We made it to the entrance to the portal that would take us to Atlantis. It was strange to be going back now. I was afraid not that I would let anyone know that, but I was sure this was something I had never done and so I was unsure that I could do it. But I had to. I just hoped that I could get to Coyrah as Artemis thought I would be able to. The rest of the men that had come with us were waiting all except for my brother that is of course. I nodded to them and then we began walking through what to others would look just like a wall by the sea. It was clever but it could be dangerous for anyone to carry someone through. But I had done this before so I knew what and how to do it so that it was less dangerous. But it still was not comfortable by any means. Being in the portal was like having your body pulled in a million different directions all at once. I was used to it. My fear was more for Coyrah in this though. She had never been through this and going through it unconscious was something else altogether. I knew too that it was risky moving her while she slept she could get lost and not be able to find her body when it was time to wake up. I knew that was something I was going to have to trust Artemis to take care of.
Coming out the other side of the portal I found there waiting was my father and brother. My Mother was absent but I was sure she would be somewhere around here. I looked down to Coyrah and made sure that she had made the journey in full which she had. I saw the look on my father’s face. And knew he was going to have something to say about this. He looked worried.
“Adian tells us that not only is this your woman but she is also the daughter of Posiedon that we have been looking for. She is powerful to be sure, are you sure that you want to do this?” Father said. I looked at him and knew my anger showed very plainly on my face. How could he of all people ask me this? He laughed and nodded his head.
“I just had to be sure that you were not mistaken. But I can see all the answers I need in your eyes, my son. Come your mother is making the chamber less like a dungeon and more like a bedroom. She is waiting for us there. While you are gone Adian and I will handle the affairs of the crown and your mother will be keeping watch over you and your woman.” Father said. He began walking and I followed him even though I knew the way.
“Her name is Coyrah, Father. She will not take to it kindly if you only call her My
Woman though I don’t mind it she will.” I said. He laughed again.
“I know that Son. I was with your mother when she tried to talk to her. Coyrah is something I have never seen before but she is strong and that is a very good thing. She will need to be in order to not only be Queen but your wife, my boy.” He said.
That was right Mother had been sent for to try and help Coyrah pull away from her darkness and convince her to help us all by raising Atlantis from the bottom of the ocean. How long ago that seemed to be? It feels like it happened years ago rather than just the few days that it really had been. I looked down again to Coyrah and she was so small in my arms and though I knew she had great strength in her both in character and in arm she was so light. She was like a doll or a small child. Yet I could see her as only a fully grown and developed woman that she was. I pulled her in closer to me and kissed her forehead and hoped against hope that I could do this that I could bring her back to herself. I feared what would come to pass if I failed in this.
We made our way to the chamber that could and would hold Coyrah. It was like those that built this city had known this could or would happen and they had built a place that would keep everyone safe from any darkness that Coyrah could throw at it. I had to remember that she was more God than human though. How was she going to react to my entering into that place with her now? Artemis said that she would fight me and on that I had no doubt. It was in Coyrah’s nature to fight everything; it was all that had kept her alive to this point. I felt so useless. I was supposed to protect her. I had failed in that, I could not fail in getting her back. But she was a trickster too. She would use many things to get me to do what she wanted which right now I was sure was to make me and all of Atlantis pay for everything that had happened to her. She would no doubt see me as the enemy. I was the King that was supposed to protect her and the reason that she was born and had had such a shit life to this point. It was hard not to see things from her point of view. It was hard not to see that Posiedon loved us more than he did her. I knew she felt that she was only born for this one task. I could even understand how come she felt that way and what had lead her to believe that. But how did I change her mind? That was the real question.
“Don’t try to change her mind Brother. Just be there while she finds her way back to what is the truth. You cannot change a mind as strong as her’s. You can, however, show her that you care about her as a person. Just like you did for me so long ago. Don’t let her push you away or around too much. You’ll know what to do and when to do it. Just trust yourself and you will find the way. You are the only one that can. You know her Addison, like no one else you know her. She will try to make you doubt that. Trust that you do and show her that you still see her.” Adian said. I had done this with him before he was right, though that had been about a hundred years ago and he had indeed gone very dark. But then just as now I could and did still see the man I knew him to be behind the darkness. Just as I still saw Coyrah behind the darkness that was in her. She was in pain and I knew that and Adian was right. I could show her that I still saw her just as I knew her to be. That she couldn’t hide from me the truth. I did know her. I knew every scare and every perfect imperfection on and in her. I saw HER just as she was always meant to be seen. Now I just had to get her to see it too.
The chamber was much changed from how I remembered it being it really did look more like a bedroom than a dungeon cell. It was nice and it even had the female touch to it. I saw my mother there for the first time. She turned and smiled at me. She came to us and put a hand on the side of Coyrah’s face. I could see the tears forming in her eyes already as she began to speak.
“She had been through so much already. I am sad for her to know so little of love and now to have it ripped away. But I have faith in you my son that you will bring her back to herself and us. She needs love I could see that the first time I saw her and in her anger it was more born of pain than anything else. She is a wonder to be sure. But come the more time we waist here the less you have to bring her home.” Mother said. She was very motherly toward Coyrah though I knew that Coyrah had scared her when they first met. Mother seemed to understand that fear only hurt Coyrah more and that grew her anger. Coyrah was used to people only seeing her as something to fear and never looking deeper than that. No one saw her pain. But I did and so did my family. We saw her, the girl, the woman, and the God. She was some much more than what anyone thought she was now I just had to get her to see it too.
I nodded to my mother and moved and layed Coyrah down on the bed and layed down next to her. I looked to Artemis and she came to my side.
“Good luck and happy hunting. She will lead you on a merry chase to be sure. Just remember all you have been told and what you already know and don’t lose faith in her. The rest you will know when the time is right for you to know it.” She said then she sprinkled some dust over me and I fell quickly to sleep.
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