Lucius breathed a deep, ragged breath, but he did not say anything.
Adara had said the words to comfort him, but she knew that he did not believe them. He would have to come to that conclusion on his own. And so would she. For she did not fully believe it either. Blessed? After all the trials we’ve endured…can such a life be called ‘blessed’?
In that moment, Adara felt the coolness of a morning breeze upon her neck as she sat there with her eyes closed.
Yes, it can, the voice said in her mind, the voice of the goddess she knew stood behind them both with her hands upon their shoulders, binding them, reminding them.
Venus held firmly to her favoured two, and felt the sadness that burned in each of them. Pity filled her heart then, for she knew she and Apollo had failed them, that they c
