13
LEROY
“Let me be your Achilles in a world full of Agamemnons.”
If he lived another thousand years, never again would he hear words so beautiful.
He pulled Kellsey close and she willingly fell into his arms. He was still only a boy at the time he’d heard of Homer’s poem that revolved around the most beautiful woman in the world. A woman who later on would be known as “the face that launched a thousand ships”. Kellsey had both the outer and inner beauty an armada would set sail for, with him at its head.
It was time to come clean. Until now, he’d only told his story to the djinn twins. Perhaps it was time to change that.
“I told Celest what I am ’cause I want the word spread that I’m not in Oban anymore.”
“Why?” Kellsey began. Then her lips formed into an ‘oh.’ “So nobody goes ther
