CHAPTER - 2 (M)

This chapter will contain some mature content.

DAPHNE'S POV :

The dryad's words echoed in my head, making my heart pound like a drum, Lord Apollo is here.

The world which had been a symphony of life, of our cheerfulness, stilled. The birds stopped chirping. The insects stilled themselves as if recognizing the truth of the fact about the arrival of the God. But my heart was a frantic bird, thrashing inside my ribs.

Panic rushed into my every bone and every vein. The other nymphs were giggling while Arethusa and Cyana had already left to get a slight view of the Lord. But I had a feeling of a lamb already sensing the arrival of the lion. My every instinct screamed at me to run, to disappear into the forest, to never be seen.

But I...I can't run. At the end of the day, who am I ? A nymph. I am devoted to my mistress, Artemis. And running away from serving his brother...it would be a grave mistake, the greatest sin. I am trapped , but I will survive. Yes, I have to.

As I was lost in my thought, I heard Cyana's voice ," Get up Daphne ! You are still sitting here ? We have to get ready !"

I nodded as I got up and grabbed my leaf green chiton from the rock where it lay drying. The simple fabric felt so rough on my skin which was still wet from the cold bath. I pulled down the chiton over my head, tying the knots on my shoulder. My wet dark curls were reaching my waist, and some curls were framing my face . I am not even that beautiful, to be worshiped and to be admired . Maybe this is my insecurity. I fear of being rejected the most.

I quickly braided my hair, my fingers fumbling with the thick strands . I wove in a few small white flowers, an attempt to look more like a lady, less like a child. I had no jewels nor any cosmetics. So I did the best I ever could.

Then me and my sisters we started our journey to the shrine. As we were finishing the distance, I was feeling like my heart would burst out of my chest. I was again and again biting my lower lip, at some point I thought that it started bleeding.

After our arrival at the shrine , the head nymph Sentapina, she told us our duties. And my blood ran cold, when I heard my duty . It was the duty to help the Lord's personal routine. But again, I am a nymph. And I have to behave like one. Suppressing every fear, every insecurity and every desire.

The sound of the hooves stopped. The golden light intensified. And a very deep masculine yet warm voice tore the silence, " Sister , I have brought you a gift from the great city of Delphi ."

It was his voice. It vibrated through the air , into my bones. Flooding a hot lava of desire through me.

Artemis appeared at the age of the clearing, her silver bow in her hand . Her face was calm yet it held a warning," Come forward my handmaidens, greet the great Lord Phoebes Apollo."

He was standing beside the chariot of pure gold, which was pulled by four horses all made of wind and fire. I barely saw the Chariote, I only saw him.

He was not just handsome....He was divine. His skin was of bronze and gold as if, the sun itself has sculpted him. He has blonde hair, it's like witnessing the sunlight from the nearest. He was tall, so tall that he could overshadow the trees, his body was a masculine perfection. He was wearing a silver chiton , a golden thread clasped at his shoulder. But it did a little to hide his broad and powerful shoulder, muscles of his chest and plain flat of his stomach. The strong and athletic lines of his legs.

And the view only ignited a stickiness between my legs.

And I turned away my gaze from him, took a long sigh.

He was not smiling. His seriousness was highlighted by his high cheekbones and a strong jaw....giving him the look of an arrogant nobility.

His gaze sweeping over the line of nymphs, like a king surveying his subjects.

And they finally found mine.

The world stopped, the noise vanished. There were only two beings. Him and me. His eyes travelled from my eyes to my lips, then my throat and the pulse beating there and then lower and lower. As if he is measuring every curve of my body. And this intensity was sending an unwanted desire straight to my core.

I couldn't breath, I couldn't move....his eyes had pinned me to this very place. When his eyes again met mine, I saw there a vision, so explicit that it churned my stomach.

I saw myself on a bed of furs, my body bare and trembling. Not with cold but with a mix of dark desire and unwanted heat. I saw his golden hands on my bare bossomes, squeezing and rolling my peaks until I cry out, scratching his shoulder. His mouth claiming every part of my body . His body moving over mine in a seductive rhythm and a tear of pure ecstasy rolling down my cheeks to the soft pillow. His seed feeling me, until I was a part of him. It was a promise of raw and untamed coupling, until I was his. It was a promise that said he would enjoy savoring my surrender.

Then, just as quickly as it begun, it ended. He turned his gaze away from me and looked at his sister . "Artemis "his voice as smooth as silk ,"your shrine is as wild and beautiful as you are."

But I knew the truth. The wildness that he saw was in me.

Then all the nymphs bowed to him, so as me. After he left with his sister, whispers and giggles of the nymphs could be heard, but I was the only one standing there shaking the feeling of his gaze on my body.

AUTHOR'S POV :

Artemis greeted him with a cool nod," Brother, your visit is....unexpected. "

"A God is never bound by expectation." He pulled out a box of gold and silver, inside it a pair of Kohinoor earrings.

"This is beautiful." Artemis said." We will feast in your honor tonight."

As Apollo talked to his sister about the Gods, the laws and the mortals, his mind was drifting back to that nymph maiden. Her desire for him and how she had clenched her small thighs again and again while looking downwards .

And it brought a dark satisfaction through him. It will be worth coming here.

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