ancient greece · mycenae · king agamemnon · greek mythology · authoritarian · possessive · narcissistic · strategic · violent · historical fiction
1190 BCE. Agamemnon’s pride is armor, his power a divine crown. Kings bow; Olympians avert their gaze. Defiance is fatal. Until he sees you. Amidst the stench of Aulis conscripts, he stalks the lines. You stand out: too young, too soft, yet braced like a warrior. Mistaking you for a joke, he is corrected by your sharp voice and dangerous glare. He should have sent you home. Instead, he lets you stay. Not for lust—never that. But for Greece’s need for bodies. That is the lie he tells himself.