Blessed by Night

"Indeed not." Keres agreed.

"Hm? No, on the contrary dearies. The Red God has agreed to help when the time is right." Nyx said proudly.

"...Then why are you anxious...?" Nemesis asked in confusion. "Was the price he demanded for his help so high that you-"

"Am I not attractive!?" Nyx cried.

""...What?""

"I practically threw myself at him and his wives but none of them took the bait! I wanted to taste the raw pleasure that can only come from the rawest and most lustful holder of desire that there is, but they treated me like damned nuisance and friendzoned me!"

"...Technically, it was not you, but your alternate." Keres reminded gently.

"It stings all the same!" discover m,v,l,e,m,p,y,r novels

Keres rolled her eyes and she and her sister sat on the couch.

"I do not understand the appeal. Nor why you are upset."

"Neither do I."

"That\'s because neither of you have seen him, but I assure you he is... heavenly..!"

Nemesis reached out to wipe away the drool running down her mother\'s chin like a good daughter.

"It\'s rare to hear you speak of someone like this, Mother. Should I expect a new father in the future?"

"Possibly... For now I must continue to play the role of his friendly companion in the hopes that he softens up to me and eventually shows me his penis!"

"…And you think that will work?"

"I don\'t see why it wouldn\'t, especially when he sees just how well I have taken care of his precious babies!"

""…Babies??""

At that moment, a pitch black portal opened up in the living room with the women and three individuals walked through.

For the first time ever, Keres and Nemesis showed visible reactions as their jaws fell open from shock.

\'I...I want them.\' Nemesis said telepathically.

\'Which one..?\'

\'All of them.\'

Smiling radiantly, Nyx fabricated a party hat and confetti and held out her hands in a warm gesture.

"Welcome, children! Let\'s get along wonderfully!"

-

Serana groggily opened her eyes after a few hours of being asleep and immediately wished she was unconscious once again.

It took a full minute for the sick feeling to come back.

Since learning of Ryo\'s treachery against the faction, Serana was monumentally disgusted with herself every time that she had a moment to think.

How could she have been so foolish as to give her body to someone like that?

And why did she never notice anything?

She had never claimed to be the brightest, but was she really that stupid??

With her mind clouded by self hatred and her tears beginning to fall all over again, Serana bit down hard on her lip to stop herself from whimpering.

Suddenly, she felt a familiar arm wrap around her shoulder and all of her sadness changed to embarrassment.

"It\'s alright, Ser. You didn\'t do anything wrong." Aisha said warmly.

Serana forced a helpless smile onto her face as she brushed away the water on her cheeks.

"Yea..? That\'s not how it feels.."

"Well your feelings aren\'t always absolutes, you know? They can be wrong just like everything else in life."

Serana wanted to let Aisha\'s words heal her, but she was honestly afraid that in forgiving herself she would absolve herself of all wrongdoing.

And she quite honestly didn\'t know if she deserved to get off that easily.

"Wanna go to the mess?" Aisha suddenly asked.

"This late??" Serana questioned.

"Sure. Most of our member\'s parents are usually up around this time cause Miss Brenda gives out ice cream and malt liquor."

At the mention of two things that could be used to drown her sorrows, Serena\'s face seemed to be a little bit brighter.

"Okay.. but should I fix myself up first..? I probably look like hell."

"You look fine, kid. No one is going to be paying attention to us anyway." Aisha laughed.

"I guess you\'re right." Serana shrugged.

Discreetly, Serana and Aisha got up from the couch while trying not to wake Rose.

"By the way, where\'s Aubrey..?" Serana whispered.

"Out teaching Mal the value of honesty and family."

"Oh.. okay."

-

Aisha and Serana did end up going to the mess to get ice cream and liquor, but it proved to be much more crowded than they expected.

Just as surprising was the fact that they ended up running into a familiar, equally heartbroken face while they were on their excursion.

They found Melanie looking rather depressed as she stared into her bowl.

They didn\'t even have to ask what was bothering her.

Sensing a kindred spirit among them, the two of them invited her to come along with them on their journey of healing.

The trio carried their bowls with them outside of the base to the ledge overlooking the mountain range that housed them.

In the midst of the cool night air and wrapped in blankets, the three of them exchanged their sorrows.

"So... you guys and Rose, huh?" Melanie asked.

