Dark Goddess

ey.” Tamera whispered in my

t now?” I asked

ing on a laugh I stretched out my arms and legs before sitting up in the bean bag and looking around th

time to go to Chemistry cla

s as we made our way into the crowded hallway. “Well I would hope no

try class. This is love chemistry. We talk about love languages and recogniz

was the one thing I had enjoyed in the public school system, though even there we di

potted some posters on the walls charting out the different love languages and a poster with what looked similar to the periodic table, only instead of elements it showed hormones. Norepin

ng chemical reactions in glass beakers, but it put love into such a scien

pecial ability of witnessing where the reaction has the best potential to take place between two humans. You can even recognize the mos

mans. Does that mean we can’t see it betwe

en by love deities. Many have tried, however we are mysteries to the world. Some believe that it's due to de

nd smart pens. I followed their leads, watching as with a quick click of

r compatible love language an

ng around the class as everyone else also began talking to their neighbors excitedly. I turned back to th

guages compliment your own, or oppose it. You will present your discoveries to the class, where we will all discuss and debate if we agree or d

s the whole basis of this class. Analyzing others to find their match. Although we couldn’

t we were free to do as we please. Walking beside Tamera and Aine I pulled out my tablet and opened the link to the l

ated, smiling as Tamera brushed a st

uch her. Mine is quality time.” Tamera

o have time for her.” Aine chimed,

weet and adorable sight of them. They certa

I’ve never thought about it before. Haven't

ove you Hadie. The best way to find your love language isn’t necessarily found lookin

h as she loves showering us with gifts, the way to her heart is by giving her gifts as well.

it was getting the girls all excited. Damien and a couple other death gods were playing soccer against some war gods on the lawn between their houses. The big dirt hill acting

advantage of no referee, throwing elbows and tripping one another. Blood and sweat dripped from all involved, yet the gore

king into his opponent with such force the ground seemed to tremble. How had my mind conjured such gentle

atching the game with me. “Damien is a powerhouse sure, but when my cousin and Alaric are in t

eeping my eyes on the dark haired god as he kn

on a team they would be unstoppable.” She replied. “Come

g hands and laughing. Damien lifted his shirt off over his head. I felt all the air leave my lungs. His back turned to

t a d

ng some kind of pastry. Ally greeted us all, asking how my first love and bea

er, kicking off her shoes and putting her legs in Tamera's lap. I watched as Tamera absentmindedly began massagin

ly won’t be home till late. Chloe said harvest was picking up soon.” Ally

rowed her eyes at me, I went to move again. Ally grabbed her arm, looking pointedly at her sister,

was the reason you weren’t adopted. The article mentioned a few near adoptions that fell through.” Ally asked, pulling up the a

emory. “My first family, the Blakes, they fought the hardest for me. They even tried just being my foster parents again, but whatever it was that stopped them from being a

for the local foster care. You want to join her?” Tamera

nd me some extra money to donat

ith a bewildered expression. “Ally, you

he kids.” Ally pouted to her sister, batting her eyes and puckering her lower lip out

take a nap.” She called out to her sister. She mumbled something unintelligibl

oo! When do you think they will let other deities in on some shoots a

t seen them but Tamera and Aine shared some raw shots they had on their phone from the photoshoot. I was surprised to find they had a candid shot of me getting c

usSpace, right?” Tamera asked Aine, her finger hovering over

response, nudging Tamera's phon

r seat. She told us she would tag us in the photos if she could post them, returning to rubbing Ai

the party. That fact showing as over a hundred notifications blinked at the top of my page. Tags to the article an

ique background and showed me how to set up a music player that would autoplay when anyone cam

ysterious. Total goddes

to complete my love language quiz. My language being words of affirmation. I was working on finding what languages

hree of them up and down, wondering if maybe I’d have another dream but with all of them and not just Damien. The idea instantly turning my face red, e

ally just

nner thinking about the dream, adding Evander to the mix and Alaric, despite my guilt over it. When Alex joined us again for dinne

as becoming. Was this really part of my gifts awakening? Maybe it was the mixture of my love and

ldn't I be shying away from the thought of sex, scared of the pain that everyone claimed would occur the first time? Getting re

