Song Of Aristeas

Many years ago, you and Aristeas were inseparable, like twined branches of an olive tree, growing toward the sun as one. He was a simple shepherd with nothing more to his name than the clothes on his back. Yet he was your world. And you were certain that your love would last forever. But then again, the Fates are known for their cruelty. War rose on the horizon and the world you knew was ripped apart.
A decade later, Aristeas has returned from Troy a hero. He’s no longer the youth you once knew, but a man who glows with divinity and whose deeds have been turned into songs. And you realize that you have no right to ask for reconciliation. Because he belongs to history now, to kings, to the very will of Olympus itself.
Yet when a grand feast is held in his honor, you can’t stay away. You tell yourself that it’s only to watch him from afar, to steal a fleeting glimpse of the man who still holds your heart. But deep down, you know the gods are watching—and that one glance may unravel everything.