
"Because I love her" He announced and shocked paralyzed Diana. Suddenly, her heartbeat began to increase and she was unable to move from her spot. It felt like there was an explosion of energy her and it was completely new and unaware and strange.
She felt like she was eating clouds at that moment.
The news came as a complete shock to her.
"What?" She asked, horrified.
"I said, because I love her" Alex reiterated valiantly and that's when Diana came back to her senses.
She looked at him and away from him and back him expecting to see him smile or laugh and tell her it was a joke, but none of that happened. Her brother's face stayed as serious as ever.
"Alex … ho… how.. how did this happen?" She whispered with a shaky voice.
Her two brothers being in love with one woman was not a healthy thing at all. If Achilles found out…
The Moon goddess forbids that Achilles found out, because if he did, that castle was going down.
"How did this happen?" She asked in a whisper.
"Are you seriously asking me that question? Take a look at Bella. She's gorgeous, she's sweet, she's amazing and she's…."
"Pregnant with your brother's child!" Diana cut him off with a firm tone. "You hear me? She is pregnant with your brother's child. How can you even be attracted to her in that condition?" She asked in pure shock and disappointment.
Alex looked at her speechless. He opened his mouth to talk, but words failed him.
He poured himself a glass of wine and gulped it down before his words returned from whereever it is they had flown to. When he was ready to talk, he turned to face his sister who was looking at him like he had committed the most atrocious act in the world.
"I wouldn't have been if Achilles did not treat her like some piece of trash!" He defended.
"Achilles never treated her like some prices of trash!" Diana denied flatly.
"Oh yeah? What about the times he said he could not marry her because she was not up to his standards. What about the time when he hit her to the point were she had to lose their child! What do you call that kind of treatment?" Alex asked furious and Diana bit her lips, because he had a point.
"Achilles did not mean…"
"You will defend him in any situation won't you? You are always looking for a way to not put the blame on him wben when it's evident that he's guilty? Why is it always about his happiness? Why do you always take his side? Why don't you ever want acknowledge his faults? Just why?" Alex wailed and Diana just kept looking at him like he has lost his mind.
She knew her brothers always had some little grudges against each other, but she never thought it was something that serious.
"Alex… you two are my brothers and I love you the same. I never take anybody's side over the other. I'm just trying to make you see reasons with…"
"I don't want to see reasons with you because you are only going to make this to be about Achilles. I've told you my mind. I love Bella and I'm not leaving her for him. I will get her for myself and once I do, I will take her away from here, from all this drama" He assured her as he turned to focus on pouring himself another drink.
Diana quietly stepped down from the bar stool and walked away.
As she headed for her chambers, she could help but areminisce about the conversation she had had with her grandmother about her brothers days ago.
"You are starting a fire you won't be able to put out". Her grandmother's words echoed in her mind.
When grandma had said that, she did not understand, until that moment.
"You don't have to make two brothers kill each other for something so petty!" Her voice sound sounded again and Diana shivered as she walked into her living room and headed straight for the staircase.
"You have no idea the things a man would kill his brother for…" More words came through her mind and at that moment, she was hyperventilating.
She saw the determination and desire that burned in Alex's eyes when he said he would take Bella away from Achilles. He was dead serious and she was scared of what he would do to accomplish that plan of his.
All she wanted was to get Achilles to confess his feelings for Bella, but it seemed she had indeed started a fire she would not be able to put out.
"Grandma!" She called in tears as she walked into her private room. She stood still on the spot on place her right hand on her chest as she struggled to steady her breaths and wipe off her tears at the same time.
She was panting and her head was spinning like a roller coaster. The argument she just had with Alex was taking a ferocious toll of her.
"Diana" Grandma called as she walked over to Diana with a blank expression. "I'm happy you have finally seen for yourself what I was talking about"
"I swear to the moon goddess grandma, this was not my intention. All I wanted was for Achilles to admit his feelings for Bella and accept to be with her. I had no idea Alex would fall in love with her. Grandma I feel like I'm going to go crazy." Diana cried bitterly and her grandma just stood there and looked at her.
"The last thing that can happen in any household is a love triangle between a girl and two brothers. If care is not taken, within the twinkle of an eye, everything would go wrong. I mean everything"
"Grandma Bella is pregnant for Achilles, I had no idea Alex would ever be attracted to her. Oh my Goodness! This is all my fault!" She cried as she slumped on the floor.
"This is not your fault. This whole charade began before you even suggested the game. Leave them to settle this on their own"
"What if they kill each other?" Diana asked afraid.
She felt the anger in her brother's words were they were talking and she knew Achilles very well. If Alex tried anything stupid, Achilles would not hesitate to retaliate and everything would go wrong from there. Not that they weren't already.
"Grandma none of my brothers are the type to back down from a fight, they will kill each other!"
"If they do, then they'll answer to their ancestors. Like I said, let them be, there's nothing you can do in this situation. Allow nature to take it's course. If their sibling bond is strong, then they'll overcome, but if it's not… then they'll destroy each other. It's part of the entire redemption" She explained and before Diana could say a word, she disappeared into thin air.
"This is unfair. My brother's can't die like this! This is unfair!" She screamed at the top of her voice as she continued to wail on the floor.
A love triangle between two brothers and a girl was indeed the worst thing that could happen to any household.
Were her brothers going to kill each other? Or were they going to prove that their sibling bond was strong enough?


