Serenity Smith watched her mate with a steady gaze as she listened to her talk on and on about all the reasons she shouldn't expose their kind. Amanthy began to realize her attempts were futile as she watched the other woman blink at her with an unimpressed expression.

"You aren't even listening are you?" Amanthy asked, letting out a defeated exhale. Serenity smiled and leaned forward.

"You lost me when you started doing that sexy thing with your eyebrows again." Serenity replied half jokingly as she took her lovers hand in hers. Amanthy rolled her eyes as she spoke.

"What's with your obsession with my eyebrows these days?" Amanthy asked teasingly as she enjoyed Serenity's positive mood.

The two of them had been in one of the training rooms for hours until they succumbed to their exhaustion and settled for sitting across from each other on the cold flooring indulging in conversation.

"Hmm I wouldn't say it's just the eyebrows love, everything about you kinda gets me hot and bothered." Serenity said lowly as a smirk spread across her features. The mate bond intensified with every word, creating tension as every fiber in their being demanded to be closer to the other.

"Yeah? Even with all this sweat seeping out my pores?" Amanthy asked returning the smirk, hoping to knock Serenity off her game— she knew they would end up defiling the training room if they didn't tread lightly. The comment didn't deter Serenity whatsoever as she leaned further into her mates personal space.

"Yes baby, even with all the sweat." Serenity said as she craned her neck to leave sloppy kisses on the other woman's neck. Amanthys' eyes widened almost comically as she bit back a moan at the sensation. Amanthy gathered enough will to pull back and grip Serenity's jaw lightly as their faces were hardly an inch apart.

"Who are you and what have you done with my Ren?" Amanthy asked playfully as she referred to the more innocent version of her lover.

"She grew up." Serenity said with a smile as they held each other's gaze for a long moment.

"I'm not complaining." Amanthy replied leaning forward to capture Serenity's lips with her own feeling the other woman reciprocating immediately. They moved in sync as they fought for dominance— somehow ending up sprawled on the cold flooring as Serenity wedged herself between her legs. Amanthy took her bottom lip between her teeth just as a throat was cleared from the doorway.

"Well this is new" Zylan spoke with a grin stretching across his plump lips. Amanthy looked up at the culprit that was responsible for interrupting their moment. She instantly sensed he was a werewolf, an alpha at that. She took in his brown complexion and curly hair that he left up in a bun. She didn't sense any malice from him so she decided to ease up on the irritation.

"Zylan," Serenity groaned out as she removed herself from between the other woman's legs and helped her to her feet. "I told you to start knocking." She added as she recalled the conversation they had after he ended up very awkwardly walking in on her with just a towel. He stuttered like a schoolboy before leaving and Serenity never let him live it down.

"I'm sorry I didn't think there was a chance of seeing something indecent in a training room." He replied with a shrug. Amanthy scowled as she glanced between the two.

"You've walked in on something indecent before?" She questioned feeling her irritation creeping back in.

"He saw me in a towel and he started stuttering like a broken record." Serenity cleared up instantly, knowing how possessive their nature can be. Amanthy nodded although she still didn't like it— she was imaging worse and thankful it wasn't.

"I thought we weren't gonna bring that up." Zylan whined almost childishly as both women straightened their clothes and hair out.

"You'll live. Now what did you come for?" Serenity replied.

"Oh yeah! Someone has requested your audience in the throne room." Zylan said remembering his purpose for coming. Serenity was amazed with the whiplash she got from the carefree young man. One moment he was barking orders like a true alpha, then the next he's stumbling over his own feet like a small child.

Serenity rolled her eyes at the request, knowing it'll be something trivial. "Tell them they'll have to wait, I won't be sitting on my throne covered in sweat." She replied as she made her way to the door.

"I could help you wash it off." Amanthy said with a smirk as she followed the younger woman to the door.

"I bet you could, love."

——

"Can someone tell me why I was being rushed out the shower for this?" Serenity barked as she weaved through the sea of people that stood outside the throne room that had clearly reached it's capacity.

"Why are there so many people, I know it's not usually like this." Amanthy said peering at the people who stood impatiently as that spoke amongst themselves. The two made their way through the double doors and practically scowled as they realized it was packed as people murmured and gossiped amongst themselves. Amanthy was the first to tune in to the various conversations to get a grasp of what was going on.

"What do you think this means?"

"How did a human even find the place?"

Amanthy furrowed her eyebrows as she followed Serenity to the steps that had her throne perched at the top of them. Serenity sat down gracefully as her lover took her place standing at her side. Serenity knew that they are meant to sit side by side and she wanted that for the both of them— but she couldn't go back on her word.

"Someone tell me why I'm here." Serenity said with her chin raised in expectation. One of the attendants nodded as he made a gesture to someone else. A door off to the side swung open with a bang as two men began to drag a woman into the room. Amanthys' heart pounded against the confinement's of her chest as she smelled the human blood flowing through the woman's veins.

"She didn't actually...did she?" Serenity muttered in astonishment. Amanthy heard the words perfectly with her hearing as her mind reeled with confusion.

The human woman was forced to her knees in front of the steps as the men let go of of their hold. The woman looked up with sneer as her curly tendrils framed her face. Amanthy studied her with determination trying to understand the situation.

Realization hit the green eyed woman like a train as the woman's hair allowed her face to come into full view. There was no longer a divine energy coming from the woman who had apparently been reduced to a human.

"Mg?" Amanthy asked more to herself than to the human woman who looked strikingly like the goddess known as mg.

Amanthy looked over to her lover in complete shock to gauge her reaction. The smirk that graced Serenity's features made this situation all the more frightening.

The words Serenity spoke next were cryptic— but unsettling nonetheless.

"I see that Thora has things in order. Now tell me mg, why shouldn't I kill you?"