ed over my schedule. It was like looking at my old high school schedule. Nothing peculiar. Just plain ole school. My first class would be English and I couldn’t w

that would be my future career. Now, it looked like my future would be working for one of the companies owned and ran by Deities

and despite my love of chemistry, science was just a notch above math. While I wasn’t terrible with Social Studies and History, it st

kfast we all went towards different classrooms. Tamera to Science with C

ook one and when I turned to look around the classroom, I was surprised to find four of the stars from my dinner time fantasy. The site of them all together stopping m

room. I felt all their eyes burn into the back of my head a few times, though when I’d look each of the

e?” Alaric asked, leaning forward t

k into his seat. Evander remained quiet, although when I looked back, he was looking at Alex like he wanted to run him through with his sword. T

the note books were filled, then we would be given the opportunity to share the stories with the class, or simply turn them in for a grade. The assignment should have had me jumping for joy. This was my forte,

ay?" he

ng my pencil and pretending to

p my eraser on the blank page. "Got

ght at dinner. There was no way I could write that kind of story in my school assignment though.

discovers she’s special.” Alex said, “You coul

. "That's not a terrible idea. I definitely have some life experience with that." I

ass and we were heading out the door. To my pleasant surprise, I discovered we both were heading to

knows what. I glanced back at them, finding them closer to us than

d with surprise. "Wher

hear, you're also pretty sweet." He

ike sour patch kids. You know, like my sister's big sister, Lil

sweet too, after awhile. Although here

irst thing that came to mind. "So what stor

y Evander. "I was thinking about writing a story of

the fact that he was talking, I hadn't heard him s

attention on Alex who gave him a confused look. I looked between the two of them, even more confused a

my back, directing me to an open classroom. “Here’s ou

f Lily and Ally in it. Ally calling me over to where they sat, placing herself between the her sister and me. She smiled excitedly, obviously happy I was in her math class. Her

ided to use those hours to return to my dorm and get a head start on some school work I

eted me with a smile, leanin

tle warrior all week. Not since the party, and I found that I had missed

gether on some of these assignments.” He answered, p

oom wasn't small, it had fit myself and my five friends well enough to hang out before the party Saturday. But Evander somehow made it feel smaller. Every time I turned around, he was t

Damien had done the other night at dinner. Setting it up for me to bump into him. A

ning forward, the scent of citrus and something purely hi

only inches apart. “I’m thinking that you’re the one enjo

around us, as if the universe itself was watching, waiting for something to happen. “What makes you t

desire to close in the small space still between us. I wanted to kiss him. I felt myself moving to do it, only

thought I saw disappointment settling over his face, before he gave me that same goofy he gave m

t have a phone.” He joked, gesturing for my phone. I handed it over watchi

saved. "And I just got this phone Saturday. You also never asked me about a

best fighter and can kn

r and walking for as far as the path leading up to his house. We had laughed and joked before splitting off. He told

my phone pinged and I glanced dow

ad ass goddess who ca

d me, startling me as I clutched my phone t

g Malachi behind me, an amused grin on his face. I relaxed

maybe that could be our first tutoring lesson. A goddess should be able to sense the power of other deit

ross from him as he sat at his desk, opening up a book

a bit of a smaller scale. You will only be monitoring your surroundings when you

oring Kansas felt me appear in their region and re

tion is how we didn’t sense your family who wouldn’t have matched the signatures that already reside in the region. We ch

said that some family lines wer

ven’t found one that matches yours yet. Furthering the mystery that surrounds you.” His sky blue

he answers of why I was abandoned. “What if they’re dead, what if I’m all that's left?” My voice was a soft whisper as I let the dark thought slip out. Let my

, a big, big if. But IF that is the case, then I’ll be your family, if you will allow me the honor. My blood line is all but extinc

watching our intertwined h

but it certainly doesn’t sound wrong when you do.” I smiled back him as he rose back to his full height and walked around his desk,

t that wink did to me, “How do I moni

on to the abandoned halls of the school. Malachi sneaking up on me until I was finally able to sense his approach. If I didn't know any better, I would think that he was enjoying hunti