Kronos' Estate

Titania, The Realm

Kronos sat in his study reading the prophecy book specifically focused on the Adonis Mission, his face wearing a look of concentration as he tapped his index finger against the wood of his table. Abruptly shutting the book, he leaned back in his chair for a moment, as his mind went over the words he had just read.

There was something new contained in the prophecy this evening. The prophecy now stated eight simple words:

“Those in the present will visit the past.”

He ruminated over what the words could possibly mean. Was it referring to Thalia? She was the only one in the present who was visiting the past. Yet the words were “Those in the present, not, “someone in the present.”

Kronos knew, it was rare for mortals to visit a previous time, normally only immortals indulged in this. Which besides, the only way for mortals to time travel was either suddenly stumbling across the portal as it waited for a returning God or Goddess, which had only happened once in the entire history of time, or a mortal could time travel with Kronos’ help. He had done this a few times before but it was infrequent.

He’d once took his wife Rhea back to the past while she was a mortal, shortly after he’d met her. He’d fallen in love with her and after he revealed to her that he was an immortal and the God responsible for time as she knew it, once she accepted it, he took her back several years so she could see her mother again before the woman died. He’d had to put an invisibility shield over her so her mother would not see her.

Then there was another time where he took a prestigious male doctor and scientist, to the future. The man had a terminal illness and he’d hoped that the time period Kronos took him to would have had a cure for a terrible disease in his time which had killed thousands of people, which as it turned out, the cure had indeed been discovered. He took him to the year 2000. Having gained the knowledge, Kronos then returned him to his own time.

The year was 1796 and the man’s name was Edward Jenner, an English doctor. When he returned from the future, he brought back with him the cure for small pox. And so it turned out that Edward Jenner was the person credited as having been the discoverer of the vaccine.

Being that the scientist was, for a short time, in the future, his body at his own time had disappeared. People chalked it off to being an unsolved murder where the body was never found. But when Kronos returned him to his own time, he brought him back almost exactly to the moment he’d left, so the furor about him having disappeared or being murdered was simply erased as if it had never happened.

The reason he had taken the mortal in the first place was because there had been a prophecy written up on the man and so Kronos had simply put the wheels in motion, making sure it came true.

As for the one time that a mortal had found the portal that had been in 1962, earth time. The portal was waiting in the middle of a forest in the state of California when two male tourists came upon it and had unwittingly entered.

They ended up in Kronos’ study (as that was what the coordinates were set upon) bewildered and terrified. Kronos had to use first the calming effect on them and after he’d taken them back to the forest, then he’d had to pull that memory thread from their minds.

So technically, other than accidental interference, it was possible for mortals to time travel, but normally only if he arranged it.

Kronos wondered who the prophecy could be referring to in this instance though. The words of each prophecy written were very exact though quite often they were cryptic, their meaning difficult to comprehend.

Surely the prophecy couldn’t be referring to any of the mortals on earth that were involved in the mission?

He needed to discuss this with Eos. Just as he was about to close his eyes to think himself to her house, suddenly she appeared in his study.

“Goddess!” Kronos greeted her. “I was just about to come visit. We have something important to discuss,” he told her.

Eos’ smile of greeting disappeared as she said, “What is it Kronos? You look puzzled.” She sat down in front of his table as he began to relate to her what the prophecy had revealed.

Tuesday, July 17th

Cape Neddick, Maine

Alexis and Bon were lying in bed at 8pm that night. After they’d made love they’d gotten dressed and went down briefly to have some dinner and then came right back upstairs and hopped back into the bed. They just wanted to be alone with one another.

Alexis was telling Bon the whole incident about losing her birth control pills that had happened while he was away. “And it was really strange hon, when I tried to heal Moody’s foot, it didn’t’ work,” she said with a frown.

“Hmm that does seem strange seeing that you were able to heal your other cat,” Bon replied. He was laying naked on his back on the sheets, with the covers pushed down to the foot of the bed. Alexis equally naked was lying next to him as he gently caressed and played with her breasts, her own hand rubbing his belly.

