He could hear the voices, it surely had to be Pandora, her voice was sweet and melodic. she was talking loudly and playfully. There was a pause and he could here break laughing and chiding her. They were climbing down the stairs, in the adjoining room and soon appeared arm in arm in his sight.
“Ahh hades, good to see you mate”
Break said grinning, and extending his hand to hades.
“Good to see you break” Hades
replied calmly.
“Hades, have you been waiting for
long” Pandora asked extending her other arm to hades, who lightly held it in
his hand.
“No, But we should leave soon.
You don’t want to be late for your initiation”
“oh no. Break, see you delayed
me. Let’s go Hades” she freed her arms from Break, and moved towards Hades.
“So kind of Hades, to come and
pick you all the way here” Break said, his voice sugary sweet.
Somehow his eyes never matched
his smile, they always remained cold. Only time his eyes lit up were when it
was on Pandora.
“You know it was no trouble. It’s
on the way after all”
“Of course. Goodbye love, have a
sweet day and beware of anything with more than two heads.” Break winked, and
proceeded to lightly kiss her on both cheeks, bidding farewell. “It’s going to
be a long day”.
“And you better rest for the day,
okay. And don’t think otherwise, I will come to know about it.” Pandora replied
warningly. ”Shall we, Hades”
Hades walked Pandora towards his
chariot. Break always made him feel queasy. Pandora was quiet beside him, a
slight frown on her face.
“Nervous” He asked her to break the
silence that stretched between them.
“huh. No. You are with me.” She
said coquettishly locking her arms in his and leaning closer.
Hades was immediately silenced by
her unabashed cheekiness, and gave a weary glance. Are they going to play their
little game? The one where she pretended to be besotted by him and he tried to
step warily around her lines of entrapment.
She laughed at his look.
“So, Should I beware of you?”
Her blue eyes caught the ray of
the sun, and glimmered in the light, like huge opal sapphires. Rippling like
waves in the calm ocean. A small mischievous smile on her pretty lips.
“Do you see more than 1 head on
me?” he played along
She laughed again. She laughed
easy.
“Imagine that. On one side, zues,
on the other po, the three brother’s triumvirate...”
And she prattled on her,
laughing, amused at her own conjuring.
