Reaching Castle Eliades with her mask still on her face, she heard the sounds of the men laughing somewhere in the hall, perhaps celebrating with the rebels that had now joined them for the new food they had gotten after raiding through the houses."Lady Achlys,"She paused in her walk, turning around to look at the man behind as he knelt. "Ah only came tae pay respect."She stared down at him, saying nothing.It was no new news that the Ares Familias treated her like a goddess even though they knew who she really was and though Achilles was the new ruler, she had been the one to kill Gerasimus.Plus, she was the one who did most of the killings, something they adored her for.She hated it.Saying nothing, she turned around and kept walking down the hall only stopping at her chambers then entering, the room making her let out a small breath of relief.Persephone walked to the mirror in the place, removing her mask as she stared at her reflection.The brown of her hair was barely obvio
The swords clashed against one another, a determined look in his eyes as he let out a gruff sound, pushing the other male and making a sharp lunge before managing to deflect the sword and shoving his Caretaker to the ground, his sword at his right.Heavy pants escaped Leonidas' lips as he pointed the tip of his sword at the man, his hair wet and sticky all over his face as he heard a voice say, "He is not the enemy, Leonidas."He did not bother to turn at first, just kept staring at the male that was on the floor before throwing his sword to a side and giving him a hand.His Caretaker took it gratefully, a small grateful word leaving his lips as he stood and dusted his clothes while Leonidas finally turned, meeting an Orion holding a tray with water, a jug and fruits on it.He walked to the round table, taking a seat with Orion doing so as well, sliding the tray to Leonidas before crossing his legs and leaning on the back of his chair. "Good morning,"Leonidas did not bother to reply.
He had not been there since that night, but it did not mean that he had not wanted to go back there, he had just only feared that she would be there, waiting for him, just like she always was.Waiting for him because she knew that all roads eventually led to her.Yes, everyone believed she was dead and it was her soul hunting down Renatus but he knew that even if Persephone was killed, her soul would never kill innocent people in a rage.That's if one could call them for innocent for the stupid things they had done and said about her, the rumours themselves had made him throw his food at a guard that had been speaking next to him.He reached the Cabin early enough with the snow now less than he can remember, his eyes looking past the trees to the lake they had danced but he tore his eyes away from it, looking back at the Cabin.Everywhere looked closed and empty, but there was no iota of snow anywhere on the threshold giving him a thought that she might have remained here, possibly pr
"Do you remember what you are supposed to say?""By the gods, you remind me of my Mother, which is even a mild sentence on its own because she never even fussed around me. I do remember, thank you very much, Daddy."Orion sighed tiredly, his face looking like he was worried but defeat was the best course to follow as of now. "Alright."After he had stayed in the Cabin for a while, he returned back to the Castle at night, finding Orion waiting for him, worried that he had been serious about joining the men in the field.Which apparently he had been.Leonidas adjusted the cloak over his head as he stared up at the starlit sky, snowflakes falling gently from it. "It is a wonderful night."Orion did not seem to care. "Just so that we could be on the same page. The men do not know who you are, yes?""Yes," Leonidas replied, boredom in his speech.He knew that none of the men there would possibly claim to have seen his face partly because whatever interactions he had with them, Orion did it
Then Kynaki cleared her throat, as if realizing she had said something so out of her place for her as she continued, "On another note, tomorrow, we will not wait for them to come out of their Castle before we stop them from leaving like we always do. We shall attack first. Some of us shall stay behind so it would not be too obvious about what we are doing while the others sneak into the Castle." Aellai was sitting up now, confusion etched on her face. "Sneak? Into Castle Eliades? That is a suicide mission." "It is not like we have any choice," Kynaki said, "This battle is at a stalemate. As long as Achlys is alive, they would just keep coming. If there is one thing that makes them extremely hard to actually break, is that even though they are extremely good at combat, they have no single problem with dying." "Achlys?" Aellai asked "Not Achilles?" Kynaki shook her head. "From what I have seen and heard our whole time here, is that the person they have utmost respect for is Achlys."
