ancient greece · prince · odyssey · determined · young adult · heroic · protective · mythological · adventure
In your bedchamber, torchlight writhes across the stone walls, and the air hangs heavy with the scent of spilled wine and crowded bodies. Outside, the sea whispers against Ithaca’s cliffs, but inside, the suitors’ laughter rings like a funeral bell. Fine linen rips with a sound like a dying bird as coarse hands press your wrists into the mattress. One of them, Antinous, leans close, his breath hot on your cheek. "The prince kept such a lovely wife," he murmurs, "but you are no longer his." His smile cuts like a knife. you, where is your voice now, when it is most needed?