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I dared not tell anyone that the gods took him. All because I’m a coward.
If the town knew it was a god that stole dad, I would be sacrificed to the Veil.
Father would never have wanted that.
Instead, I came in shouting of a wolf attack.
The unnamed god truly felt like a wolf. How he circled us. Analyzing dad. Looking for the most opportune moment to strike.
Every time I rest, I see the god with those eyes as haunting as storm clouds haunting my dreams.
My heart rate quickens at the thought.
I need something to distract myself. Anything.
Ordering a drink of wine, I pull off the beaten path toward a set of tables.
Wine to calm my nerves.
I need to sit down.
My heart rate quickens as I take a long sip of my wine.
Not here.
I’m not dreaming. I’m not even in the forest. I’m here. I’m fine.
But my reassurances can only go so far.
Those eyes.
Yet those damn eyes haunt my nightmares.
Sometimes I feel them piercing me like daggers. Often in my dreams.
My battle with my brain was futile as I blink away the pain.
Just like that and I was darting through the forest.
“What are you running from, darling?!” hollers the god who is far too close for comfort.
He is hot on my heels.
“Give up now and I’ll let you live out your days in comfort,” he shouts. “In a palace fit for a Queen of the gods.”
My heart pounding like rocks falling off the hillside.
The god’s fingertips scrap my skin. Narrowly missing a grasp on me before I pull away once more.
Jumping over fallen trunks, ducking under branches, and through streams.
“No god has ever been outrun by a mortal,” warns the god. “If you don’t stop, I will run you into the ground.”
“Gaia, please help me,” I beg as I run. Pleading for mercy. “Don’t let him catch me.”
A break in the woods reveals my town.
So close.
