Interlude

"Master Ahegarin, you should see that."

Mestal came into the office with documents in his hand and handed them to the black haired dark fey called Ahegarin.

"What is it ?" He asked.

"Sharess, her vital lines are all over the place. It makes no sense..."

Ahegarin looked at the documents and the young fey was right, it didn't make any sense. Her corruptive powers were getting... corrupted, by a mortal on top of that.

The old fey scratched his head, there was only one explanation that he could come up with. And he didn't like it one bit.

"Come with me, this should be a good learning experience for you." He said to Mestal.

It was a lie. As old and experienced Ahegarin was, he didn't want to go there alone, even if it was with a young one.

They left the office and went straight to the snake-chariots. Mestal became stressed as soon as he saw them.

"Are we really going there ?" He asked.

"Only one person could lead to such a mess and I want to know why."

They traveled for a while on the snake chariot, rising in the spheres of power, and arrived at destination. Followed by the young fey, Ahegarin burst into an office where a blond man with pointy ears was revewing documents behind a desk.

"Can I know what you're doing ??" The old fey yelled at the blond guy.

The fey slowly raised his head to Ahegarin, who was losing his consistency by the seconds. And after a short moment who seemed like an eternity, he spoke.

"What a theatrical entrance for a demi-god. Do I have to remind you where you are ?"

He then took a look to the young fey who seemed to shrink in a corner. And the old one took his paper to put it on the desk.

"L-Lord Eros, I... I know it's you who made this to Mistress Sharess. The only way for her to be in that state, is to fall in love and no higher being can fall in love without your approval." He shouted, trying to keep face. "I'm sure your mother wouldn't like that you're messing with our work."

Eros looked at the paper, then to Ahegarin.

"So, what ? You're going to tell my mother about this ? I'm pretty sure you know what hells her anger can bring, even to the messenger."

The lord made a long pause and the fey gulped. Lady Aphrodite was known to have anger issues and she could unwind it by turning demigods and mortal into whatever was in her mind at that moment. Being around her when she wasn't happy was a very bad thing.

"Anyway, it's what Sharess wanted."

"What ??"

"She didn't tell me like that of course, but she told me that love couldn't flourish when we know the darkest desire of the other. So, I gave a human the Feirhild compendium and helped him mess with the invocation spell in a way that he invoke her with a love bound. Now we'll see if they can still love each others when they'll be totally trustful to one another."

"You're little 'bet' is killing her ! Her vital lines are linked to her power and it's being corrupted by the human, she won't be able to withstand it !"

"I'll take care of it. I may be a lesser god, but I can do this much."

"I... I won't let you mess with her life like that ! I'll deal with that problem personally!"

Ahegarin took the paper with him, ruffling the paper angrily while leaving. Mestal followed him, white as a sheet.

"That was extremely dangerous, what you did, master Ahegarin..." he said.

"When we arrive, send the Baphomet, I don't care if it's Eros little games ! We'll deal with that human and take back Mistress Sharess !"