Bon thought how beautiful and desirable she looked right now with her hair all wild, her lips darkened from his kisses. Her eyes were a vivid blue green, and she wore a faint blush on her body from their recent lovemaking.

“I know,” Alexis replied. “So does that mean it was a one time thing and I no longer possess this ability?”

“I don’t know babe,” Bon replied, ” as I really know nothing about this kind of thing. I guess you’ll find out for sure if you still have it the next time you need to use it,” he reasoned.

He sat up then and pushed her back down flat on the bed as he bent, his mouth fastening on one of her nipples, sucking it, his other hand stroking down to her belly.

Alexis’ thoughts abruptly returned to what he was doing to her and she suddenly felt hot and aroused. She moaned as his tongue and lips kept up their sweet torture, and then once again he kissed his way down to her core as she opened her legs. He started eating her then, his tongue lapping her entire pussy. Then his lips started sucking her clit, tongue invading her hole as he alternated that back and forth, his arms stretched as his fingers played and rubbed her nipples. Finally he brought one hand down and finger fucked her while he continued to suck and nudge her clit with his tongue and Alexis’ movements grew wild, her cries urgent.

He mounted her then as her legs wrapped around his waist and started fucking her, slamming into her with solid strokes and at her wild cries he soon sped up as he pounded her hard and as fast, his balls slapping against her buttocks, the erotic sounds making them both even more aroused. Then massive orgasms hit the both of them as they slipped over the edge into carnal bliss each screaming their release.

Wednesday Morning, July 18th

Cape Neddick, Maine

Ronnie woke slowly and then turned her head to gaze at Dane sleeping beside her. She thought back to last night to when right after they’d made love. Dane had told her he loved her. Ronnie was very surprised at his words and she thought about her feelings for him. Did she love Dane she wondered? Or was it too soon?

She didn’t have the answer yet. But all she DID know was that she felt a myriad of feelings and emotions when they were together. Excitement, tenderness, affection, lust and a feeling of being safe. She knew Dane would protect her if need be.

Now as she watched him sleeping she realized that if she wasn’t in love with him she was on her way. Suddenly he turned his head and opened his eyes.

She smiled at him and said, “Good morning sleepyhead.”

He said, “Mornin’ beautiful. What time is it?”

She said, “Around 8:30.” He pushed himself up then yawning and said, “God but I’m hungry. How about you?”

Ronnie giggled and said “Actually, I haven’t even been thinking about food.”

“Who says I was?” Dane asked as he bent his head covering her mouth with his own.

Wednesday Afternoon, July 18th

Los Angeles, California

Rye and Olivia had just gotten back from a shopping expedition and headed upstairs where Olivia placed all her bags down on the huge bed in the master bedroom. Rye followed and set down his own armful of boxes and bags.

“Jesus Liv, I swear you bought out the stores!” he exclaimed.

“Did I go overboard?” she asked with a frown on her face?”

He pulled her into his arms, and said, “Nah. Besides I can afford it and I love making you happy,” he bent his head and kissed her.

She said, “Well most of the stuff I bought was for your benefit anyway. Except for this one.” She stepped from his arms and then dug into one of the bags and pulled out a small box. She handed it to him as his face lit up.

“You bought me a present?” he asked shaking the box. “What is it?”

“Open it and find out, silly!” she replied sitting down on the love seat in the corner of the room. He sat next to her and opened the small black box. Inside was a sterling silver chain bracelet and on the top piece of shiny silver backing she’d had his initials engraved. On the back was engraved:

To Rye,

With Love,

Olivia

He was touched and bent his head kissing her and then said, “Thanks baby, I love it. Hold on.” He got up and rummaged around in his own bag and pulled out a similar black box.

She smiled as he handed it to her and opened it immediately. Inside was a bracelet, with three white gold small delicate chains and interspersed were tiny round diamonds 4 of them and then a larger heart shaped diamond on top.

