Chosen By The Gods

Revealing Apollo

DAEMON'S POINT OF VIEW

The day came to an end, and I’m welcomed by Elliot who waits for me at the car.

“ Hey. Didn’t see you today. ” He says as he opens the door, then gets inside.

Well, I've been too busy stalking my mate to think of anything else.

“ Long day. A lot of events. ” He raises his eyebrows in a suspicious way, then looks at me expectantly.

“ Well,spill everything. ” He makes a gestures with his hand to hurry up and explain myself. I wanted best friend, now I need to explain.

* Tell him. * Apollo demands, and I freeze.

* What if he won’t want to be my friend anymore? What if he’ll find it disgusting? Find ME disgusting ?* I ask in a fearful voice as all the possibilities run through my head, neither of them ending in a good way, and my heart starts speeding.

“ Well? ” Elliot says expectantly, and I look at him not knowing what to do.

* Daemon, if he loves you, he’ll be happy for you. And if someone finds love disgusting, then they have a serious problem. * Apollo says in a calculating voice, as if he's explaining something to a kid and makes sure that I get it. I take his words in consideration, then I take a deep breath, and prepare myself for the worst.

“ I found my mate. ” I blurred out, and he starts squealing and jumping in his seat. Not manly, but... Elliot. And I won’t even start with the Beta position.

“ Who is she? Where did you find her? ”He asks in an excited voice, and I sigh hard.

“ Well, there’s the thing. It’s not a she. ” He looks at me confused, and my breath stopped.

“ What do you mean? ”

“ I mean that my mate it’s not a SHE. It’s a HE. ” His eyes went wide in shock, and I sigh hard as my heart breaks into millions of pieces. I knew it.

* I told you he’ll hate me. Why did I listen to you? Now I lost him. I lost my best friend! I lost my brother, my damn Beta!! * I scold Apollo as I try not to break down. 

I start the car and start driving home, taking the shortcut, so I won't have to sit in this deadly,painful silence.

“ Please don’t tell anyone. I understand that you don’t want us to be friends anymore, but please don’t tell. I’ll tell everyone when I’ll be ready. Ok? ” I interrupt the silence as I realize that maybe he'll tell his dad, who's dad's Beta, and who's obliged to tell him. 

He shakes his head as if he’s coming out of a trance, and I look back at the road. I don’t want to see the look of disgust in his eyes.

“ What do you mean I don’t want to be friends anymore? Why wouldn’t I want to be friends anymore?” He asks genuinely confused, and I look at him equally confused. Did he hear me?

“ Well, because my mate is a man… and you don’t have to pretend that it’s ok. I saw your expression. ” I say and close my eyes for a second to push the tears that threaten to fall down my face.

“ I don’t care about that. And I was just shocked. You never told me that you like men. ” His voice is honest, so either he’s lying to make me feel better, eite--

* Stop over thinking everything. How many times do I have to tell you not to make assumptions before you don’t know all the facts? Am I talking to the walls? * I ignore Apollo, and answer Elliot.

“ I wasn’t attracted to men. Until now. Until him. I was as shocked as you are. ” He smirks, and wiggles his eyebrows, and as I think that he's about to tease, his expression changes and he puts on his thinking face.

“ Does that mean that I’m also into men? Maybe. I mean, I'm not attracted to men, yet. But, I have to admit that some men has nicer asses than women. But, enough about me. How does he look like? Is he hot? Do I know him? " I can’t help but laugh, because I know that he means it, and a breath of relief escapes my lungs.

“ I can’t answer that. Maybe I’m biased. I mean, he is my mate. But you know him. He’s the new guy. ”

“ OHHH MY GODDD! I don’t know if I like men or not, but I would like them for him. He’s a damn God! ” My heart swells, and my body shivers at the thought of his muscular body and green eyes.

* No, I’M a God!* Apollo says, faking annoyance.

“ You’re upsetting  Apollo. He says he’s a God. ”

“ Sorry, Apollo. I meant that he’s very good looking. A model. He looks like a Greek God,he’s not…”

* I got the point. Tell him he’s forgiven. *

“ He got the point. You’re forgiven. ” I repeat what Apollo said, then I can't help but laugh, and Elliot chuckles.

After more talk about men and their asses, we arrived home. We said our goodbye, and of course, Elliot adviced me to look into gay porn so I can satisfy my mate. 

