All I see is white.
Pure blinding white.
"Mila Marie Rae. Please, step forward." A loud masculine voice booms around me.
I frown in confusion but do as it says.
"Smile sweet girl. You're much too beautiful to have such a frown." A sweet feminine voice murmurs around me.
A small gasp leaves my lips, as the white begins to vanish and suddenly, I find myself in a gold palace with the three most breath-taking people I have ever seen. Two drop dead gorgeous women and a godlike man.
"Please tell me I have made it to heaven?" I ask in awe, making the women snicker sweetly as the man smiles at me charmingly.
"Some may call it that, but no. This is my temple, and I’m sure you’re wondering why you’re here?" The women in the middle replies, and I nod my head.
"Yes, but I’m more curious to who exactly you are." I state.
"You may have heard of me. My name is Aphrodite. Goddess of love, beauty, and desire, and this is my son, Eros. God of sex, lust, and passionate desire. The one who can bring irresistible feelings and impulses with the use of his arrow. He is often referred to as Cupid, but as you can see, he is not at all but humans have made him out to be. Lastly, this is my dear friend, Peitho. Goddess of persuasion and seduction." she explains, introducing both herself and the other two sexy individuals.
"This is definitely a dream." I mumble to myself.
"Far from, darling. Just you wait and see." The man, Eros, corrects me.
They all step towards me and I suck in a sharp breath as Aphrodite steps right in front of me, placing both her delicate hands on my shoulders.
"I hereby gift you with the same love, beauty and desire, that flows throughout me, and now into you." Aphrodite murmurs softly, making my eyes widen with a mixture of confusion and shock.
She presses her lips softly suddenly against mine before pulling away with a smile.
Before I can question anything, she steps away as Eros steps up and takes her place.
"I hereby gift you with the same sex, lust and passionate desire, that flows throughout me, and now into you.” he states, before pressing his lips against mine.
Just as the other two have done, Peitho steps up and repeats the same process.
"I hereby gift you with the same persuasion and seduction, that flows throughout me, and now into you." she repeats, before pressing her lips against mine.
As she steps away, they all smile widely at me, and as I open my mouth to finally question them. The world around me suddenly begins to swirl and as the white light begins to appear, my body instantly begins to heat up before everything goes black.
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I gasp wildly for breath as my eyes suddenly fly open. I take in the slightly darken sky above me, before attempting to push myself up, only to find it’s too weak to move.
Letting out a small groan, I try again, but with my hands sinking into the sand with each attempt, I simply fail once again.
"Holy shit! You’re awake!" I hear a new male voice state, relief and excitement flowing out in his tone.
Within moments, a guy with dirty blonde tousled hair and captivity light brown eyes is hovering over me with a large smile.
"You gave me one hell of a scare! I thought I might have really lost you for a minute. Want some help sitting up?" he tells me.
"Please." my voice croaks out, making me frown at the sound.
"Where'd that pretty smile go? You can't possibly miss being at the bottom of the sea already." he jokes, and I give him a weak smile.
"I'll take what I can get." he comments, before reaching out and gently sitting me up.
He stays by my side to help support my weight and I look around to see us on a small beach.
"I'm Lucien, by the way. Your personal guardian angel or personal protector, whichever you prefer." he states, with a proud grin.
"Mila." I croak out.
"I know, baby girl. I have your name imbedded in my skin." he replies, with a soft chuckle as he shows me his wrist.
I reach out towards it, and gently run my fingers over my name which is completely burned into, causing a small gasp to leave my lips.
"This is seriously real... What the fuck. What the hell is happening to my life right now?!" I state with anxiety, as reality was quickly sinking in.
"Listen, just take a deep breath and try to re..." Lucien begins to softly say, but he shuts up as soon as a small scream leaves my lips.
"MY ARM!" I yell completely horrified, as my gaze lands on the sudden design covering the skin of my right arm.
A beautiful design, resembling a tattoo, is covering my entire arm. Starting from the back of my hand all the way up to my shoulder.
"What's wrong with it?" Lucien asks, looking confused.
