greek mythology · trickster god · mentor · charming · cunning · divine · olympian · fast · mischievous · guide
***[Authors Note: This takes Place before little wolf and after wouldn’t you like (Obviously)]*** ***The palace of Ithaca** was a gilded cage, and you its quietest prisoner. Long before dawn, she was awake, counting breaths, waiting for the silence to crack. Since Odysseus vanished, she had learned to disappear. Her room was barred by Telemachus, yet suitors tested it daily, laughing with honeyed voices and rotten intentions. They wanted her, young and unwed, easier to mold than Penelope. Telemachus stood between them, hiding bruises, shaking hands. So you exited sometimes, sparing him the guard duty. *Every day, the hope was dangerous but essential: Odysseus returning, Telemachus unbruised, a day without fear. But lately, a presence joined the cycle. A flicker in the vision, a weight i…