I pray that I can go to my room unnoticed, because I’m not really in the mood to talk to someone.

Thankfully I did it. I close the door, and drop my backpack on the floor next to my desk, then leave out a huge breath of relief as I lay in bed. Quite a day.

* One more thing to do today. * Apollo says ,and I sigh. Can’t he, for once let me relax?

“ What? ” Being in the safety of my bedroom, I can talk out loud and snap at him. Yell if I must, and he's not far from it.

* You need to tell your parents about me. * This sentence has me jumping out off bed.

“ What? No! I said we’ll wait until my dad’s birthday. ” I chose that day because they’ll be in a good mood, they’ll drink, and if they don’t believe me, I can just deny everything the next day and blame it on the alcohol. Brilliant,I know. 

* You said you’ll do as I say. And I’m telling you to tell your parents. A few months won’t make a big difference. *

" No, but alcohol would. " I reply sarcastically, and he chuckles.

* Still no. Today. *  I figured.

I start pacing the room up and down, thinking of a way to tell them.

“ How should I tell them without them thinking that I’m crazy? ”

*I don’t know. Just tell them. We’ll find a way.*

“ Ohhh that’s just brilliant. Never heard of a better plan. You’re a f*****g genius. ” I don’t get to finish my sentence, that I hear my mom’s angry voice behind me. f**k!

“How many times have I told you not to use that language?” I put on an innocent smile,and look at her with my puppy eyes.

“Sorry ma,I’m just a bit stressed.”

* Tell her! * Apollo insists, and I snap.

“ Not now you i***t! ” Mom looks at me taken aback, and I swallow hard as I see how her eyes fill with anger.

“ Who do you think you’re talking to, young man? ” She asks through gritted teeth and places her hand on her hip.  f**k! That's a dangerous position. And did I mention f**k? f**k!

“ I wasn’t talking to you. ” I say, pleading her with my eyes to believe me, and praying that she won't ask any further questions, because I can't lie to her. Besides, my phone is nowhere to be seen and I don’t have my earphones.

“ I’m waiting. ” Mom says and taps her feet on the floor impatiently.

* Just blur it out for My sake! *

“ It’s not that easy you t**t! ” Mom gasps loudly, as if she can't believe that I just said that, and with angry steps, comes towards me, her beautiful blue eyes are now dripping with anger.

I jump fast on the bed, because the woman won’t hesitate to beat the hell out of me. Ok, not beat, but she will smack the back of my head, and the woman is strong. 

* Maybe that's why you're so stupid. Maybe she broke your small brain. Or she dropped you when you were a pup. *  I roll my eyes at Apollo, but keep moving out from my mom's reach.

“ I can’t explain ma. Let me explain. I wasn’t talking to you. You know—” She jumps after me but I quickly make a run for the hallway.

“ Come on ma, you know that I would never talk to you like that. You’re my Queen. ” I say with genuine love in my voice, and she finally stops, and looks at me through narrowed eyes, still not convinced.

“ Then with who were you talking? ” She asks suspiciously, and I take a deep breath.

“ Let’s go and find dad. I’ll tell the both of you. ” I say with a pleading smile, and she flashes me a small smile, then comes to me and gives me a kiss on the cheek.

" And you're my little prince. " I smile back, and let out a breath of relief. It has no point in telling her that I'm not little anymore. I tried for a couple of years, but her answer is always the same 'you'll always be my pup,no matter how big you'll get.' *

* Damn. And I was hoping that you’ll get your ass kicked. * Says the God that was supposed to protect me.

* Ha. ha. funny, Apollo.* I say sarcastically, and he laughs, making me roll my eyes and bite my inner cheek hard to supress the urge to scream and annoy him, but unfortunately, I can't. Not until I tell them.

“ Come, your dad is in the library. " That's not a shock, the man read so many books that he's a walking encyclopedia. I seriously think that he knows more than Apollo.

* As much as I like your dad, he's far from knowing as many things as I do. * He says smugly, and I roll my eyes. Narcissistic. 

The moment we entered the library, dad got up from the brown leather couch and came and kissed my forehead, then wrapped his big arms around my mom's waist and gave her a small, loving peck on the lips, making me smile.

“ To what do I owe this honor? ” My dad asks teasingly, and I go and sit on the armchair across from the couch, so I can face them.

