Memories Of Cupid - Season 1 - Episode 42

7 years ago

Memories Of Cupid - Season 1 - Episode 42

Elyme shut the door of the room and pinched herself. She let out a quiet squeal as she shut her eyes and hoped everything was a dream.
But it wasn’t.

No matter how many times she pinched herself, she wouldn’t wake up from any sort of dream. With a loud groan, she fell back unto the comfortable pillows and smacked her hands on her face, covering it as she tried to assemble her thoughts. Her eyes stared at the black covering on the bed which made her feel imprisoned in a way.

Of course Hades had told her she wouldn’t be able to go anywhere without an escort and he was in the right position to approve her movements around the underworld.

There was no way in hell that she was with the God of the dead, it just didn’t make sense. Out of all the people she could’ve been with, they brought her to the god of death. It was so ironic and painful. She wondered if she was ever going to set eyes on her family and Jimi.

The door opened and a light skinned girl walked into the room and bowed her head in respect at Elyme.

“Hello Milady, Happy birthday” Adriane spoke gently, smiling softly and waited for her greeting to be returned.

“Hello, am Elyme, not what you just called me. And thanks” Elyme replied. Her face was straight and long.

“I am Adriane, your personal helper. Do you wish for anything?” Adriane spoke quietly, she barely heard her.

Elyme sighed deeply and beckoned on her to move closer.

“What am I doing here? why am I here? why does your master, Hades want me here? You know somethings are too difficult to wrap your mind around. Greek gods, underworld, magic.
It’s like my life has been rotated by three hundred and sixty degrees now. I am lost!”

Adriane smiled softly again.

“Am sorry, those questions aren’t meant to be answered by me” she replied.

“But ever since his ex-wife left him, his life has been bitter” Adriane added.

“His wife? Disney said her name is telephone” Elyme said, scratching her hair tenderly.

“Persephone” Adriane corrected.

“Can you tell me about her?” Elyme asked

“Am sorry Milady. It’s forbidden to speak of the former queen of the underworld” she shook her head

“Why?”

“I can’t. My loyalty to Master Hades is
beyond what you believe. I cannot break his rules and …” she kept quiet and stared as her master walked in. Elyme groaned, curiosity eating at her insides like a starved animal. But she was already in the underworld and she couldn’t exactly die due to the saying that “Curiosity kills the cat”

“What are you doing here?” she spat as Hade’s presence dawned on her.

“It’s my castle, my kingdom, my palace and I can be wherever I want” he snapped back and hissed.

She scowled at him and watched as Adriane trembled.” What kind of god intimidates his servants by his presence?” She wondered.

“Haven’t you ever heard of privacy or are you too mighty for that too? You didn’t even knock. Look, I don’t care if this is your castle or not but you need to knock on people’s doors before barging in like a psycho pervert” she spat.

Anger stormed his blue alluring eyes as he clenched his jaw and growled, “do not speak to the god of the underworld that way”

“And I came to tell you it’s almost time for the party so get ready”

He narrowed his eyes at her, running his fingers through his smooth black hair. He shot her a long deadly stare.

“I.am.not.going” She spelt it out one word after the other to him.

“Yes you are!” his voice boomed and she swore the walls shook in complaint of his anger. His eyes were glazed with fury as he stared at her.

“You have to go, you are the guest of honour and the gods are throwing the party for you!”

“Get her ready Adriane, I’ll be back soon” he said and vanished.

“He cannot tell me what to do! I am not a prisoner” Elyme cried as she fell on the bed and allowed tears flow freely from her eyes.

Adriane fell sorry for her. It was no doubt Hades was being hard on her. The girl wasn’t used to the underworld afterall. Besides she was going to be meeting Hade’s family members and the other gods.

“Elyme dear, you have to obey his commands.” Adriane said softly as she patted her back.

“I don’t even have what to wear!” Elyme gushed out loud.

Adriane sighed.

“Your tailor will be here soon” she
announced.

“My tailor? And when is the dress going to be ready when that asshole said he would soon be back.”

Adriane chuckled and puckered her lips. The door opened and a gorgous woman with curly black hair and a warm smile walked in.

“Elyme, right? Happy birthday, am happy the gods are hosting a party for your arrival and your birthday” Athena gushed while Elyme slowly nodded as the woman walked further in the room.

“I’m Athena. My uncle called me down her because he said you needed a dress for tonight’s party” A grin overtook her lips as she stood in the middle of the room.

“she’s the best seamstress in the underworld.”Adriane said and smiled. Athena nudged on her elbow and spoke something in their native language. Elyme just rolled her eyes and looked away.

“Alright” Athena knelt down, grabbing a silver needle from the floor before piercing it through the gorgeous silk fabrics that hung from Elyme’s body.

“Turn around really quick; I need to see the back” Athena ordered.

Elyme did as she was told, careful not to step on Athena’s masterpiece and began to look around the room aimlessly. The beautiful goddess of wisdom was very reserved; she hadn’t spoken much about herself after the brief introduction. The silence was making Elyme’s skin itch.

Athena asked what colours she would like her dress to be, but she didn’t ask her about the design, leaving Elyme curious and grouchy. She wanted to ask why Hades was so mean to her but she quickly thought against it.

Adriane hadn’t spoken much to her ever since she asked about Persephone. Her sentences were curt and short.

“Well, it’s all done but you can’t look until after Adriane is done with your hair”

“What if I don’t like it?” Elyme asked but the response didn’t really bother her. She wasn’t interested in going for the party afterall.

“Adriane, will you please go and fetch some hair products Aphrodite left in the foyer?”
Athena asked as she put some finishing touches to Elyme’s dress.

Adriane nodded, bowing her head and slipped out of the room quietly.

When Adriane was out of hearing distance, Elyme cleared her throat and looked at Athena.

“Athena, why is Hades so grumpy and mean?” Elyme asked while Athena grinned goofily.

Athena sat down and turned to face Elyme.

“It has to do with my uncle’s ex-wife.
Persephone is a B***h and it is forbidden to
speak about it, but since you’ll be living here
now, I might as well tell you” Athena said while Elyme frowned. She assured herself inwardly there was no way she would continue living there. With Hades? Hell no!

“About a decade ago, my uncle found Persephone cheating on him with some mortal men. Mind you, my uncle is very faithful and had done everything to make Persephone happy so when he found her betraying him, he was heartbroken”

Elyme widened her eyes in surprise, completely taken aback at the information.

“Disney said he later cheated on her with a nymph?”

Athena laughed, shaking her head.
“Those are silly mortal tales; my uncle is very faithful, its just so unfair she broke his heart and shattered it even after making her the queen of the underworld and making sure she had the very best of fresh flowers and precious
gemstones made and fetched by the nymphs”
she said as her face fell.

“she’s a B***h” she added.

The door opened once more and Hades walked
in. Adriane followed suit and handed over the hair products to Athena. She sprayed it on her hair and she smelt nice. She looked beautiful too.

“Uncle, what if Elyme was Unclad?” Athena asked and giggled in.

Hades shrugged and replied “it’s not as if I haven’t seen a woman’s anatomy before”

“Yeah but I want a bit of privacy” Elyme said
Hades stared at her, his blue eyes turning darker with anger and in a clipped tone of voice, replied.

“It’s not like you have anything I’d like to see”

Before Elyme could open her mouth to put him in his place, Athena sighed and motioned to her to calm down. Hades simply shrugged, seeming disinterested.

“That’s not the point uncle. The point is, knock anytime you want to come into her room, is that okay?”

“Fine. You are good to go now right?”