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Arelia and Tyreneas
could sense divine power from Elpis. However, they never felt such
a vast amount of power in any god they met before.
    Despite how much power Tyreneas
sensed, he was not afraid to yell at her. “I will not have any more
dealings with gods! Why must you torture us?”
    Arelia placed a hand on Tyreneas’
shoulder, “Calm down, Tyreneas, look at the poor girl. Does she
look like she means us harm?”
    Elpis turned to her parents,
blood-shot eyes stinging as she blinked away tears. Her stomach
sank and her lips trembled from the fear in her father’s eyes.
Arelia walked over and wiped Elpis’ wet cheek with the hem of her
dress. She helped Elpis up and sweetly smiled.
    Elpis looked at her mother and saw a
peaceful kindness. A peace she was desperate for after the past
eleven years of her life, dealing with nothing but death and
destruction.
    Elpis spun around, ashamed of who she
was, and ran to the gate. Before she could escape, Arelia called
out to her, “At least tell us your name.”
    Elpis stopped and looked
over her shoulder . “My name is Elpis, Queen of All.”
    At the sound of her name, Arelia and
Tyreneas recalled the night Anath took their daughter. They both
ran after her, but it was too late…Elpis had vanished.
    Before she left, a single tear
splashed against the dry dirt and a rose bush full of black roses
burst into bloom.
    * * *
    Meanwhile, on Mount Olympus, the gods
finally extinguished the fire.
    “We have made her too powerful!”
shouted Arawn, wiping off soot from his robe.
    “Our mistake was using the bloodline
of a war god!” shouted Freyja as she picked up pieces of a broken
bust.
    “Enough. We all created The Power and
we are all responsible for her actions. Not a single god here can
say we did not deserve this. We tore the child from her parents’
arms and gave her powers of mass destruction,” Athena added in
Elpis’ defense.
    “How do we end this? Her task is
complete and is no longer required. I say we remove her powers and
let her suffer a mortal life,” called out Don, Celtic Goddess of
the elements.
    “We made her more powerful than all of
us combined,” Hera reminded the assembly.
    “Love created her, why not let love
destroy her?” Aphrodite interjected with a contemplative
look.
    “What are you proposing, Sister?”
asked Zeus.
    “Create a man she cannot help but fall
in love with,” Aphrodite responded as if the answer was
obvious.
    Immediately upon Zeus’ agreement,
Hephaestus set to work on constructing a handsome man fit for a
queen. He assembled the body out of limestone, a porous stone that
could absorb anything and withstand fire, seemingly a necessity
with Elpis. Freyja casted spells over the stone to give the man
extraordinary magical powers. The Egyptian god, Thoth, armed him
with an enchanted dagger. The black onyx handle of the dagger
buzzed with power in his hand, the metal hilt tingling against the
top of his fingers.
    Pluto placed one hand on his shoulder
and the body sprang to life.
    “You have one duty until we tell you
otherwise. You will win the heart of Elpis and stay by her side as
long as she lives. From this day forward, you are known as
Eversor,” Pluto instructed the newly formed man.
    When Apollo located Elpis hiding on a
Greek island, he carried Eversor down in his chariot to meet her.
Cupid accompanied Apollo and Eversor as they carefully snuck up
behind Elpis. Eversor exited the chariot and noticed Cupid and
Apollo disguised themselves as servants, hoping Elpis would not see
through their camouflage.
    Eversor walked up to Elpis and fell in
love instantly. Meanwhile, Elpis noticed he was attractive but
thought nothing of him until Cupid shot her with several arrows,
sending her into complete devotion.
    Together, Elpis and Eversor were
invincible. Their powers were unmatched as they marched over
smaller kingdoms to form their own massive empire. Elpis was a fair
and tolerant queen. Despite her capabilities in war, her