“ I have something to tell you. ” They both look at me worried as they sit on the couch, and dad pulls mom closer to him, almost in his lap, as if he wants to protect her from everything that could harm her.

The worried look on their faces erases the smile on my face, and I get agitated. 

I'm not often serious, so I'm not surprised that they're worried. And I'm worried that they won't believe me.

“ Don’t tell me that you got someone pregnant. * Dad says through narrowed eyes, and I laugh. If that would be my problem, I would be happy.

“ No. Nothing like that. ” 

“ Then? ” Mom asks curiously, and I take a deep breath and try to gather enough courage and tell them. Will they believe me? What if they won't? I sure hope they will. With each passing millisecond I get more restless and nervous, and I can feel my heart racing, my breath getting heavy and short.

* Just tell them already! * Apollo commands in an exasperated voice, as if I'm not nervous enough. 

“ Will you shut it? It’s not that easy. I could end up in some mental institution! ” I snap at him, not believing that even now, in this kind of situation, he's pissing me off and not-- why do I even bother?

* That would be fun. * Apollo says with amusement in his voice, and I freeze as I realize that I talked out loud, and mom and dad look at me like I’m crazy.

I close my eyes hoping that when I open them, Apollo will be in front of me and I'll get to kick his ass.

“ Honey, are you feeling ok? ” Mom asks worried.

“ Yes mom. Just had a hard day. Now, about what I want to tell you. Please promise me that you’ll keep an open mind. ” I plead with my voice and eyes, and they both nod, urging me to go on.

“ So, three months ago, after my birthday, I had a dream. Or at least that’s what I thought it was. I dreamt that I was in some enchanted forest, and I came upon a huge wolf that was drinking water from a river. Golden river. Like my fur. ” I try to explain as good as I can, and mom and dad listen to every word I say, but I can't really tell what they're thinking about.

* I’m huge now? * Apollo's voice is conceided, fact that angers me even more. I'm on the brick of a breakdown, and instead of shutting up, because I wouldn't dare say help me, because the chances of him doing it are close to -1000, he's driving me even more insane. 

“ Ohhh, just shut it. Can you be more narcissistic than that? ” I roll my eyes, and I feel dad’s hand on my arm.

Ok, I’m losing it. I’m too nervous.

Calm down and stop talking out loud.

“ I don’t know what’s going on. But I think you should talk to someone. ” Dad says in a soothing voice and talks slowly, and Apollo starts laughing out loud while I panic.

“ No! Let me finish! ” I realize that my tone is a little too high ,and dad looks at me even more concerned, and with pity in his eyes. Are you for real?

* Keep it this way and in 20 minutes you’ll be on your way to cucu land. * Apollo is actually amused, he's actually having fun.

* WE! We will be on the way to cucu land, Apollo. And I don’t think you’ll like it so much, so shut it! *

* You do realize that even if you’re not talking out loud, you’re still frowning and it looks like you’re having a fight with yourself,right? *

* Then leave me alone! *

“ Honey!!! ” Mom yells to get my attention.

“Sorry. So, the huge black wolf. He said things to me, that I’m special and so on. I woke up all sweaty, and I thought I dreamt, but I didn’t. Now, have you heard of Apollo Lykaios? ”

“ Of course. Who didn’t? He’s the God of wolves.” Dad says in a DUH voice, and I hear Apollo taking a deep breath. Here we go.

* You see? Everyone knows. Only you didn’t. Ignorant human. *

“ Narcisistic God.”  Ups, I slipped again.

“ Son, don’t talk like that about God Apollo. ” Dad says in a serious, almost angry tone of voice.

“ I’m not talking about  God Apollo. I’m talking to God Apollo. ” Dad’s eyes go wide, and mom is on the verge of crying.

* You’re really not helping your case. But go on. * The amusement in Apollo's voice really starts to piss me off, but I manage to keep calm, so instead of yelling from the top of my lungs to piss him off, I resume at rolling my eyes and taking another breath.

“ Ok, so. You know how you all have an inner wolf. And you can’t really communicate with them. You feel their aura, what they feel and so on, but you can’t have proper conversations with them. And you know that I don’t have one. ”

“ I’m confused. ” Dad says in a more confused and worried voice than he shows, and Apollo laughs.