“Oh darling,” she cried. “This is awesome! Just gorgeous!” He helped her put it on and she held up her arm admiring it. Then he put his own gift on his wrist. She said, ’Looks great on you.”

He stood up and then took her hand pulling her up and led her over to the easy chair on the other side of the room. He sat and then pulled her down onto his lap. They started kissing then and soon they removed their clothing and naked finally, they made sweet love to one another in the old easy chair.

Summer, 1000 A.D.

Newfoundland, Canada

Tasha and Genna continued on through the forest, chatting pleasantly when suddenly Genna stopped frozen into place. Tasha stopped too and started to speak but Genna put her finger to her lips. Tasha didn’t move except for her head and looked the direction that Genna was looking. There about 30 feet away was a wild boar. The animal was eating from some dead carcass and quietly the women loosened the leather ties fastened to their waists which were holding their bows to their backs.

Sliding the bows around they each removed an arrow from their quivers. As the two women aimed, their movements quiet, slow and precise, the boar finally sensing danger turned it’s head and stared briefly and both women immediately let loose the arrows. Tasha’s arrow hit the boar in its side, but Genna’s hit him directly between the eyes. The boar squealed and went down abruptly.

The women walked over to it and Genna bent feeling for it’s heart. She said, “It is dead Tasha.” The women pulled out their arrows then wiping them on some leaves and putting them back in their quivers.

The boar was medium size and the two women quickly formed a carrier from a good sized tree branch stripped of its leaves. They tied the animal with rope from it’s feet, preparing it for when they would have to carry it back to camp.

Both women after tying the animal onto the carrier had gotten blood on their hands and near them stood a large tree. “I will climb up and see if there are any streams nearby,” Tasha said.

Quickly she climbed up the many branched tree until she was quite high. Bending down a branch in her way, she could now see over much of the land and saw cliffs that were not too far away with a waterfall falling into a river. Just as quickly she climbed back down and then jumped the few remaining feet.

“There is water nearby, let us mark this site so we can return when we are ready to go back to camp,” Tasha said, and Genna then took out her knife and carved a circle on the large tree’s bark, while Tasha tied a strip of white cloth onto a tree branch.

Then they left and headed in the direction towards the falls, marking their way as they went.

Soon they’d arrived at the rivers edge. The water was sparkling and there was a shore with a small amount of sand. The women took off their dresses until they’d gotten down to their shifts. Tasha, not hesitating, took that off too, while Genna’s eyes grew big at her boldness. Looking around and then seeing Tasha splashing around in the water, she too then removed her own shift and waded in naked.

The river was cool and the women playfully splashed each other, laughing and screaming and enjoying themselves. Tasha bravely plunged herself entirely underwater and then came up sputtering, smoothing her long dark hair back. Then Genna too went under and then came back up as they continued to play in the water.....

Bjorn and Rye had just taken down a large buck deer, with their bows and arrows and were in the process of making their own carrier out of a long thin sized tree trunk. They tied the animal with rope by it’s hooves to the carrier and when they’d finished Rye walked over a few feet away to dry his hands on some leaves and then suddenly stopped as he stared off in the distance.

Bjorn finished, stood up and seeing Rye frozen, said, ’What is it my friend?”

Rye said turning his head, “Did you hear that Bjorn? I could swear by the Gods that I heard the sound of women’s voices.”

Bjorn walked over to him and they were both silent as they listened. Soon they heard a scream and both of them turned towards the sound and began running. They stopped again and hearing the voices again, continued on towards the sound and eventually they could hear the sounds of water as the voices grew louder. Finally coming up between the trees, they saw the river but what was in the river totally stopped them both in their tracks.

They saw Tasha and Genna stark naked in thigh high water, their bodies wet, hair streaming down their backs, nipples standing at attention and both men felt lust explode inside of them.

They both stepped back slightly so the women wouldn’t see them and watched. Rye had not seen Genna naked before and feasted his eyes on her. By Odin, he thought, but she was magnificent. She turned and his eyes took in her flat stomach, long shapely legs, pert round bottom and her chestnut thatch of pubic hair and felt himself grow hard as a rock.

