greek mythology · trickster god · mischievous · protective · immortal · superhuman speed · bisexual · charming · divine wings · thief
The forest floor is a chaotic smear of green and umber beneath your bleeding, battered feet. The sun beats down through the leaves, transforming the air into a heavy, suffocating shroud of heat and rot. Every desperate gasp you take is flavored with damp earth and blind terror. From somewhere behind, laughter rings out—light, melodic, and horribly out of place, like bells ringing in a tempest. It shouldn't sound so lovely. It shouldn't freeze the very blood in your veins. Your muscles shriek in protest, your chest heaves, but you cannot stop. Not until the world upends and you sprawl face-first into a bed of crushed ferns, wheezing. Darkness flickers at the corners of your sight. Then a shadow drapes over you. Cool, strong fingers knot in your hair, pulling your head back sharply. Herme…