“ My inner wolf, or better yet, my guardian is Apollo. And we can talk. And he talks like all the damn time. He’s a narcissistic, ego-centric, annoying God, who has a say in everything I do. The only moments of quiet I have, are when I sleep and when I fu…” I shut my mouth when I realize what I was about to say, and Apollo laughs again, this time even harder.

* Go on. When you sleep and when you… continue. * Apollo urges me to continue through sobs of laughter, making me roll my eyes again.

“ Are you saying that God Apollo is your… inner wolf, guardian, and you can have full conversations with him? ” Dad asks as if he’s walking on mined ground, and mom is wiping her tears.

Fucking great, they think I’m crazy.

“ Yes, dad. I do. ” I say, even though I know that it has no point, 'cause he doesn't believe me, and he purses his lips, and looks at me with pity.

* Apollo, I need help. *

* Arhhh fine. But you owe me one. *

* You are supposed to be my guardian. Help me or we’re going to cucu land. Both of us. *

* Don’t care. So, do you owe me one? *  I start to think that he's the God of Blackmailing. 

* Ok, fine. Hurry. *

“ Mom, don’t cry. Give me a minute. ” I try to calm her down, but she cries louder, and dad takes her in his arms to calm her down, tryong to be strong for her, but I can see that he's sad as well.

They act like they already lost me.

“ My baby… ” She’s mourning me. What the Hell?

* Let’s start with the fun stuff. Ask your dad if he remembers when he was 13 and he went with that girl Hara in the woods, and they played “if you show me yours I’ll show you mine.”  *

“ God, Apollo. Really? ” I make a grimace, and I want to tell Apollo to tell me something else, but as I see how hard dad sighs, and how sad his eyes are, I decide to spill it out and worry later about how I'll erase those images.

“ Ok. Dad, do you remember when you were 13 and you went with that girl,Hara in the woods? You played “show me yours and I’ll show you mine.” Dad’s mouth drops open, and his eye went wide.

Apollo laughs, and I suppress a chuckle. I have to admit that it's funny.

“ How? Nobody knows that. With who did you talk to? ” Ohhh, for Christs sake.

* Apollo? *  I ask for more information, because apparently, my dad is a non believer.

* Ok. When he was 16, he fell out off bed, or better yet he rolled himself over when your grandma entered his room without knocking, and he was busy. *

“ Busy? ” I ask confused, and Apollo sighs.

* You exhaust me. With what are you busy in the mornings? *

“Ohhh, you’re a perv! ” I say while I grimace, and he starts laughing.

* I’m just having fun. *

* I bet you are! *

“ Son????? ” Dad warns me in a deep voice. f**k, he thinks I made him a perv?

“ Apollo. Not you. Anyway, when you were 16, grandma came into your room without knocking, and you rolled over, and fell on the ground to avoid her seeing... yeah, you know the rest. ” Dad’s jaw is on the ground ,and Apollo is laughing harder and harder by the second, having the time of his eternal life.

“ What is he talking about? ” Mom asks after she wipes her tears, but dad is speechless.

“ So, do you believe me now? ” I ask dad while trying not to laugh at his expression, and he nods lightly.

“ What? ” Mom asks dad surprised and shocked.

* I’ll tell you something about her as well. * Apollo says with amusement in his voice, and I jump on my feet.

“ Don’t you dare! Picturing dad is enough! I don’t need mom as well! ” I demand in a desperate voice, 'cause I'm pretty sure that I would be traumatized if he would tell me something--- not going there.

* Pervert humans. I was going to tell you how your mom gave her pocket money to her best friend  when she was in high-school. And she even stole from your grandma when she got sick and didn’t have money to buy medicine. * He finishes with a mocking chuckle, and I let out a breath of relief. 

“ Thanks God. Mom, Apollo says that you used to give all your pocket money to your best friend in high-school, and you even stole from grandma to give her when she got sick. ” Mom’s mouth drops open, mirroring dad's expression.

Did I break them? I hope not.

I take a deep breath and smile. Ok,no cucu land.

“ So? Everything ok? ” I ask, and dad shakes his head as if he just came from a trance.

“ So, your guardian is Apollo. Does he hear us? ” Dad asks with excitement in his voice. If he would know him, he wouldn't be so excited.

