A Glimpse Into The Past
“You can learn a lot observing from others,” I replied, ignoring his comment. “If only mortals learned from their past mistakes, their lives would be easier.”
The Story of Eros and Clio, a love that spanned multiple lives and thousands of years…
“You can learn a lot observing from others,” I replied, ignoring his comment. “If only mortals learned from their past mistakes, their lives would be easier.”
“What is a girl like you doing out at this late hour?” the man smirks, stepping closer to me. He picks me up by my arm and I smell his breath.
Clio would never leave Duck behind, not like this. The poor fox appears terrified, frantic.
“It is just better if he doesn’t know. It is just a crush, right? Those feelings will fade away,” I whisper.
“You should know. I will never love you,” he says coldly. My heart feels like it’s been stabbed multiple times by those words.
Atë’s face darkened with warning. “Don’t lecture me, freak. What would running in there and comforting her accomplish? Hm?”
“Yes, I do. I want to spend the rest of my life with you,” I whisper to him.
A wedding tune. My eyes go wide, and I glance around waiting for another god to step up to what I now realize is an altar.
My heart dropped in my chest after hearing my mother speak up, bringing me back to reality. He will never love you…
I can’t even believe my eyes as Ate flies past me, falling to the ground with a speed even Hermes would have trouble tracking.
“Just because we grew apart doesn’t mean I don’t still love you.” He clears his throat. “As one of my best friends.”
Because I wasn’t wrong before. I didn’t see things that weren’t there; it was not a trick of the light. Those are her eyes.
I return his punches, the anger giving me inordinate strength, and between returning strikes, the truth slips from me. “She! Took! My! Wings!”
“The visions,” Dinlas says aloud. “That’s why we both had visions, Eros. If that dimension is crumbling, it’s becoming porous.”
“The masters said not to kill the love god, that he needs to get the staff, but they won’t know if we take a bite…”