Hades' eyes followed Zeus questionably, obvious distrust in them as the male sat on the chair, a round table in between them as he said, "Thank you for seeing me, Brother."Hades only made a gruff sound of agreement as a response.Zeus sighed now, his blue eyes having a flash of lightening in them. "You have to let her go,"Hades suddenly wondered what would happen if he just killed him now and saved him from all the future stress. "Your job is to convince me on why I should, not telling me what I have to do and not.""She is already marked for death," Zeus said, the lightening in them flickered as he tried to reason with his brother. "All mortals die.""Apparently, so do Immortals," Hades said, "Is that not why you are here? The thought of death displeases you?""It is not just my death," Zeus said, gritting his teeth. "Her mere existence will cause the death of not just me, but many.""And you think that killing her would stop it from happening in another future?" Hades asked, "That
Leonidas stood, his head pounding again as his legs shook but he managed to get his body moving while he followed Loukas who was at the door, walking out of it and finding himself outside.And not just outside.On a beach.Leonidas wondered how that had happened since they just walked out of his room but shut it off as something less important.The sand felt cold under his feet, but the sun shone heavily, perhaps not affected by the winter storm below before he saw Loukas standing at the edge of the water and joined him, his eyes meeting the figure at the sea."They always dress like that," Loukas said, his eyes still on the woman. "Men are not allowed in the temple because they always try taking advantage of them but I am allowed because I do not care for women and you- Well, you will survive."She had blond hair and a lithe curvaceous body, the dress she had on wet and sticking to her body, showing everything that it was not supposed to as she kept flickering her hand over a body.Y
It had only been weeks but to Leonidas, he felt like it had been years. Staying in the temple while he watched everyone live like nothing was happening. Like Persephone could not just- He had met Fani, her new Koinõnos who for some reason, he could not stand, perhaps because of the way it seemed like she had a bounce in everything she did. Plus, she was attached to the one goddess he knew he would never like. Athena. Athena, unlike her sister Artemis, did not even try to sugarcoat her hate, and it was not because of what he did to Persephone, no, it was just because she felt he was weak and she could not stand it. However, Athena adored Fani, the two being strong opposites as Fani was soft and sweet while Athena was everything that Leonidas did not like her. Proud. Haughty. Athena. Loukas had apologized on the other hand on how Artemis had behaved on the beach. Asides from the fact he had explained that the Temple doors led one anywhere they wanted, as long as they thought i
It had been eighteen years since the war had come to an end.Since rumours and rumours about what had caused it appeared.They said that the citizens of Renatus had disobeyed the gods and had been punished adequately for their sins.That the god Zeus had been killed but had resurrected eventually.That Olympus had gone into chaos because demons from the Underworld escaped and possessed some people, mainly the Ares Familias (which they said was highly easy considering the fact they barely had a brain to think for themselves and that their souls were easy to corrupt)But the strongest rumour had been about a Pharmakis.Though most did not know her name, the few that did barely spoke it. They said that the god who ruled the dead lost his wife and used his dark magic to raise her, the darkness corrupting her and when the Council of Renatus punished her for her crimes, she cursed the land and started the war singlehandedly, or perhaps with her husband's help.However, her name was only use
The day that Persephone Aetos gave birth, the whole world stayed silent.Leonidas was made to sit outside on the porch, the darkness making it impossible to make sense of anything because it seemed that the moon had fixed itself at their living room window, shining it's light only on her. And particularly because of the fact there was no one sound from anywhere else, Leonidas could hear her screams louder than he had thought he would have to.It pulled at his heart and squeezed, making every breath he took hurt as Circe and Kleopatra sat next to him, their presence seeming like they aimed to calm him down, which he was grateful for, but then after a while of shrieks and scream, he heard nothing.The birds chirped again, the wind blowing soundly as if they were glad it was all over, before he heard the sound of someone wailing loudly.Leonidas stood to his feet and turned as the Cabin's door opened, revealing a Cleon with gloves and a sort of net over his head, his eyes glassy while h
"It is usually customary for families to have their portraits being drawn after the wife delivers," Loukas said softly. "Or that is what I heard and since we- We might not, I thought that I should- Just have it done now," Then he chuckled. "Fani and I found it- Exceedingly hard to hand this one over because no matter how hard I tried to replicate it, I could not. Is it- Is it alright?"Persephone felt the emotions choke her the more she looked at the painting, her eyes begging to tear up again though she fought the urge, turning to a silent Leonidas.He was looking at the painting as well, all the humor gone from his face."Leonidas," Persephone hoped that this had not ruined his mood.And when she saw him smile, she knew it did not. "You can have it."Loukas stared wide eyed. "I-I can?""Honest?" Fani asked.Leonidas nodded, "I already have enough things to remember her by. You both do not, so you can have it."Fani already had her eyes glistening while Loukas tried to look unbothere