"This... this tattoo... this wasn't there before. I’ve never gotten a tattoo! Let alone a whole arm full!" I yell, completely freaking out.
He gently reaches out and begins examining it. Within minutes, I watch as his eyes begin to widen.
"What is it?" I ask anxiously, not liking the look on his face.
"This symbol that starts on your hand... is the symbol of Aphrodite... as it travels up your arm, it looks to intertwine within the symbol of... Eros and they both continue up and at the top of your shoulder is the symbol of... Peitho. It just… it doesn’t make sense.” he mumbles, beginning to sound anxious himself as he moves my arm around, inspecting every inch.
"Oh no. No fucking way. There’s no way that was real too! No fucking way!” I begin to exclaim when Eros’s words suddenly repeat in my mind.
Far from, darling. Just you wait and see.
“Fuck my life… that son of a bitch was right. It really was real.” I state, feeling as though a bucket of cold water had been thrown over me.
"I’m guessing your referring to your meeting with the Gods who marked you?” he asks, and I nod my head.
“Yes, it’s very real. Greek gods and angels are both real. Us angels, are descendants from the Greek Gods themselves. Here to aid them when they please.” he begins to explain.
“Now occasionally, when a person dies, instead of going to heaven or hell as you know it by, sometimes a Greek God will mark you and gift you. In return, you will be reborn as an immortal angel with the gift they gave you. It rarely happens, but when it does, it is one gift from one God. That’s the rules that Zeus created. So, how you managed to have THREE Gods is beyond me, and by the looks of this mark, you were given MULTIPLE from each." he finishes, and I faint.
When I come to once again, I am no longer met with the sound of the ocean, and as I go to push myself up, I am met with a soft firm surface oppose to the sand I had been in before. I look around, taking in the light grey bedroom I have found myself in before slowly sliding out of the queen-size bed and making my way around the room, taking everything in. I had no idea where I was or how I got here, but as my eyes land on a photo propped up on the dresser, the familiar appearance of a handsome man quickly has my memories flowing back. As they flood my mind, my heart instantly begins to race as I am all too quickly reminded of the recent events and my last conversation with him before fainting. I continue strolling around the room as my mind tries to wrap around all the crazy information, I have learned in such a short span of time. Noticing a cracked door, I push it open more to reveal an en suite bathroom which I eagerly step into, taking a good look at my reflection in the mirror.
"That's impossible!" Damian shouts in disbelief. The tone of his voice causes me to flinch back, and Lucien gently presses me against him as he shoots a glare in his direction. "How about some food now?" he asks me, trying to change the topic but Beau quickly steps in. "Luce... we need to talk about this." he tells him. "How about I take her to the kitchen while you guys discuss this. Levi can fill me in later. Besides, I am the best cook in this house.” Salem suggests calmly, as he made his way over to us. "Alright…as long as you’re sure you don’t mind.” Lucien replies, making Salem let out a small chuckle. "Of course not. It would be my pleasure." Salem states happily, before holding out his hand for me to take. "Come on, Angel. I'll whip you up whatever your stomach pleases." he tells me, and I give him a smile as I try to stop myself from blushing at the pet name. I give Lucien one last glance, making sure he’s good to handle this situation without me, before taking Salem's
As I finished the remainder of my hot chocolate, the sound of the glass doors opening had me quickly looking back to see Levi walking into the room. "Hello, Love." he greets Salem, stepping towards him and wrapping his arms around him from behind. "Lee, perfect timing! I was just about to take Mila to go see the lake. Want to join us?" Salem chirps happily, as he spun around in Levi’s arms. I watched as he leaned up to peck Levi on the lips, and immediately frowned as I caught Levi’s eyes narrowing in at me oppose to being focused on Salem. "Already using your little gifts on my man are we, Minx?” Levi hisses at me, making my eyes widen in surprise. "Absolutely not! I don't even know how to use these gifts!" I defend, mortified at the accusation. He chuckles deeply at my reaction, clearly content with the reaction he had managed to get out of me. "Levi, leave her be. Are you coming along with us or not?" Salem says, shooting him a look that has him rolling his eyes and giving a
