"The siren queen seeks an audience with me?"
Moist knew holy Zebedee has never in all his life told her any lies but his statement just now sounded very untrue.
The very first and last time she had a talk with the siren queen was after Sheba's death, when they had to come to a peaceful agreement to avoid their both races suffering. Since then, they just stayed out of each other's business as they hated each other and wished for the fall of each other. However, leaving the water depths to meet her now was no surprise to Moist. She believed that maybe she was already aware of Sheba's reincarnation and wanted speak to her concerning it.
Their relationship was no secret at all. Through out all of Cullen, whispers of the romantic involvement between the siren queen and the enchantress supreme spread like wild fire. In addition and confirmation to the rumors, her fierce action against the humans when Moist succeeded in defeating the enchantress supreme also made everyone believe that their love for each other was indeed very strong and enduring.
Moist had no idea what Elisha wished to say to her but nonetheless wanted to hear it.
"Usher her in" she ordered, making her self comfortable on her throne and waiting for Elisha's entrance.
Minutes later, she felt her aura engulfing the whole place and not long after, Elisha walked in with grace.
"To what do I owe the honor of the siren queen herself gracing me with her presence" she teased, waiting for Elisha to sit comfortably on the chair provided for her before she would continue speaking.
"Are the waters of Gared now to hot or do my human males no longer concede to mating with your race?" She smiled to herself, enjoying her own jokes as she saw that Elisha took no bliss in them.
"I am here on very important matters Moist" Elisha sounded very serious. "Cut your bickering and listen to me".
"Are you not being a bit too hostile to me?" Moist kept teasing her, "I mean…it's my throne room after all, you might as well act kind to me at least".
"I am a bad actress I am afraid" Elisha sent her death stares.
"If you are not willing to speak to me, why recieve me then?" She questioned, getting irritated by her actions already.
"Oh but I am willing to speak to you" Moist quickly defended. "Who says I am not?" She chuckled, pissing Elisha off the more but she still endured. She knew why she was here and she was not willing to leave till she achieved her goal.
"Then quit pissing me off and hear what I have to say!" Elisha scolded.
"Oh, I was only trying to redeem myself from the surreal experience of you visiting me unexpectedly. Anyways, why have you come?" Moist's expression turned serious. She now wanted to hear Elisha's true purpose after having enough fun pissing her off.
"I would like to form an alliance with you" Elisha declared, throwing Moist off balance as she was expecting to hear the worst from Elisha but not something unimaginable.
"An alliance?" She doubted her ears for a second there.
"Yes Moist" Elisha reaffirmed, "you heard me right. An alliance that would benefit the both of us".
"Please explain further Elisha" she gave her full undivided attention, wondering what could actually make Elisha want to team up with her.
"I know you are already aware by now of Sheba's reincarnation and also you are very much aware of the love we share. However, someone stands between that love right now and I need your help taking out that obstacle and you can have him for your keeping for we all know how much you desire him" she scoffed.
"I do not understand" Moist still wanted her to speak more plainly, she could not possibly agree to what she was not one hundred percent sure of.
"I mean Lucifer" Elisha breathed. "He aided Sheba's reincarnation and made a deal with the witches of the first order to claim her as his mate once she turns eighteen. I need your help to stop him because if he succeeds, I loose Sheba and you loose Lucifer!"
"Lies!" Moist refused to believe what she was hearing. "How dear you come into my sanctuary and lie to my face?!"
"This is no lie Moist and you know it!" Elisha fired back. "How do you think Sheba got out of the amulet in the first place? Lucifer is responsible for that! He caused her reincarnation and now he wants her for himself, he wants to claim her as his mate!"
"That… that can not be true" Moist's breathe shuddered. Did Lucifer actually betray her this way or was Elisha simply trying to piss her off.
Come to think of it, she was yet to solve the mystery of how the amulet on her neck turned out to be a fake. Now it all made sense. Lucifer was the one who swapped the necklaces, he was the only one who was close enough to her and smart enough to do something like that without her finding out it was too late already. So this was his plan all along, to claim Sheba as mate?! No! Never!
"This is definitely not a time to keep lying to yourself Moist" Elisha looked at her with utter disgust. "Sheba will turn eighteen in a fortnight, we barely have time to act. I suggest you put away your delusions and work with me so we can both achieve our goals. We pull them apart, I keep Sheba and you keep Lucifer and that is it. Everyone is happy".
In as much as Moist wanted to doubt Elisha's words so badly, she knew very well that anything that would make her leave the waters of Gared just to seek audience with her was no joke, so she was dead serious. However, something still felt off with what she said and that was the part of Lucifer making a deal with the witches and wanting to take Sheba as mate. If there was any hatred that surpassed the one between Moist and Sheba, it was the one between Sheba and Lucifer. Across time, across season, across place and in any situation, they always despised each other. Why then would Lucifer want to take Sheba as his mate? Did he maybe want to subdue her and take her powers and bring down the witch race and make them slaves to the demons just like she did to Aliadam? Or was he genuinely inlove with her?' No!' She brushed off the second option quickly. It could not be possible, there was absolutely no way! Lucifer loved her and her alone and would always and forever hate Sheba. It must be that he just wanted her powers for his taking but even at that, he would not let him claim Sheba as his mate. She would never let her sister have what is hers, not her throne, not Cullen, and especially not even Lucifer so even if she had to form an alliance with the siren queen to stop this, she would.
"Walk me through the plan"…