greek-gods

The wine god sighed. 'Oh Hades if I know. But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword. As a mortal, I was never a great fighter or athlete or poet. I only made wine. The people in my village laughed at me. They said I would never amount to anything. Look at me now. Sometimes small things can become very large indeed.' He left me alone to think about that. And as I watched Clarisse and Chris singing a stupid campfire song together, holding hands in the darkness, where they thought nobody could see them, I had to smile.

He__ barely finished himself inside me when my release hits. My thighs tense. The breath stalls in my lungs, and then I kick back my head and let out the loudest, throatiest, and most breathless moan in the history of all history, going boneless in a blissful rush. __ods, I missed you,_ Griffin rasps, holding me as I throb around him.The high-impact tremors fade into sweet, lingering aftershocks. I look up at him with heavy-lidded eyes. My lips part, but no words come out. Even the drag of frosty air over my kiss-swollen lips is almost too sensual to bear.Griffin quirks a dark eyebrow, looking smug. __hat was easy._ I grin, falling in love with him all over again. __hen do it again.

I don__ know why it__ not universally acknowledged that looking back is a terrible idea. It only makes going forward that much harder.

Who was I to meddle in people__ love lives? Mine was a mess. My heartwanted the one thing it wasn__ allowed to have _ love with someone besides mycupid-appointed soul mate. I was so screwed up, I made the dysfunctionalrelationships on Jerry Springer look wholesome.

Len__ arm brushed against mine. I pulled the cream and gold comforter overmy shoulders and cuddled closer, wishing I could stay in bed all day and snuggle.But Cupid__ minions didn__ get sick days or holidays or time off for good behavior.Instead, I got a demanding boss, no pay, and chained to a man-whore till death dous part.I__ complain, but I didn__ think Cupid__ minions had a union.

Hello to you too, sunshine.__ulling a book out of my bag, I cracked it open and settled into my time-toignore-Grayson pose. A pose that took me weeks to perfect. __et__ not pretend weenjoy each other__ company.___on__ you get sick of always being_ He waved his hand back and forth inmy direction like a conductor guiding an orchestra. __ou?___hat__ that supposed to mean?___ust that if the stick in your ass got any higher we could hang a flag over yourhead and declare you your own state.

With a tug, I pulled Len off his knees, wrapped my arms around him, andhugged him close. Behind his back, I flashed a middle finger of defiance I hopedCupid saw high up on Mount Olympus.Fuck soul mates. Fuck Grayson. Fuck Cupid.I was keeping the ring.

Hero,_ said Machaon to his sister who was still muttering to her gods. __lease stop. Surely the gods would have heard you by now _ let__ try not to annoy them.

The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, as it pleases him, for he can do all things.

We were friends before._ Sort of. We never tried to kill each other.

I turn back to Griffin. His expression is stony and unreadable, although if I had to take a wild guess, I__ say it was tending toward ominous.

You__e the shield, and I__ the sword.

It was hope that brought me love.

Fight for faith, and hope will be born.

Every hero is scared. That-s what being brave is about - confronting fear.

Love her enough to let her live.

I love you more than too much.

I can__ reason when I__ around you.