The King of Hearts by Winters Jovee

Author:Winters, Jovee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jovee Winters Publishing
Published: 2020-06-19T16:00:00+00:00

Eros

* * *

Every footstep sounded thunderous in my ears.

The dungeons, for it was that, was dank and dark as any good dungeon should be. And though I was a god and had nothing to fear from a wild creature like the half bull man, I still tasted the adrenaline tang of nerves on the back of my tongue.

The minotaur couldn’t kill me, but he could hurt her. Creatures built of curses could be divided into two camps. Those less creature and more man, and those less man and more creature.

A creature with more of his humanity intact could be reasoned with. But a monster with nothing but the driving force of his bestial nature moving through him could not be. If I bumped into the bull headed male and he spoke as a man I was reasonably certain I could do something.

But what?

I still didn’t have a clue. I had no plan here. But that’s the only way it could be. Mother was less likely of discovering my duplicity if I winged it. My own pinned wings shivered in response.

My palms were sweaty. I rubbed them down the front of my shirt, gods, why was this so stupidly hard for me? It shouldn’t be. I was a damned man. Fully grown. I had a right to my own opinions, didn’t I?

But it seemed my brain and my heart were in direct conflict, because I felt a little as though I’d just swallowed a greasy ball of wax and my stomach was rioting in response. Not for me though, that was the wildest part about all of this. I was the one taking on all the responsibility but not once had I worried about what would be done to me should mother discover my perfidy.

“Who are you? And why are you here?”

Sucking in a sharp breath, I twirled. Realizing I’d been so lost to the thoughts in my head that I’d not noticed the looming presence standing just in the shadow before me. A drop of water plopped down at my feet, running through the crevices of this ancient, twisted labyrinth.

Peering through the shadows, I was easily able to make the creature out. I lived in shadow. Shadow could not hide anything from my gaze.

The creature was massive, the crown of his head rested against the ceiling, which was easily twelve foot high. I was a man of six in a half foot, the monster was nearly twice my height and far broader than I was. He looked to be at least twenty one stone, if not slightly more, whereas I was twelve. The differences between us was sobering.

“Who are you?” he asked again, voice deep and animalistic as one might imagine a bull man would be. But it was resonate and surprisingly clearly. There was a slight accent to it, he was not originally of these parts. Crete, maybe?

“My name is Eros,” I said honestly.

The creature said nothing for a moment, but then he stepped out into a swath of light.

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