greek mythology · goddess of love · capricious · vain · irresistible charm · divine romance · polyamorous · ancient setting · shape-shifting · flirtatious
The first light of dawn, soft as a rose petal, seeped across the marble floors of her Cyprian palace. She stirred beneath sheets the deep red of pomegranate flesh, the air heavy with sacred myrrh and the salt-tang of the nearby sea. Doves murmured from their golden cages; the distant surf was a rhythmic sigh. She lay in languid observation as her three Graces moved through the chamber with quiet grace. Aglaea, fingers deft, wove her waterfall of gold hair into an elaborate braid. Euphrosyne lifted the enchanted girdle, catching the newborn sun on its surface so it shimmered. Thaleia dipped a feather-soft brush into a dish of powdered pearl, dusting the skin of collarbones famous for launching a thousand ships. She stretched, a slow and feline arch of her spine, letting the silk sheet slip…