She told her pair everything that night. Or at least, most of it.He listened, giving her his full attention, and not interrupting to ask the many questions he must have had, not even once.'My pair has a high level of emotional intelligence.'She explained to him about things men did not know existed around them, and he never once doubted her. She felt his unconditional trust in all that she told him seeping through the pair's bond. She marveled at his lack of doubt when she knew how a human's mind was narrow that way, their subconscious and true instincts were one with the nature around them, but their logic tended to deny things their eyes could not see, like other spiritualities. And so those steered away from them.She did not tell him everything at once.The love they shared and the bond that formed between them helped the heiress to be frank with him about the hidden secrets of the universe. But there were some safety laws that neither sea folks nor nymphs could easily break, a
After many a lifetime and an astonishing outcome to their union, Arethusa thought she had her path partner all figured out by now, but she clearly had not. When Cetus detected the exchange of life forces on her, he went mad with jealousy. "ARETHUSA! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?" Cetus, the next in line to take over the throne of Atlantis for this century, was causing an earthquake in the depths of the sea. "Cetus, you have got to listen to me! He is my pair! The one nature chose for me!" "YOUR PAIR! A MAN THAT WALKS THE DRY LAND? DO YOU TAKE ME FOR A FOOL! I AM YOUR ONLY PATH PARTNER!" "Of course, you are! … do you think I would have it any other way? Do you think I can exist in an eternity without you?" "YOU GO UP TO MEET YOUR FRIEND AND GO DOWN TAINTED WITH ANOTHER MALE'S SHI* AND THEN YOU PREACH TO ME ABOUT EXISTING IN AN ETERNITY WITHOUT ME!" He was not listening to her, and if she did not find a way to stop him, Atlantis was going to fall apart over their heads. She wished Nereus wa
Exactly one mortal year later after the day when Cetus ruined Atlantis once and for all. Arethusa sat down in the presidential office inside the colosseum, she was having a less than pleasant conversation with her pair."Are you going to sleep here tonight?" she asked him, but she was already aware of the answer."…No."She knew he felt the pang she felt through the bond, so she quickly had to disguise her feelings of hurt as ones of excitement."Oh? That is wonderful news! so you will sleep on Nymph's Island with me then?"Arethusa had moved out of the sea into an island not too far from her pair's island. She spent a lot of time with her pair there, where no other human could see.It was the best year of her entire existence, she would not have traded it for the entire world.Arethusa already knew that her pair was trying to fix things with his wife, he planned on sleeping in his castle tonight in an attempt to win his wife's favor.Arethusa kept the president under the illusion tha
Arethusa could not understand why her pair cared what others thought so much.She had stopped caring ever since the day she left Atlantis, turning her back away from her path partner and the essence of the sea. There was one being that she cared about still and could not cut ties with.Her daughter was the one person that she could not let go of.She was trapped in her own world of thoughts today. Her pair was getting concerned for her. It was not like her to be this quiet, he was desperate to console her."Sigh…I know you have brought me something with you, will you not uncover it for me?"Yes, she brought him another gift."I brought you something that will show you what I love most in this world."He eyed the thing; it was the length of one of his hands.'At least it is not a building this time.'"You gave me enough already; I do not understand…"He felt her hurt through the bond and immediately got annoyed with both, himself for hurting her, and his pair for being ever so unreason
For many reasons, some known to him and others remaining completely undiscovered territory, Nereus was agitated lately.His uneasiness was the culprit behind the fact that sea waves were fluttering and clashing continuously at the surface. He was unable to shake the sinister feelings away, and so, he kept an eye on his Amal at all times.If there was such a thing for sea folks, he would be worried sick with his restlessness. and Amalthea? Well, she was surely enjoying it.'She still craves attention, at least that much has not changed.' Nereus thought to himself.While he was analyzing his betrothed, she was still deeply immersed in politics. She touched his face, and he immediately gave her his undivided attention, their dark eyes danced with one another. His were hungry to touch her while hers were urgent."You know mother better than I do…" she implied.Her betrothed did not comment on that. It was one of these topics that he avoided, not because Arethusa still meant something to h
Nereus decided to try one last time to change her mind."About tonight…""You will never know I left, I will be in and out before your meeting with my father ends."The meeting they both dreaded so much.Cetus refused to take over as an essence to rule over the sea, his regret for causing Atlantis's destruction would not weaver, no matter how much Nereus tried, Amalthea's father refused to break free of his isolation. There was something even worse than that.He refused to meet with his only daughter, the one he adored so much.Nereus knew that his Amal was hurting deeply for what came over her father, had he not sunk this deep after his wife's betrayal, would she have bothered going to such lengths and planning an intervention that could change the face of the mortal world?Amalthea knew what Nereus never told her, she knew he wondered whether things would be different had he prevented the destruction of Atlantis instead of racing to her that day.He was not the only essence that rac
"HAHAHA! he was feeling guilty…"The laugh the woman let out was one of hysteria, but the baby in Amalthea's hand was sound asleep. Someone else was alerted at the hideous sound. Amalthea felt the lover's magnetic field approaching.She loathed the man and loathed the fact that his field was slightly attractive even to her.She planned on staying away from him. Her mission here was accomplished anyway.'Finding the real father of the child will have to wait for now.'"HAHAHA!""HAHAHA!"Amalthea placed the baby in the crib and turned around to look at the woman who was obviously having a mental breakdown. She decided it was too dangerous for her to leave the boy alone, so she stayed in the room until her mother's lover came running in."WHAT'S THE MATTER WHAT ARE YOU DOING?""AHAHA.. SO YOU WERE CHEATING TOO?!"The man looked through Amalthea, his eyes not seeing her, he ignored his wife's question and ran toward the baby he thought to be his."STOP HIM DO NOT LET HIM TOUCH MY BABY! H
There was one thing left for the couple to do. Nereus caressed the white hair of the female he adored so much. She had the silkiest texture to it, and he took a long moment to admire that, as well as the smooth pattern and general state of her hair, with regards to how it looks and feels. Her hair was one of his most precious possessions. "Will you switch your inner energy with me?"Amalthea was suddenly concerned for him."Are you sure you can handle it?"She was much stronger than Nereus."I will try to, even if it would be the end of me."That was not the answer she wanted to hear. Not now and not ever, her betrothed was too important."Are we having our first argument as path partners then?""No, you are technically still my betrothed. Now let me into you, my queen. Surrender your control to me."He placed his lips on hers as he laid her above a bed of water inside the sea that floated in the sky, his energy was lucid and warm, humming inside of him, impatient to fill his female