WAR GOD

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d the backstage that led down a dark hallway. They moved through the darkness until Artemis moved bef

walked towards a wall. She went through

. A place where ordinary humans couldn’t access except they were part of the sect that

embers were the most powerful beings on earth. The members were gods and the s

sit in a chair that stood distinct from the other c

because he was recovering from the wounds of a war — a war that took the

is throne. Prometheus and the gods who wanted to kill Zeus called themselves the new

he then killed Prometheus that instant to teach t

life. She had been the one who taught him all of the fighting skills he knew that made him a top war god. With tears in

venge his lover’s death, he saw the cowards am

us to recover from the wounds of the war and also to grief the death of h

for his return. They were, however, not aware of h

ace of the gods, whose fa

ent for a while before speaking. Ivan appreciated the

one what you did Arte

d it.” She repl

did has attracted the attention of the wo

t be out. Although rest assured, he knew that they couldn’t be found out yet because no one would b

d?” Ivan said, with his insides

ey heard news of Hera’s younger sister. Ivan’s

re’s

other side of the world. I heard she has bee

e?” Iva

van couldn’t believe his ears. He couldn’t believe th

d to fi

he ground and sang in a melodious voice, while playing her guitar. Passers-by who were

d at distance without letting her eyes move, that was when they knew she was blind.

heavier than coins, she knew that the people she cou

hievous. She dipped her hand into her jar and felt those stones. She smiled, pulled them ou

She picked up her walking and hung her guitar on her shoulder, then she b

pace to a stop. She stopped to listen for any sound. What she heard next was a cough that indic

?” She said with

he was blind. One of them who looked like their

said as he retracted h

ng stick or are you blind too?” One of them sa

l she saw was darkness and all she heard was scary noises; utterly

e said, with her voice was sh

hat you have,” one o

must want — the money or her body. She went silent

ey were about to do didn’t feel right; they shouted at

began to cry and scream with every strength in her, and at the same time trying to break free by struggling. One hand blocked her mouth

hands tightly while the other one began to prepare to remove her trousers.

at that moment made her to give up struggling

imbed on top of her an

tor also had his conscience pricked

suddenly changing your mind on this fateful day?

lpless. It’s wrong to do this,” th

the girl’s hands said, causing the other one to laugh and making

her trousers, making her voice to rise in pitch. As he hand went to the zipper, the girl made a m

s of those teenagers brought tears to her face; the saddening truth that they easily were having their way into her mad

had not stop by choice but the manner at which he had stopped, showed that a force that he couldn’t stop had thrown

o forcefully penetrate the innocent girl. The other two boys were frozen for a moment as they wa

ys, who held the girl by her hands began to walk towards the man an

she wore didn’t stop the boy from underestimating the punch that was coming at him from her. Until her heavy punch

face fast. The boy coughed blood on his palm and saw a molar, half-submerged in

wasn’t using her full strength. He didn’t k

man’s fist, that made him touch the ground hard with a broken nose. All thr

to a pulp might not have come to save her. She heard as footsteps became louder as they

s which had dried up while the b

entle touch on her ar

d with his baritone voice, “yo

that had gripped her