“The Rise of Zeus – Chapter V (Pt 4)”

Author’s Note: This is a Take Ten to Write story and has not been proofread for errors. If I feel inspired or if there’s interest in the story, I’ll post a revised, edited, and extended version at a later date. Happy reading!

ZEUS (cont.)

Her eyes fix onto mine. A fire burns in them so intensely that if it burned a hole right through me, I wouldn’t be surprised. Death by glare from ex-girlfriend—I don’t know whether that or being hit over the head with a brick is more embarrassing.

“How dare you call me selfish,” she hisses. “You know very well why I did what I did.”

“Oh yeah, you cheated on me because you ‘loved me’,” I say, rolling my eyes. Why in good Olympus do I keep pushing her? “You do realize that it doesn’t matter how many times you say it right? It still doesn’t make it okay.”

Somehow, the fire in her eyes intensifies. You’d think that Hephaestus would be the one with the fire in his eyes, but no.

“That’s it,” she snarls. Her hand snaps up and her sword flies to her hand.

I roll my eyes. “Seriously? What are you going to do; stab me? You know that Apollo is too busy to patch me up right now.”

“I’m sick and tired of you accusing me of being the bad guy,” she says, her voice dangerously low.

“How are you not the bad guy?” I scoff. “You broke my heart and then turned Chiron against me!”

She waves her sword in my face, so close that it slices off the tip of my hair dangling in front of my eyes. “That’s enough,” she hisses. “Now come on, are we going to settle this like gods or like kindergarteners?”

Final Comments: I feel like this is starting to get a bit confusing… Maybe I should be writing an outline for this or something.

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