up!”

“Umm…”

“What?”

“You have seven days to bring your balance up to zero.”

“I’m in the negative? How the hell will I ever make it to a thousand? And what the heck with the deadline? I’ve never had a deadline before. Don’t I have to wait for people to be in danger to save them? I can’t control that. And I don’t know how many points I need to get to zero.”

“Two.”

Mya stared. “You checked my records? Hell, I don’t even know my balance. What if I can’t save two lives in seven days, Leon? What will happen? How will Ishtar punish me?”

“I’m not in a position to answer that question.”

“What’s going on at court, Leon?”

Leon shook his head, “I can’t tell you, but…Ishtar is…restructuring her council and changing policies. That much I know. You have to be careful.”

Mya nodded. She mumbled to herself, “Wartime.” They had gone past the period of peace and prosperity, and Ishtar was the Goddess of love and war. Mya looked up and saw that Leon’s image had disappeared.