His thoughts went on a rampage, his heart threatening to leave his chest as he went as fast as he could.When he reached the lowest floors, a guard positioned infront of a cell was already blocking him. "I am sorry my Lord, but you cannot come here.""Why?" Leonidas asked, just for asking sake, because no answer the male gave would stop him from seeing her."She is dangerous. She had waited for the guards to come pick her after the deed she had done," Then as if to scare him, the guard whispered, "It is probably because she is a pharmakis."Immediate rage filled Leonidas as he suddenly thundered. "Get out."The Ares Familia Infront of him was surprised at the voice his Lord was using. The first time he had ever heard the male sound so authoritative."My Lord-""Your head would no longer be on your neck if you dare deny me entrance one more time," Leonidas cut in.Immediately, the guard moved away."The keys,"It was placed in Leonidas' hand."You may leave."It was only a few seconds b

No matter how many times Persephone scanned the throne room that was only lit up with a bulb hanging over her head, ignoring the voices of the men seated in a semi circle some feet away from her, she could not see Leonidas.At first she feared that the war in Renatus had begun and she had lost him but Gerasimus Eliades was seated there with Kostas behind him and they were the only head Ares Familias that would have been of any importance.Among him were Michalis Laskaris, his first child and son, Orion Laskaris behind him. Dimitris Aetos and Charilaus Diamandis.Leonidas was no where."Exile?" Michalis Laskaris was a man with a calculating gaze and beard he kept stroking, "She mutilated my daughter's hand.""She is a High Family," Dimitris' voice was low but loud enough in the near empty space and he had regained his confidence. "We all know we can sweep this under the carpet and pretend it did not happen but Charilaus believes she needs to be punished.""And she has to be," Charilaus

Loukas Mikos had stood in the shadows of the throne room away from all the eyes that could possibly have spotted him but he had heard everything he intended to hear.And seen all he wanted to see.Still wearing his cloak, he had left the throne room and proceeded to leave the Castle even though from the little he had seen outside of it, there had been a crowd awaiting her judgement.Acting like they wanted her head.Loukas had for a second wondered what she could have possibly done to make so many people wish her death this much but he had ignored it and gone to her Castle instead.The darkness around the place had worsened when he reached, giving it to a more chilling feel that made one dare not even cross over but still, he kept on with his journey until he reached the door and knocked, braving himself for whatever and whoever stood at the door.Yet the face he saw open it had not been what he had expected."Oh, hello!" The owner of the voice was nearly shrieking as she said those w

"I do not know if I can do this,"Persephone stood on the frozen lake now, her arm around her barely covered body as she stared at her reflection below her.She looked calm. Perfectly collected but she knew it was because she had perfected the act of pretense and this was only what this was.Pretense.The sprites that had left the lake now surrounded her, their blue lights bringing some sort of haze through the darkness of the night as more snow fell, their buzzing sounds loud as they spoke to her.You can. Trust him.A small sad chuckle left her lips with some steam as she said, "I have always trusted Leonidas. Maybe now it is a little bit too much. Is it wrong? That I feel this way?"Sometimes we get hurt by the people we love because we put so much hope in them and they are never perfect enough to do as we want."It is scary," She said breathing out again as she looked up at the sky, the dark sky overflowing with stars that glared down at her. "Even they seem to have some sort of m

"I cannot believe that this is happening!" Michalis Laskaris had said for the umpteenth time as they all sat in his Father's study.Him at the head of the table, Orion Laskaris next to his Father who was at Leonidas' left and Charilaus, quiet ever since his arrival, was at the right."Your Father is the only high Family member that was killed that way," Orion said to Leonidas. "The other deaths are just starting from the root.""And Gerasimus?" Leonidas asked."He was murdered," Orion said with a grim expression. "Differently.""This is the reason why we do not deal with Pharmakis in the first place!" Michalis suddenly snapped, "She said that he would come after us and yet we did not listen! Now he is coming back to kill us one by one!"Leonidas did not need a Soothsayer to tell him who they were talking about. "Who is doing the killings?""We believe it to be the Ares Familia.""Led by Kostas?""No. Kostas is dead. It is led by Achilles."Leonidas blanked, the statement hanging over