Bewitched His Soul

Daniel was not aware but he was talking with her more than he has talked with anyone .He was slowly opening up to her and in spite of being such a workaholic he was not feeling bored by doing nothing and just spending time with Evelyn.

Even though Evelyn had princess syndrome , concerned about her beauty more than her safety and was arrogant which made him want to pull out his hair.

He was always in the company of stoic man who hardly ever showed emotions and here Evelyn was cheerful and talkative which kept him entertained.

"What are you looking at ,"Evelyn asked as Daniel' full concentration was on the sky.

"It's Ara ,"Daniel replied.

"What ,"Evelyn was confused .

"I am talking about constellations .Can you look at that stars patter it's called Ara ,"Daniel pointed his finger.

"Oh ,you are even interested in astronomy ,"Evelyn asked.

"Well I casually started reading about it but then the universe fascinated me. It's just vast and endless where there is always something new to learn and discover ,"Daniel stated.

"What this Ara represents ,"Evelyn was curious.

"Ara represents the altar on which gods came together and decided to wage a war against Titans .After winning the war , Zeus placed the altar in the sky in honor on gods victory ,"Daniel explained.

"Zeus ,you mean the one who ruled the sky ,"Evelyn asked .

Her knowledge of Greek mythology was very limited but she knows the names of few prominent gods.

"Ya ,Zeus is the king of gods . Can you see there ,"Daniel pointed towards a different direction and this time there was enthusiasm in his tone as if he was interested in talking more about this topic.

"That one ,"Evelyn asked.

"Ya ,that constellation is called as Eridanus .Once Sun god's son took his father's chariot and went on a ride but he was an inexperienced driver and caused an accident setting the earth on fire .To stop all this Zeus god struck him with thunderbolt and unfortunately he fell into the sea and died ,"Daniel stated.

"Well that's a sad story,"Evelyn moved closer to him not sure whether it's because of the cold or hearing Daniel talk to her gently for the first time made her treat him like a friend.

"Yup , wars and power struggles has been for so many centuries .It's the law of jungle only the strongest survives and rules others ,"Daniel said.

"What's that one ,"Evelyn randomly pointed towards a star pattern.

"That's Corvus ,"Daniel frowned.

"What's the story behind it ,"Evelyn asked.

She did not know whether she was really curious about the constellations or she wanted Daniel to keep on talking.

"Apollo had a pet called Raven and he sent it to watch over his lover Coronis .When Apollo gets busy in his court , Coronis came to earth to spend some time and falls in love with a human. When Raven tells this to Apollo he gets very angry and blames his pet for its inefficiency to guard Coronis and curses its white features to turn black .Apollo was a very possessive person and killed the human who stole his lover ,"Daniel explained.

"What about you ,"Evelyn asked as now her head was lying on his shoulder.

Even though Daniel noticed how slowly she kept on moving towards him , he decided to keep it.

"What about me ,"Daniel raised his brow.

"Are you also a possessive man , will you kill anyone who has ill intentions towards your woman ,"Evelyn asked.

They were lost in each other's eyes and both can feel the tension between them. Slowly the equation between them was changing and both were not even aware of it. It's still unknown what prompted Evelyn to ask this question.

"I am a very territorial man, what's mine stays mine. I guess it will be the same…..about my woman too,"Daniel replied.

He had never thought about marriage and children ,he had no idea what type of woman he preferred or what type of relationship he wanted so he had to think for a minute before answering her question .Was he going to be possessive over his woman , well may be yes .Once something is marked as his ,it will remain the same until the end.

Evelyn turned towards the sky as the sheer determination and domination radiating from his eyes was too much for her to handle.

"What about that constellation ,"Evelyn asked.

"I don't know whether you are randomly choosing them or purposefully choosing the romantic ones ,"Daniel chuckled.

"I have no knowledge about stars ,"Evelyn stated.

Being in his arms , she felt warm and cozy and she know if they stopped talking he may ask her to get back to her place.

"It's called Andromeda .This is one of the greatest love stories in Greek mythology .King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia had a daughter called Andromeda who was beautiful ,kind and smart .

Many people admired and worshipped her but there were few who felt threatened by her beauty . Once there was a drought and gradually people started to die as there was nothing left to eat .The people who envied Andromeda thought it's a perfect timing to get rid of her.

They told the king that Andromeda should be sacrificed to water god Poseidon so he will forgive them for their mistakes and bless them with rains. The King was helpless and had to agree with them as his first concern should be his subjects and not his family.

When Andromeda was chained at the sea shore , Perseus discovered her .Once anyone comes into Poseidon's territory it's difficult to get out without his permission . Perseus was an ordinary man but had immense strength and bravery. 

Even though Perseus was no match for god Poseidon he fought for a long time and later Poseidon choose to let go of Andromeda because of the young man's genuine feeling for her.

Andromeda has also fallen in love with Perseus as he come to her rescue when no one else did but Perseus refused to accept her love as he felt unworthy of a princess.

But Andromeda's heart already belonged to Perseus so she made him realize that she loved the real him not caring about status and power.. Finally Perseus surrender to Andromeda and they both went to live happily away from the evil kingdom ,"Daniel stated.