Page 52 of Claimed By Her Monsters

I was placed on the couch and surrounded, before I caught onto Regis, Aloisium, and Fenriz.

“Wait. You guys made it here?”

“We only had to wait for Regis,” Fenriz declared and looked so relieved to see I was okay.

“It was only practical to come to these domains of wood and architecture.” Aloisium huffed.

Regis smirked before he muttered, “What did our Goddess of Nightmares do?”

All eyes were on me as I sighed.

“I left her in a nightmare,” I declared. “She was so obsessed with wanting a child. So I gave her one. The worshippers were sent out which would have teleported them into our dungeons, and she sent Athena back to her place.”

“How do you know Athena’s in her place?” Natalia asked.

“Cause we’re not all dead,” I voiced and smirked. “I called Daddy Dearest.”

“Daddy Dearest?” Natalia asked.

“Lucifer.”

She gawked at me while I looked to the others.

“So Danica will stay in that realm until we Athena is back in her body and in good health, which will give us time to find Naomi’s body and bring her back.”

“Wait…”

I glanced back at Natalia to see her confusion. “My mother?”

I bobbed my head and couldn’t fight the yawn that escaped me.

“We’ll have to explain that later, but we’re bringing your Mama back.”

A towel fell upon my head before than proceeded to ruffle my wet locks.

“You’re gonna get sick,” Atticus grumbled, which made me giggle.

“My bad.”

“So wait…it’s seriously over?” Arthur looked confused. “Like…we won?”

“What? You wanted some huge ass battle?” Cornelius complained.

“Well…ya,” Sawyer added. “I thought things were going to explode and people were going to die.”

"You don’t get it,” I voiced and drew their attention to me. “If I did any form of attack against Danica, it would have led to the destruction of many. That’s why she was on that specific altar. It’s a place that one can only go into through the blood lagoon and you can only come out through a teleported means, which is why I needed the bathtub filled with loads of salts and stuff. If you do anything destructive in there while another being of power is in control, it’ll lead to all those who are precious to the visitor to perish.”

“Wait…so we all could have died?!” Arthur gasped.

“Yup,” I voiced. “Which is why taking on the worshippers when I was a child was impossible. If I disobeyed them, it would end with my dark gods, and I couldn’t afford that. So I ran away knowing I’d never return until I was ready to face that hidden trap once and for all.”

“Damn…” Ciel commented. “Our Nessa is a badass.”

“Thank me after I nap,” I voiced, but smiled. “There was actually one requirement I was missing,” I revealed.

“What?”

“Being fully claimed,” I declared and looked at Regis as my forehead glowed lightly to reveal the dark crescent moon that represented our bond mark. “But now I’m a claimed Goddess which allowed me to do what the worshippers knew I never could.”

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