Bjorn by the same token was watching Tasha as she grabbed the other woman and tried to dunk her. But Genna was strong and taller than Tasha and soon it was Tasha who was dunked.

Bjorn laughed softly seeing his beauty come up from the water sputtering and then saw her suddenly grab Genna around the waist and they both fell into the water then.

Soon the women finished their play and came out on shore and quickly put their clothing on again.

Rye and Bjorn after the women were dressed then walked out of the trees as the two women looked up startled.

Tasha saw Bjorn and her face lit up and she quickly ran towards him throwing herself into his arm. His mouth crushed hers as his tongue entered her mouth, his hands already caressing her buttocks through her clothing.

However Genna upon seeing Rye felt her face flame. He walked over to her and said looking at her wet hair, “Oh you bathed in the river?”

“Yes,” Genna said. “Tasha and I took down a wild boar and well we needed to wash off the blood.”

Rye smiled at her and said, ’Yes Bjorn and I saw.”

Then her face flamed even more at his words but she stood stock still as Rye came closer to her. He was but a foot away and said, “You are a very beautiful woman, Genna.”

His words filled her with desire, and her face must have reflected this for he reached with his hand and caressed her cheek briefly. She smiled at him shyly and said, “And you are very handsome Rye.”

They stood staring at each other for a moment and then Rye reached out and pulled her close to him. He stared into her beautiful green eyes and then he lowered his mouth to hers. He kissed her tasting her sweetness. As the kiss went on her lips parted and his tongue entered her mouth and she sucked at it feeling a hotness sweep her body His hands moved down and caressed her buttocks through her thin dress and Genna moaned in his mouth. Rye after a bit broke the kiss and said, “I want you Genna. Tell me you want it too.”

Genna wanted nothing else at this moment. “Yes Rye,” she said her breathing quick, “I want you to take me... I want you to make love to me.”

He took her hand then as he turned and they saw that both Bjorn and Tasha were not there. Rye realized they must have went off for privacy, and walking with Genna through the trees again, he found a small spot underneath the towering trees. They stopped there and kissed again and afterwards he helped her remove her dress and shift and then he removed his warrior gear and then lastly his pouch.

Naked then, they both laid down upon the floor of the forest on top of the soft blanket of velvety moss as he began to make love to her.

Wednesday Afternoon, July 18th

Cape Neddick Maine

Alexis was sitting at her computer again typing her into her current chapter. She was already up to chapter three and had been at it ever since she’d left Bon’s this morning. They’d had breakfast together and then he took her back home. He told her that some interior decorators were coming to get the rooms started for his children as they would be visiting in a week or so. He asked her if she would have dinner with him that evening and she told him she’d love to.

Glancing at her watch she saw that it was 4:30 already, and saving her file she closed her laptop and slid away from her desk.

Leaving the study she went outside on the terrace. Lord it was a lovely day she thought. The temps were in the high seventies and there was a slight breeze. The sky was a vivid blue with puffy cumulus clouds here and there floating lazily.

Just then she spied Tonks coming out of the garden. “Hey Tonks!” she squatted down and waited. Tonks broke into a trot and came up to her rubbing up against her hand as she caressed his face and body.

She suddenly felt like taking a walk. Walking across her terrace as Tonks followed, she turned and said, “Oh you want to come with me this time? C’mon then!” She then started jogging toward the Yorks and then looked around and Tonks was trotting after her and then suddenly broke into a gallop and raced by her. Tonks had been on walks before and she knew where her mistress was heading. When Alexis reached the cliffs, Tonks was waiting and they both went down the path and finally ended up on the beach. Jogging along both Alexis and Tonks headed down the beach.....

Bon closed his phone and then continued on with his work. As he signed some documents he thought about the conversation he had just had with Dane this morning. Dane had told him that he was in love with Ronnie. Bon had congratulated him and then said, “And is she in love with you?”

“Well, she didn’t say,” Dane answered. ’She basically said, she’s crazy about me,” Dane told him.