Aisha grimaced as she stared into the deep gorge in front of them.

"Yea... it\'s kind of a shock if I\'m honest. And I wouldn\'t really say that Aubrey and I are taking it well."

"But she was just with us?" Serana asked with ice cream all over her face.

"Yea... she doesn\'t want to make things awkward so we\'ve been trying to stay on friendly terms, you know..? But it\'s honestly even harder like this."

As if it was pre-determined, the three of them took big gulps of alcohol at the exact same time before working their way through their ice cream once again.

"I can\'t believe I threw myself at Mal like that and jeopardized my friendships with the girls... I feel disgusted with myself... even more than normal." Melanie muttered.

"But they\'ve already forgiven you though, and so has he. Don\'t keep beating yourself up over it."

"Easier said than done..." Melanie said with a forced smile.

"Hey... isn\'t that Miss Nyx\'s chariot?"

Serana suddenly pointed high up in the sky, at a flying black carriage being pulled by two nightmarish looking horses.

"M-Malachi and Aiubrey\'s mom!?" Melanie panicked.

"Don\'t be nervous, she\'s super sweet." Serana comforted.

"I-In more ways than one.." Aisha added dreamily.

"That\'s your best friend\'s mom!"

"S-So!? Mal went after yours!"

"...That\'s a good point, you\'re both bastards."

"Hey!"

In the midst of their bickering, Nyx\'s carriage drew closer and closer until it landed in the clearing right behind the girls.

"Those are some big ass horses... think she would let me ride one?"

"Probably." Serana admitted as the three of them stood up to welcome their favorite maternal visitor.

The carriage doors opened and Nyx stepped out; somehow wearing an even larger smile than usual.

"Hello, my darlings! What are you doing out here so late?"

"Drowning our sorrows in sugar and trying not to kill ourselves." Serana held out her half eaten bowl to show Nyx.

Aisha: "Umm, I\'m not quite there yet.."

Melanie: "Me neither.."

"Oh? It\'s just me then."Serana shrugged uncaringly and just went back to eating like nothing happened.

\'...We shouldn\'t leave her alone for a while.\' Aisha made a small mental note to keep better tabs on her friend.

However, Nyx just laughed as if she found such concerning humor intriguing.

"Oh my dear, you never cease to amuse me. I think you\'ll be finding some reasons to live very soon."

*With a mouthful of ice cream* "Oh yea? The hell\'s taking them so long then?"

At that moment, Serana heard rustling coming from inside the carriage.

A man suddenly stepped down into view, and all three girls felt their jaws drop.

Previously, Malachi was the most handsome man that any of them had ever seen before, with no one in the world coming quite close to him.

But as insane as it sounded to say, this young man was above even him.

For starters, he was standing at a firm 6\'5 in height.

He wore a pair of dark jeans and boots paired with a tight black t-shirt that couldn\'t hide the rippling muscles and unblemished skin underneath.

A black leather jacket covered his body from further scrutiny, but the girls were certainly trying to develop some kind of x-ray vision at the moment.

He had rich chocolate skin, and a pair of piercing red eyes that were entirely reptilian in nature.

Just looking into them created a paradox where they wanted to fall back in fear, and also stare into them for all of eternity.

His hair was cut short with time crafted waves, and it appeared to be dyed purple.

Hanging from his ears were two identical looking earrings that appeared to be egyptian in origin, and seemed like they would have cost a fortune before the world fell.

He was so extraordinarily handsome, it took the three girls forever to notice the thick horns coming out of his head.

With a small smirk on his face, he headed straight for Serana like she was the only other living being in the world.

Upon inhaling his cologne, Serana felt like her brain had completely conked out and left her here to fend for herself.

Raising a hand, he cupped her face in his palm gently and used his thumb to wipe away the vanilla ice cream around her lips before licking it away on his own.

"This is unexpected... you\'re even cuter than I thought you\'d be."

Serana, who was already emotionally unstable, fainted immediately and went down like a house of cards.

But of course, the mysterious young man caught her before she could hit the ground.

Nyx sighed in exhaustion.

"I thought I asked you to make yourself uglier, Apophis."

"I did though?"

"Not enough!"

Before either Aisha or Melanie could ask who or what this person was, two more individuals stepped down from the carriage.

And they both followed Serena\'s example and fainted at the sight of them.