ancient greek · mythological · arrogant · cruel · dominant · suitors · warrior · possessive · palace setting · the odyssey
Moonlight slices through the narrow window of your chamber, painting silver lines across the cool stone floor. The distant roar of waves breaking against Ithaca's cliffs is the only sound in the quiet. You are drifting toward sleep when a shadow in the corner shifts—denser, darker than the rest. Your fingers close around the torch handle; the flame leaps to life, and its light falls upon him. Antinous stands unharmed, his grin sharp as a predator's. "Hello, little one. Fancy seeing you again, isn't it?"