“Hmm,” Bon said. “Sounds to me like she’s being a little cautious. I’m sure she doesn’t want to get burned again.”

“Yeah, I know,” Dane replied, “I can understand that. And even so I’m just thrilled that she has feelings for me at all, even if she can’t tell me she loves me yet. I just hope it won’t be too long ya know man?” he had told Bon.

Bon said he understood. Then Dane said, ’What about you? Do you love Alexis?”

Bon got quiet and said simply, “Yes.”

“But you haven’t told her yet?” Dane asked.

“No, I haven’t,” Bon replied.

“So what are you waiting for man?” Dane asked.

Bon hesitated briefly and said, “I don’t know if she feels the same. Sometimes I think she does, but I don’t know why she hasn’t told me, and then other times I think maybe she really isn’t in love with me, that maybe it’s just a physical thing with her,” Bon finished.

“Do you really believe that man?” Dane asked. “I mean I’ve seen the way she looks at you. The woman is ga ga over you Bon!”

“Then why hasn’t she told me?” Bon asked him. “Not even when we’ve made love has she said, ‘I love you.’ WHY NOT?” Bon asked with emotion.

“Maybe for the same reason you haven’t told her,” Dane replied.

Now as Bon sat there working he thought about Alexis. Did she love him? Because as God was his witness, he loved her passionately and had to bite back the words during their lovemaking ever since he’d realized it which had been almost a week now.

He then thought back to the exact moment when he knew he loved her. It was when he had first fully and completely made love to her that afternoon on the beach, four days ago. Their sex had been so torrid and had made him feel so complete and afterwards he knew he’d met his match sexually and in every other way as well.

He loved so many things about her. He loved her smell, her taste, they way she laughed, the feel of her hair as he ran his hands through it. He loved the way she moved her hands, each expression on her beautiful face, and he loved her intelligence as well as her funny sense of humor. He loved everything that was her and he’d had to really hold back from admitting it to her that day.

But he longed to tell her. After all, he thought, anything could happen. He could die tomorrow and she would have never known that he loved her. But what would be worse was if something happened to her and she died. It would kill him that he had never told her that. He vowed to tell her soon in his own way.

Making that decision he felt a bit better and continued on with his work.

******

Genna was laying in Rye’s arms after they had made love. He was a wonderful lover she thought and told him so. He said he enjoyed making love to her and said, “You are very different from the women I’ve known, Genna. You are uninhibited and passionate during lovemaking and I love that about you.”

“I’m glad I please you Rye,” she said softly.

He was lying on his side as she lay on her back and he caressed her belly gently as her hand stroked his chest. Then her hand moved down to his member. She boldly stroked him and soon he grew hard again. He moaned and looked at her a bit startled as no woman had done this to him before except the occasional harlot he had been with.

Genna stroked him firmly and he gasped and said, “How have you learned this way of pleasuring...... (gasp) a man?”

“I admit to you I have never done this before,” she said, “I only heard about it from Tasha.”

Rye made a mental note to thank Tasha later.

“Am I doing it right Rye?” Genna asked.

“Oh yea my sweet, you are doing it perfectly,” he replied.

Then feeling bolder she sat up and with her other arm she pushed him back so he was lying on his back. She lowered her mouth to his member and licking with her tongue she swirled it all over his cock head. Rye moaned as she placed the head in her mouth and sucked gently. She wasn’t sure exactly what she was supposed to do but Rye said, “just go a little further down my sweet Genna,” and so she did. She remembered Tasha saying one had to relax their throat muscles and although she tried, when she went further, she gagged.

“It’s alright my beauty, go slowly,” Rye encouraged her. She did and then he asked her to go a bit faster. She bobbed her head up and down making sure to keep her teeth away from his tender skin and soon Rye began moaning and gasping as his breathing increased and suddenly she felt something warm in her mouth. She took her mouth from his cock and his milky fluid continued to squirt up into the air. Curious she put her mouth over it and tasted it. It was a bit salty but not unpleasant. She swallowed it and then licked up the rest.

