The Mergence: Book 1

Lev Flaget

I followed Wulf to the edge of the camps borders where Amelia and Layla were both speaking to a new guy who had shown up, just as Wulf had said.

He was slightly taller than me, he has fair white skin, luscious blonde locks with Myrtle green eyes, the second he noticed me he shoved past the other two girls and immediately came strutting over to me.
His long leather boots covering some kind of stockings that followed all the way up his legs to a pair of brown, arguably stylish shorts.

"You look like a love struck puppy- wait hold on! Not look, I can SENSE that you're a love struck puppy" he smiled, wrapping an arm around me.

"Huh? What are you talking about-" I began but this new guy cut me off
"The names Flaget, Lev Flaget, and all the love and message gods have been going on about you for a while now" Lev smirked

My eyes widened "the gods? The gods are talking about me?" I asked

"Well it's hard to have something like fighting and then defeating a near immortal follower of the fallen Angel himself go unnoticed" Lev smiled
"And no matter how much power your father has over your protection... he can't escape the gossip"

For the second time in just as many minutes my eyes became large

"How did you even get here?" Layla interjected, shouting and stomping over to us.

"Would you relax, lady of the night. I was following a friend" Lev replied, raising his hands on defence

"We are not friends!" I heard from behind me, I turned to see Dillon standing with his arms outstretched slightly to his side. His once dark eyes had turned to a teal blue and the air around us began to feel more humid.

"Oh would you calm down Romeo, I'm sure our past isn't still bugging you" Lev laughed and it only seemed to agitate Dillon even more as he shot forward, a wave of water following him, as he came into contact with Lev, the water moved through Dillon and splattered against Lev causing his face to turn a bright red and his clothes to become completely soaked.

Lev dropped to the floor with Dillon's hands wrapped around his throat. His veins were popping from his skin and instead of a usual blue colour from a regular body, they were tinted black and only smelt like death yet he was still alive

"You. Need. The. Fish" Lev choked out, the rest of us all stood in silent, no one daring to intervene. But Dillon immediately stopped
He stood up and backed away
"Run along now son of Neptune. You wouldn't want your love accepting their fate" Lev laughed after gaining his breath back
"You know love and I don't get on well Lev. The only son who was rejected by both of his love parentage" Dillon quipped back

Both Lev and Dillon glared at each other before Dillon retreated back to his water palace in his lake.

"What was all that about?" Wulf asked, Lev seemed to hear and turned his head in Wulf's direction

"I'm afraid I can't tell you that, part of the love god code" he winked then walked away, only as far as the campfire before sitting down and drawing something in the sand

"Who is that guy?" Wulf asked

"That would be The son of Cupid and Freyja... two love gods from different mythology, they're tricky ones I'll give him that, can't be trusted but they always found out your thoughts and feelings. If I were you I'd keep my guard up around him" Amelia replied, sharpening her sword as she spoke, as if she wasn't already scary enough

"You knew him?" Layla asked

"No. But once Dillon said he was the son of two love gods, I put the pieces together." Amelia slapped her legs and began walking to her hut

"She's just scary" I thought aloud

"She's at least got her head on straight" Layla smiled

"I'm gonna go talk to Lev" I said to Layla who looked at me, she stayed silent for a minute before responding
"I'll come with you, I'd like to ask him something"

Wulf decided against following us, instead he went back onto the woods to collect some sort of herbs.
As we walked towards Lev, he noticed we were coming and scribbled whatever he was drawing in the dirt out.

"Hey lev" Layla said, wrapping her hands together behind her back

"Ahh daughter of the night, how are you" Lev smiled

"I'm...fine. I just- I had a question for you"

"I'm all ears, and then mouth I guess" Lev laughed, I decided not to snicker at the amount of jokes that came into my head

"Are you the abandoned son of love?" Layla asked.
Lev seemed to stare at her for a moment, just taking in the words. He blinked twice and gulped loudly

"I-I really don't like that nickname the gods gave me" Lev spat, sounding genuinely disgusted

"Why did they give you it?" I interrupted although immediately regretted it, because Layla looked at me like I was an idiot and Lev stared daggers into me.
However Lev took in a deep breath and relaxed, letting his shoulders drop down as well as his head so he stared at the floor with a defeated expression

"I'd love gods we- we play matchmaker a lot, we used to do it a lot more centuries ago since ethics weren't really considered in love and it was all rehearsed... a long time ago I thought it would be funny to match a human with an Angel" Lev sighed

Layla seemed to be able to read between the lines as she backed up slightly, although I imagine it was unconsciously

"You see the brevity of human life makes their love stories thrilling, and to add the chaos of an immortal I thought it would be a brilliant tale to discuss through the ages. I asked my parents if I could fit them together and they refused... but I was reckless and foolish and went against their will"

I couldn't look away if I tried, the story seemed so enthralling, so treacherous, so... needed almost

"What happened?" I asked, almost physically yearning for the ending

"I got the angel to meet the mortal, they fell in love" Lev smiled slightly, it was a smile of pure happiness although it was short lived

"But the gods have rules" Layla said before Lev could continue "and eventually they stopped the two... they stole the mortal woman and locked her in the pit of the gods, and they stripped the angel of his wings"

I felt my mind tick, and then it hit me
"What were their names?" I asked twiddling my thumbs, taking a heavy gulp, I had a feeling I knew the answer, and if I was right then everything was beginning to make sense

"The fallen angel, lucifer, and his first love eve" Lev replied