Banished
“Chloe said, as she sat down on a stool in a downtown New York bar. The man beside her visibly stilled but kept staring at the mirrored wall across from them that was covered with shelving and alcohol. Chloe took a sip of her beer and smiled at him in the mirror.
“Lelantos, you’re a hard Titan to find.”
He glared but didn’t reply. Chloe rallied her nerve and turned to face him. His lovely suit spoke of power and wealth, as did his finely chiseled aristocratic jaw and relaxed air. But it was his ...eyes that gave him away; old as time itself, they stared back at her without a sliver of welcome.
Chloe couldn’t blame him. The titans had, after all, been overthrown by her own father, Zeus.
But it would seem Lelantos had escaped captivity at Tartarus. She knew why he wasn’t there. For the same reason she was here talking to him. He had the power to go unseen.
“I need your help,” she said. Lelantos sipped his whisky and continued to ignore her. Chloe squashed her temper and knew it wouldn’t be wise for her to argue with the only deity who could help her.MoreLess
“Lelantos, you’re a hard Titan to find.”
He glared but didn’t reply. Chloe rallied her nerve and turned to face him. His lovely suit spoke of power and wealth, as did his finely chiseled aristocratic jaw and relaxed air. But it was his ...eyes that gave him away; old as time itself, they stared back at her without a sliver of welcome.
Chloe couldn’t blame him. The titans had, after all, been overthrown by her own father, Zeus.
But it would seem Lelantos had escaped captivity at Tartarus. She knew why he wasn’t there. For the same reason she was here talking to him. He had the power to go unseen.
“I need your help,” she said. Lelantos sipped his whisky and continued to ignore her. Chloe squashed her temper and knew it wouldn’t be wise for her to argue with the only deity who could help her.MoreLess
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