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Fates, or even saw one of
them?”
    Aphrodite blushed.
    “ Something wrong?” She
tried not to smile, but she’d always known just how to hit a nerve
with Aphrodite.
    “ I spoke to Lachesis last
year.”
    This should be
good. “And what did you talk
about?”
    Aphrodite locked gazes with Eris. “I
asked her if Poseidon and Layla were meant to be
together.”
    “ Oh yes, important matters
of state, I see.”
    Aphrodite huffed and folded her arms.
“So you do the will of the Fates? Always?”
    She shook her head. “Some of my
mischief is my own. You should know that, knowing my brother as
well as you do.”
    “ I can see
that.”
    Eris ran her hand over Chaos’ ears.
Aphrodite had basically admitted she was right. Eris couldn’t help
wondering if she had it wrong about the love goddess and Hermes.
Perhaps she was the one who couldn’t get over him. She was being so
civil it only made sense she was worried about angering Eris. The
feisty blonde didn’t tend to be a respecter of persons. She never
cared who she angered or slighted as long as she got her
way.
    “ Look, I’m not going to
hurt Hermes or anyone else. Just mind your own
business.”
    “ He asked me for
help.”
    “ So what?”
    “ He’s my
friend.”
    Eris smiled. “You sure that’s
all?”
    Aphrodite’s face flamed red. “Look,
Hermes is favored by Zeus as his most loyal friend and most dutiful
servant. He won’t let you torture him like this.”
    “ How am I torturing
him?”
    “ He doesn’t want
you!”
    Her smiled faded. “He doesn’t want you
either.”
    Aphrodite made a very unladylike
sound. “That is not what this is about! It was funny at first, but
now it isn’t.”
    “ You can’t stand to think
of it, can you? Him fucking me. Makes your blood boil, doesn’t
it?”
    “ You conniving bitch! Let
him go, or I will make sure you pay for this.”
    Eris laughed. “Pay for what? Making a
man horny? How many seduction spells has Zeus put on how many
women? How many times has mortal history changed because some god
couldn’t keep his cock out of a pretty little mortal? No one can
even keep count. Look, I’ve wanted him for a long time, and he gave
me a glorious opportunity to kill two birds with one
stone.”
    “ What do you
mean?”
    “ If I can get Hermes to
say even one word in my favor, everyone will look at me
differently. I’ll bed a man I’ve had a craving for and teach all of
you a lesson.”
    Aphrodite looked shocked, but then she
laughed. “No. That can’t be it. That can’t be all.”
    “ Why not? You think I’m as
petty as you and my brother? Is wanting everyone to quit suspecting
me too noble, perhaps? Or do you think I’ll use their trust to get
them all in the end?”
    “ You can’t blame us for
what we think.”
    “ So I’m just evil, am I?
Is that why Hermes is so repulsed?”
    “ I didn’t say that. If you
knew anything about him, you’d know he doesn’t just fuck. He has
feelings for a woman when he takes her. I really don’t see that
happening with you two.”
    Eris moved the cats aside and stood
up, then walked over to Aphrodite. “Maybe I’ll make him love me.
Wouldn’t it be funny if I succeeded where you failed so
miserably?”
    Eris hardly had time to catch her
breath as Aphrodite threw her against the wall.
    Aphrodite got right in her face and
screamed, “He could never love you! There is nothing in you to
love. No one could love you!”
    “ Someone does, you jealous
bitch!”
    Eris got up to see her brother Ares
holding Aphrodite’s arms behind her. “I’m fine, Ares. Just let her
go.”
    Aphrodite tried to free herself, but
Ares wouldn’t let go. He leaned forward and whispered in her ear,
“You touch my sister again, and I won’t care what Zeus and Hera
say.”
    Eris saw the anger on Aphrodite’s face
slowly fade. Despair replaced it. Eris shifted on her feet. She
knew she couldn’t tell Ares what to do, but she didn’t want to
watch this. “Ares, come on. Get her out