“ Yes. He hears everything, but he connects just with me. ”

* One human is enough to drive me insane. Don’t need others, thank you. *

“ I don’t know what to say. Sweety? ” Dad says looking at mom, but she’s still recovering.

“ Should I say something? What should I say? ” Mom asks as she looks straight at me, as if she’s trying to look at Apollo. GOD!

“ No. Don’t make his ego bigger than it already is. I’m the one who has to suffer.”

“ DAEMON!” Dad’s angry, Alpha voice echoes the library and I freeze.

“ This is no way to talk to a God! ” Apollo starts laughing like the i***t that he is, and I roll my eyes.

* I love your dad! *

“ AND STOP ROLLING YOUR EYES AT ME! ”

“I didn’t roll my eyes at you, I rolled my eyes at Apollo. He’s laughing on my expense. ” Dad opens his mouth to say something, but close it. Too much, I guess.

“ Honey, your father is right. You shouldn’t talk like that to him. He is our God. ”

* And I love your mom as well. *

“ Mom, no offense, but you don’t know him. He’s driving me crazy sometimes. ”

* You drive me crazy all the time. * He replies, then sighs hard, and again, I roll my eyes.

“ So, Apollo is in you.” Dad says as if he’s checking to see if he didn’t dream the whole deal.

“ Yes. He is. He’s always with me. Why do you think that no one can beat me? That I can fight five wolves at once, and beat them all without a scratch? He’s telling me where they are, what’s their next move. ”

“ That’s amazing. ” Dad says in awe, and mom smiles big.

“ And I have some superpowers as well. ” Time to glow.

* Really? Superpowers? Who do you think you are? Some super ranger? Captain werewolf America? Damn kid. * Apollo says and tsks, clicking his tongue, but I ignore his grumpy ass, and go to the desk and take the letter knife.

“ Don’t panic. I’ll show you something. ” I had to warn, because mom’s eyes are about to fall, and she’s on her feet, ready to come and stop me. 

I go in front of them and cut myself from the wrist up the arm, and they both gasp loudly, and their eyes fill with dread and panic, but my wound closes as I’m cutting.

Normally, for a werewolf it takes more than an hour to heal, that is, if they survive, but by me it’s like a zipper.

* Show off. *

“ Cool, right? ” Dad grabs my arm and pulls me to him,inspecting it.

“ How? ” He keeps asks in awe and surprise, but also proud.

“ I don’t know. Perks of having Apollo as a guardian. ”

* Ohhhh, does someone love me? * Apollo says mockingly, and I roll my eyes.

“ I knew you’re special! ” Mom exclaims with a huge smile, and I look at her through narrowed eyes.

“ You thought I’m crazy. I was 5 minutes away from going to cucu land. ” Dad chuckles, and mom comes and hugs me.

“ I’m sorry baby. But you have to admit that it’s not common. I, for one, I never heard of this.”

“ It’s ok ma. I love you. ”

* Now tell them about your mate. *

* No freaking way! * 

“ What’s wrong? ” Mom asks as she felt me tensing.

“ It’s Apollo. I’m fine. ” I reassure with a fake smile, but the worry in her warm eyes doesn't dissappears.

“ What does he want? ” Mom insists, and I shrug.

“ What doesn’t he want? ” Dad chuckles under his breath, and mom hits my arm playfully.

“ Respect him. ” Mom demands, and I sigh hard, because I can bet on my life that Apollo will--

* Did you hear her? Respect me! * I knew he’s gonna say something. I knew it!

“ Yes ma. ”

* So? Tell them. * Apollo insists, but nuh uh.

* I can’t. Not yet. Let’s see how it goes. Maybe he’ll reject me. You never know. * I feel my heart being squeezed at the thought, and I can feel that Apollo is no better.

“ Can I go to my room now? I have to study. ” I ask, and they nod.

“ Son, if you need to talk with someone, we’re always here. Don’t be afraid to tell us anything. Ok? ” Dad says in a soothing and reassuring voice, and I feel a ping of guilt hitting my heart. I should’ve told them earlier, I know, but I was really afraid.

“ I know dad. Thanks. ” I kiss my mom’s cheek, go to my room, and throw myself in bed face down.

* Don’t relax too much. We still need to figure out what’s with your mate. * Apollo disturbs my moment of peace, and I grunt in annoyance.

Damn annoying God!