Rye was lying there with his eyes closed trying to get his breathing under control and then he opened his eyes to see her watching him looking so beautiful that he felt awestruck. “Come,” he said indicating he wanted her to lie beside him.

She did and he turned and covered her mouth with his, their tongues mingling. They stayed like that for awhile kissing and caressing each other and then suddenly Rye heard Bjorn calling him.

They sat up then, and Rye called, “I am here Bjorn!”

They quickly dressed then and arms around each other, the hurriedly walked towards the direction that Bjorn’s shout had come from...

Rye and Genna came out of the trees to see Bjorn standing there by Tasha and Bjorn winked at Rye and smiled while the two women looked at each other, each knowing the other had been made love to.

They left then to retrieve the game they’d caught and carrying their loads they came back into the camp shortly thereafter.

It was late afternoon now and while the men took care of skinning and cutting up the carcasses, several of the slaves lit the huge pile of wood in the center of the camp. Soon the fire blazed and the slaves then made two spits, one for the deer meat and the other for the pork. Some of the meat was boiled in a large iron cauldron and this meat would be dried later. Another cauldron was added next to the boiling meat and to this was added vegetables such as wild carrots which one of the servants found growing in the forest as well as wild onions and mushrooms and even some seaweeds. These had been carefully cleaned and now were boiling cheerfully for a soup.

Several of the servants had made bread also while the warriors were off looking for meat and these had just finished cooking. It was flat bread and it was laid out on the tables in piles. Soon the rest of the food was ready.

Genna and Tasha went about putting utensils on the large table, and then they both carried the large spits holding the cooked meat to the table and laid each of them down. The men with their hands, tore chunks of the meat off placing it on their plates.

Genna and Tasha were not allowed to eat with the warriors as they were women and so had to take their plates and cups sitting a little ways away.

As they ate, Tasha said, “I am thinking you laid with Rye, Genna.”

“Yes, it is true,” the beauty replied blushing.

Tasha smiled and said, “And Bjorn and I were together too.” Genna took a bite of her meat and started chewing and then said, “I tried that thing you called ’felat... felatsh...,” she said, as Tasha laughed shortly and said “Fellatio?”

Genna said, “Yes! That is it!”

“How did you do?” Tasha asked the taller woman.

“Rye had no complaints,” Genna replied. “In fact, his seed shot up with the force of a volcano!”

Tasha looked over at Rye, who was looking their way along with Bjorn. She looked away and said, “When I first pleasured Bjorn that way, he was quite shocked and thought I was not a virgin. But I explained that I had heard other women talk about it, describing the act. It is one of Bjorn’s favorite things for me to do to him,” she confessed.

“He did something else to me,” Genna said, “something that my husband never even did.”

“What was that, sister?” Tasha asked the woman.

Genna blushed again and said, in a whisper, “He kissed me down there.” She looked down at her private area.

Tasha smiled and said, “And what did you think of that?”

Genna smiled, “It felt SO good, that I..... that I...”

“That you what?” Tasha asked. “You had an orgasm?”

“Oh! Is that what it is called?” Genna asked.

“You mean you never had one with your husband?” Tasha asked her, her face looking surprised.

“No,” Genna admitted. “Although I loved my husband Fergue, he was not a very good lover, I realize that now. He was too quick and NEVER did he pleasure me in the way that Rye did,” she confessed. Tasha smiled at her liking the woman immensely.

The women continued to talk, occasionally looking up and seeing the men staring at them intently.

After the women finished their meal, they then went to the shore to wash their hands and faces, and then returned as the men started leaving the table.

They tidied up and afterwards they retired to their tent as it was nightfall now.

Not long after that Bjorn suddenly popped his head in and said, “Tasha come with me.” Tasha smiled at Genna and left quickly as the couple headed for Bjorn’s and Rye’s tent. Rye had just come out and smiled at the both of them and then walked the few steps towards the other tent.

