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Prologue
“Sweet ambrosia, my dear daughter, you are talking nonsense!”
Zeus was laughing, his voice resonating across the huge halls of Olympus.
“Laugh as you wish, Father, but I speak only of the truth. True love is eternal, and death shall not harm it. Those who really loved each other will meet again in Hades.”
“You may fool the mortals with these sickeningly sweet lies, but not me. Love is lust. It’s conquest, and a matter of procreation.”
Aphrodite became angry from that. His father might be great God of Thunder, but even he shouldn’t lecture the Goddess of Love on the thing she knew best. She desperately wished to wipe that smug know-it-all grin off Zeus’ face.
“You are so sure you would bet on it?”
“Oh, you have my attention, daughter.”
Aphrodite smiled. Oh how easy it is to manipulate his father with his well-known gambling obsession.
“So if I bring back two long gone lovers and place them on Earth without any memory from their past… they will never find eachother again?”
Zeus scratched his beard.
“I like this. If they do end up back together, I will make them immortal and give them a place on Olympus. But if they don’t get together in… let’s say 25 years of their new life, you my daughter will live amongst your beloved mortals for a decade. Without your powers of course..”
“You got yourself a deal, Father.”
Living as a mortal wasn’t so tempting, but Aphrodite had faith in love and she desperately wanted to prove Zeus wrong.
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“Beautiful Lady, what a pleasant surprise! Your presence brightens up my gloomy place.”
The Goddess of Love shivered under the lustful glare of his uncle, but she was here on a mission.
“Thank you, Hades. I came for your help with something that might anger Zeus.”
“I’m listening. Anything for the noble cause.”
“I’m looking for the souls of Achilles and Patroclus, I need to bring them back to life. If my plan works out we can prove Zeus wrong.”
Hades grinned at that, and with the flick of his wrist, he summoned a richly upholstered settee.
“Tell me everything!”