Tempting Hades by Emma Hamm EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Status: Available for Free Download
- Author: Emma Hamm
- Language: English
- Genre: Ancient World Historical Romance
- Format: PDF / EPUB
- Size: 2 MB
- Price: Free
The nymphs and naiads danced in a circle around Kore, giggling in
bubbly, petal soft tones. Kore laughed with them, although she
didn’t know why. They were cleaning the Temple of Artemis
today. A duty that wasn’t particularly fun.
But the nymphs enjoyed being out of sight. Demeter’s gaze could burn
when they acted like this. Silly. Like little girls when they should be
watching over Kore.
They were all brightly colored and so pretty it made her eyes hurt. In
comparison, Kore’s chestnut-colored hair and sun-tanned skin looked
almost mortal. The freckles dotting across her nose made other goddesses
laugh. The dirt underneath her nails marked her as a lesser goddess, perhaps
a demi-goddess, or worse… a nymph like the others.
One nymph tripped over a naiad, their peplos flying over their heads as
they tumbled to the ground together.
Some guards they were.
Kore giggled with the others and held out a hand for her dearest friend
to take. “Cyane, be more careful.”
The naiad in question had little desire to be anything but reckless.
Cyane lived her life on the edge, wild and free in all aspects. Kore just
wished she could be more like the naiad and less like the daughter of
Demeter.
She pulled Cyane to her feet with a bright grin. Kore exclaimed, “If we
finish the temple fast today, perhaps we can go for a swim?”
“I don’t think father would mind!” Cyane brushed tendrils of dark blue
hair away from her face. “Besides, I’ve found a few freshwater clams you’d
love to meet.”
As her friend rushed ahead to the nymphs, Kore laughed at her antics.
Any other goddess would have lifted their nose at the lesser beings.
Nymphs and naiads weren’t normal companions for a goddess.
But she wasn’t really a goddess, was she? Her mother claimed just
because she shared god blood didn’t mean she had the powers to be one.
Kore was the maiden daughter of the harvest goddess and had little more
powers than a nymph herself.
Sometimes she thought it was better this way. At least no one expected
her to grant healing wishes. And no one prayed to her.
Mortal prayers always felt like they were a shackle around her mother’s
wrists. Demeter was constantly going to whoever prayed for her help and
worrying about what she could do for the family. When she failed, the fields
all withered with her sadness.
Gods weren’t infallible, Kore had learned a long time ago. Sometimes
they made mistakes. And sometimes, in her mother’s case, they just weren’t
powerful enough to prevent every wound to mortal men.
Cyane’s bubbling laugh broke through her morose thoughts. “Kore!
Come on!”
The Temple of Artemis should have been cleaned by mortals, and
perhaps it was sometimes. Her priestesses were certainly wandering around
all the time. Unless the nymphs were coming, of course. Then they were
scarce.
For More Read Download This Book
EPUB