Wednesday, Late Afternoon, July 18th

Los Angeles, California

Olivia and Rye were sitting outside by the pool. They had taken a swim and played in the pool for awhile and now they sat side by side in some lounge chairs. They were talking about what Olivia wanted to do with her life.

“Baby you really don’t have to work,” Rye said, stroking her thigh. “I can take care of you just fine.”

She looked at him and said, “I don’t want to be taken care of Rye. I’m an independent woman. I mean I know I was kind of low on funds when I met you, but I need to make my own money,” she told him. “Besides, Alexis has her writing and occasional modeling and I know that I have talent too.”

“Did you have something in mind?” Rye asked.

“Actually, I did,” Olivia replied. “I would like to design and sell my own line of jewelry and maybe eventually perfume and cosmetics. Wait here a minute.”

She got up and entered the house and a couple of minutes came back out with a sketchbook. She opened it and starting showing him sketches she had done of different types of jewelry.

“Wow,” Rye commented. “I didn’t know you were so good at sketching, first of all. And the jewelry looks great!”

“Really? You think so?” she asked him.

“Absolutely,” Rye replied, and looked at a small pair of hoop earrings interlaced with gems. “Those right there I can tell you is Ava’s style, so I would definitely buy them for her.”

“So you really think the designs are good enough, that people would buy them?” she asked her face all aglow.

“Well I don’t have much experience in marketing, but I think yeah, people would buy them. I think it’s a great idea and you should go ahead with it. I’ll back you 100 per cent,” he told her.

“Oh Rye!” she squealed. “That was the hard part getting the funds together to make it happen.” She set her sketch book down and sat on his lap as his arms came around her. They kissed then and she started telling him she would contact the right people to get the ball rolling and get her designs turned into the actual product.

The couple talked a bit more about her new endeavor and then Rye’s housekeeper stuck her head out the door and announced dinner would be ready in thirty minutes.

They both went inside then to freshen up.

Eos' Garden

Titania, The Realm

“So in a very short time,” Kronos told Eos as they sat in her garden gazing out at the river, “We will go and collect Thalia.”

“I do hope she does not give us any grief, this time, about coming back with us,” Eos replied.

“She gave her word,” Kronos told her. “A God or Goddess’ word to another deity is binding. You know, Eos,” he said to her, his face looking grave, “what the punishment is if a Goddess lies to any other deity, don’t you?”

“Yes,” she answered. “They can be chained by Zeus himself and forced to serve their punishment in the underworld.”

“We don’t want Thalia to have to suffer that and that is why you are coming with me,” he told her. “You will remind her of the rules and what can happen if she disobeys them.”

He then stood as did Eos. “We need to get to my estate now, it is almost time to go.”

They both concentrated and a split second later were inside Kronos’ study.

Changing into their Viking attire they then entered the portal room and seconds later passed through it and were on their way.

******

At about midnight, Tasha lay asleep in Bjorn’s arms, when suddenly she woke. The tent door was open and Kronos had stuck his head inside. Thalia with a heavy heart raised herself up and then gently kissed Bjorn’s lips. Her heart ached at having to leave him, but she had given her word.

Quickly and softly she said the words of the amalgamate ritual reversing them, and soon her strands floated out of Tasha’s body and quickly formed into Thalia. Before she went out of the tent she whispered, “I will be back with you soon, my love.” She then turned and left.

She saw her mother standing there outside of the tent as well and Eos saw that there were tears on her daughter’s face. She pulled her into her arms giving her comfort and after a bit the three turned and headed back to where the portal waited.

When they got to the forest and the portal door, Kronos said, “I’ve already set the coordinates. It will take the three of us to different destinations. Eos and I will be taken to Titania and then you will be deposited at Bon Vincent’s house as that is where Alexandria is presently.” Thalia nodded and looked at her Mother.

’I’m so sorry Thalia,” Eos consoled her. “I know it must have been hard for you to leave Bjorn, but you will visit him again,” Eos told her.

