Loukas had known the evils of Aszül after the thing with his Mother, but when Hermes had filled the air with the herb and touched Loukas, he was a goner.For years, when Loukas knew that Leonidas needed to study and would no longer require him every second, he returned to his island, a Hermes looking like Leonidas awaiting him, the Familiar yet deadly smell of Aszül in the background.At that time, Hermes was the only one Loukas laid with but after a while, he vanished, leaving a now addicted to Aszül Loukas who laid with men just to fill the empty soul that Hermes had abandoned him with.Yet, after all of this, the day Loukas had nearly died of an overdose as his Mother had, Leonidas had come to rescue him for the second time in Loukas' life."It is not here." "Search better."Loukas turned around, hands on his hips. "I never took it, okay? I lied to Leonidas just so I could have a valid reason to be next to him, that is all.""I know."Loukas' eyes widened as Hermes came closer, "I

From that day, whenever Charilaus was not learning or sparring, he had Cleon sitting at his feet and staring at him while he read, and though they never spoke when this meetings came, the silence soothed the raging demon in him.His Caretaker had gotten mad at the closeness but Charilaus had brushed it off, saying that he was not even bound to Renatus as he was not one of them, but a Pashís, so therefore, he could do whatever he wanted, so help the gods.The elderly man might have gotten upset at the boy challenging him but said nothing, he only ever lost it when Charilaus publicly announced Cleon as his Koinõnos."You lay with that boy, don't you?!" His Caretaker had demanded.Charilaus, thirteen years of age, did not even know how that worked and yet said, "And if I did?""All you Diamandis are the same!" The man snapped and walked out of the common room.It turned out that the reason his Uncle never married was because of the fact that he had a male lover, which was not a crime on

"Leonidas? Are you alright?" He heard his Mother ask as he shook his head and tried to calm down his erratic breathing."Fine," He replied and looked down at the Loukas on his laps, whispering, "Lou, wake up."As usual, the male stirred, but only a bit making Leonidas try raising his head before he realized at that moment that him going into direct contact with a sleeping Loukas never ended well and tried to run fast enough.Alas, he was too slow.Loukas was now gripping the area below his ribs tightly as he muttered, "Do not wake me."Leonidas felt himself flush at the move as he tried to explain to his parents that this was all a misunderstanding but when he saw the look of normalcy on their face, as if the action did not faze them, his saliva dried up."Do not pamper the boy," Calista snapped as she reached down the male and dug her nails into his scalp causing Loukas to shoot up and shoot daggers at the things around him."Who dared do that?!""I." Loukas turned to the voice, his

Thought the nightmares vanished when she laid with him, the habit of hers to wake up early had not gone away. That was right now, as she sat on the rocking chair with Kleopatra on her laps, she stared at him. Persephone felt that it was a sin. Not the sort of sin that seemed to bother the people of the Old world, no, though she did think such little rules on what was good and what was evil was silly, her own example of sin was far distorted. Why would the gods create such a being and then leave it in the wild? Looking at him now, she wondered how long he would last before the war began, if she had not come into his life. At this current stage. Dead at the first battlefront. Well, she already knew the answer to the question. The gods enjoyed games. Drop it in the wild and watch it try to survive, if it did not, sad but next person might try harder, and if it did, it was an anomaly that should be destroyed. Just like her. She would never have survived long enough with the voice

Their heads turned, Stylani seeing a figure with her hair loosely packed and some strands over her face with a black singlet, trousers and black boots.She noticed that the person was too slim to be a man and then noticed with alarm the tiny bosoms on her chest.Persephone reached them with a servant behind her as she kept wiping her hands on a cloth, "A person who engages into an argument and brings someone who is entirely innocent into it, is nothing less than a fool."Stylani watched her return the cloth to a slave, noticing something red on it. "Is that-""Blood," She replied with a nod. "As you can see, we do not have guards or hunters here so I do it myself." Then she turned to the servant, "Thank you, you may leave."The servant bowed, walking away before she turned to Stylani, her eyes looking like they would rip her into pieces if she had the chance. "Lady Aglaia is like an Aunt to me. Slandering her name would not be permitted as long as you are under this roof, do you under