"You're so mini, I love it." Crimson giggled as she held me tightly while she flew us to the shopping area a few hours away by car, though with flying apparently was only 20 minutes.Since I still had no idea how to use my wings, Crimson carried me while flying us the whole way and I couldn't help but enjoy every moment of it.Before I know it though, we're at the mall and within a few hours we were both walking out with hands full of many bags. We had only focused on clothes and basic necessities but there was no doubt we got carried away with the clothes."I rented a car while you were trying the lingerie on, we will drive it back since we got so much. Did you want to change before we leave then we can show off our new outfits when we get home?" she asks, and I giggle."Hell yes!" I say and she grins.We got the keys to the rented car before loading it up with our bags and only taking out the things we were going to change into before going back inside to change."Damn kitten, are y
I woke up to the sensation of someone's fingers trailing down my arm and slowly became aware of the warmth that lay next to me. I let out a sigh of content, snuggling more into the body, trying to absorb all the warmth that came from them."Come on, Baby girl. Let's get you some breakfast." I hear Lucien's familiar voice murmur softly."No." I grumble wrapping my arms around his large torso and squeezing him tightly.He lets out a soft chuckle."You're going to hurt your new best friend's feelings if you don't. Salem just spent the past 2 and a half hours making you a delicious breakfast." he tells me and I open my eyes."Is that what he called me? Best friend?" I ask trying to conceal the hopefulness in my voice and he chuckles."That's what you called him." he says and I l try not to frown."Last night is such a blur. I don't remember much at all." I mumble."Don't worry, I made sure you were safe the whole night. Even took care of you after you vomited all over my bathroom floor."
"Yes, Goddess of wisdom and war. Beau isn't much into the war part, but he is able to strategize quickly when needed but I still say that's still more the wisdom in him." she explains, and I nod my heading taking it all in."Are all of you descendants?" I ask and she smiles.She takes us over to the couch Salem was sitting on quietly, sitting down and pulling me on her lap."Yes, some of us closer than others. Just like some of us have more abilities than others. Beau for example is extraordinarily strong and incredibly wise, where Salem here has many traits due to being a descendant of Apollo. God of the sun, prophecy, healing, music, medicine and much more." she begins to explain."Apollo has many different aspects to him and some of his descendants have parts of all and some as few as one. Salem here is best with healing and medicine, but he also has natural skills with music, dance and archery. That being said though, he has nothing to do with prophecies or the sun or a few other
"Damn, Kitten. You look like a true Goddess in that." Crimson purred from inside the hot tub as she watched me step into the room. I smirk seductively at her before making my way over, swaying my hips but keeping my eyes looked with hers. I watch as she bites her lip and I make my way into the water, letting the warmth heat my chilled skin as I go straight to her and climb on her lap with both my knees on either side of her. "Are you teasing, Kitten?" she murmurs seductively as she runs her soft hands up my thighs before squeezing my ass and pulling me closer. "Maybe... or maybe..." I murmur softly as I begin to pepper gentle wet kisses along her neck. "I'm just getting what I desire... you." I say softly just below her ear before nipping at her neck there. A soft moan hums from her and I smirk against her neck as I let my hands travel down and over her breast, giving them a squeeze. "Here I thought I was the one who was going to seduce you..." she murmurs running one of her hand
"Where's Levi and Damian?" I ask after sitting cuddled on the couch with Crimson in the living room of the guest house."Lucien didn't tell you? They went with him." Salem replies softly coming and sitting on the other side of Crimson."Are they really safe traveling in that weather?" I ask and they both frown."They are much stronger and smarter than you know, if anything it's just taking longer than expected." Beau replies coming over with a book and sitting next to me.With all of us huddled together wrapped in a warm blanket, I shut my eyes, snuggling against Crimson as I listened to Beau read some fantasy story, letting it lull me to sleep."Breath taking..." A masculine voice from behind murmured huskily and as I spun around, I seen the handsome man standing before me.An older man, perhaps early 40's but looking amazing for his age stood before me, with longer curly hair and piercing blue eyes. His face had a thicker stubble over it and he was very tall and muscular."The view?