“When mother?” Thalia asked still crying, unable to help herself. “He will know there is something different about my Tasha self now, will he not?” She asked the older Goddess.

“He might not,” Kronos told her. “After all Tasha is really you, just in another time. The memories her mind absorbed which were yours, will still stay with her my dear, so it should be alright. And you can see him again after a few days.”

Thalia looked down, wiping futilely at her tears thinking it sounded like a lifetime.

The three of them walked into the portal then, and disappeared with a white flash of light.

******

Alexis lay sleeping with Bon’s arm thrown over her. She was dreaming. In her dream she was watching a very beautiful woman. The woman resembled herself somewhat but had beautiful violet eyes. She was dressed in a dress from a different era and stood talking to a man with long brown hair, who was dressed also from another era. He was dressed like a warrior, with nothing on but a belt with a pouch covering his privates, and some kind of chest piece collar over the top of his torso which ended right at his shoulder blades. The man was physically fit and muscular, but Alexis could not see his face as he was facing away from her.

Then suddenly she woke and thought about the dream. She had felt when she first saw the woman that she knew her, or had met her once before but she could not place her. Taking Bon’s arm she gently removed it from her body and slid out of bed.

Walking over to her balcony door she quietly opened it and stepped naked, out onto the balcony. She placed her hands on the railing looking out at the night. There was a full moon now, and everything smelled so wonderful. She could smell the fragrance from her roses, and other flowers in her garden.

She turned and went back into her room and grabbed her robe, she slipped it on and quietly left the room and went downstairs.

Going to the door at the end of the hall, she stepped outdoors. She wanted to take a walk as the dream had keyed her up too much to sleep. Maybe if she got some exercise, she thought, it would tire her out enough to go back to sleep.

As she headed to the Yorks she thought about the dream. Who was that woman? Why did she feel like she had met her before? And the man. He seemed familiar also. Both of them however were dressed strangely and she knew she had not met anyone dressed in the way that they were, not in this lifetime anyway.

Reaching the cliffs, she looked out over the ocean. The moonlight sparkled upon the waves and vaguely her ears picked up the sound of a ship very far away.. It was peaceful and beautiful out here she thought and knelt on the grass as she thought more about her dream.

Bon woke up suddenly hearing a noise and sat straight up in bed. He turned his head and saw that Alexis wasn’t next to him and looked toward the bathroom but didn’t see a light on.

Getting out of bed he put on his clothes and then noticed the balcony door was slightly ajar. Walking out on the balcony, he looked and saw a figure across the long expanse of lawn standing by the Yorks. He could tell even at this distance it was Alex. She must have not been able to sleep he thought, running his hand through his hair.

Turning, he went back in and walked over to the bedroom door and headed downstairs. He walked down the hall and opened the door leading to the terrace and then as the moonlight flooded in, grabbed his sunglasses and put them on.

He had just stepped out onto the terrace as he began walking, looking off towards the Yorks, when suddenly at that very moment he saw a flicker of light appear a short distance away on the lawn. Then a woman simply appeared, standing by a shimmering strand of white light that seemed to be floating in mid air.

Bon didn’t know what he was seeing and was confused as he stood there in the shadow of a small crab apple tree watching.

He yanked off his glasses and stared, his mouth dropping open, as his brain struggled to make sense of it all.

Alexis stood up and turned, having decided to go back to the house to get some sleep. However as she turned around suddenly she saw, at least thirty feet away, something odd was taking place.

She was staring at a sliver of white light which had appeared suddenly and then as she watched a woman materialized out of thin air. The woman turned her head slightly and Alexis gasped as her mouth dropped open for it was the woman from her dream. Alexis started running then, determined to follow her and find out who she was. She ran in a direct line, toward the spot where the light was shimmering and called, “Wait! Who are you?”

The woman turned fully around then with a startled look on her lovely face and then her eyes got huge as she saw the direction Alexis was heading. She put up her hand about to tell Alexis to stop, not to go any further but it was too late. As Alexis reached the portal she disappeared instantaneously as Thalia watched, frozen in shock.