She woke up with the rain.Leonidas had his hand around her body, his face buried into her neck while she stared outside the window of the Cabin, her breath steadying.She was cold and though he was keeping her warm, she wanted to walk around because her back hurt.So Persephone slowly peeled his hand off her body, the male making a small displeasing sound though he did not wake up and she stood up from the bed, staring at him.His hair as always danced all over his face and it made her smile, bending to brush the ones on it and kissing her forehead.Minutes later she had on a robe, a cup of tea in her hand as she stared at the raindrops on the glass, her other hand on her stomach.The day was getting close.Persephone before had found it hard to wake up everyday when she knew with each day, she got closer to giving birth but lately Leonidas barely even gave her room to have her own thoughts.He stuck to her so tightly that she even sometimes wished he would let her be for a while.So
Though she did not want to let him touch her, her feet did hurt and she sat, Achilles sitting on the grass as he held her blistering feet, his rough hands pressing them before she said, "Why are you here?"It was an odd thing to see such a huge man in such a manner as he was, but Achilles was everything odd. "The triplets and Mother sent me. Basically they wanted me to see if you were alright here, and they had things they wanted me to give you.""Not a snakes egg I presume?"Achilles smiled, "No. Not that.""Then what?" She asked then when he did not answer, said, "It is a snakes egg, is it not? By the gods Achilles, I will not let a boa constrictor live around my son.""No," Achilles was chuckling. "Mother personally picked this one. It is harmless and smaller. I already handed it over to Artemis when I came. She would train it when it hatches till you give birth."Persephone was staring at him questionably but said, "Alright. How are the men?""They ask of you endlessly," He replie
Persephone woke with her eyes falling on the figure seated in a chair infront of her. "What are you doing?" Leonidas paused, looking up from the book he was reading, a small smile coming to his lips. "Good morning," She smiled too. "Morning." He raised the book in his hand. "Reading. I found it a bit hard to sleep so I decided to see what you like about them." She chuckled, "And?" "It cures boredom until your favourite person wakes up and you want to throw the book to the wall cause you do not really like it," Leonidas said, setting the book down on the table as he walked to the edge of the bed and sat on it, brushing away a strand of hair from her face. "How are my two favorite people doing?" Persephone knew that he had no idea how those words made her feel but she smiled, bathing in his love. "We are kicking. That is what he is doing and that is why I woke up. With a kick." Leonidas chuckled. "Want me to punish him?" Her eyes glazed over. "Are you really about to do that, Leo
Now that he was aware who he was, his body suddenly tingled, goosebumps appearing as he stood, ready to bow before he heard him say, "I am not really into the bowing thing, that is for the other children at Olympus.""Oh," Leonidas said, "Y-You wanted to see Persephone?"His eyes glazed "I cannot enter the Temple, you are only there by pure grace. Plus, leaving home was near impossible now that Persephone is home. I am here to see you.""Me?""A little birdie tells me you are making my goddaughter miserable," Hades said, taking a step forward "Now, I did not come to threaten you but it is very hard to not watch your extremely beautiful face curl into fear."Leonidas' fear itself was rising and jumping over mountains. "I-"Hades raised a hand. "No explanations. It makes me want you dead more," Then he walked to the edge. "You know the first time I saw you? It was your fourteenth birthday I believe, your friends and Koinõnos were skinny dipping in the spring around your Castle, but you
It had only been weeks but to Leonidas, he felt like it had been years. Staying in the temple while he watched everyone live like nothing was happening. Like Persephone could not just- He had met Fani, her new Koinõnos who for some reason, he could not stand, perhaps because of the way it seemed like she had a bounce in everything she did. Plus, she was attached to the one goddess he knew he would never like. Athena. Athena, unlike her sister Artemis, did not even try to sugarcoat her hate, and it was not because of what he did to Persephone, no, it was just because she felt he was weak and she could not stand it. However, Athena adored Fani, the two being strong opposites as Fani was soft and sweet while Athena was everything that Leonidas did not like her. Proud. Haughty. Athena. Loukas had apologized on the other hand on how Artemis had behaved on the beach. Asides from the fact he had explained that the Temple doors led one anywhere they wanted, as long as they thought i
Leonidas stood, his head pounding again as his legs shook but he managed to get his body moving while he followed Loukas who was at the door, walking out of it and finding himself outside.And not just outside.On a beach.Leonidas wondered how that had happened since they just walked out of his room but shut it off as something less important.The sand felt cold under his feet, but the sun shone heavily, perhaps not affected by the winter storm below before he saw Loukas standing at the edge of the water and joined him, his eyes meeting the figure at the sea."They always dress like that," Loukas said, his eyes still on the woman. "Men are not allowed in the temple because they always try taking advantage of them but I am allowed because I do not care for women and you- Well, you will survive."She had blond hair and a lithe curvaceous body, the dress she had on wet and sticking to her body, showing everything that it was not supposed to as she kept flickering her hand over a body.Y