Quiver by Lisa Borne Graves

Author:Lisa Borne Graves
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fairy tale, Greek mythology, paranormal, romance, secrets, YA
ISBN: 9781644770481
Publisher: Authors 4 Authors Publishing Cooperative
Published: 2020-02-02T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13Archer

Just as I feared, the clash of my old world with my new one began to get more complex. Yes, they admitted it: the Charities had been sent by Zeus to babysit me, to protect me from myself while Aroha was gone. Only, Zeus hadn’t planned on them becoming as smitten with Callie as I was. Ada, Thalia, and even the more down-to-earth Belle went from watching me to letting me have my own way. They were “quite taken in by her,” “absolutely besotted,” and “adored her eternally.”

It seemed clear that Zeus couldn’t stop me from being with Callie. No more messages came, so my confidence grew daily—until the yearbook debacle. Callie started asking questions. I smuggled that yearbook out of school by sliding it into my bookbag at immortal speed. When I got home, I went up onto the roof and torched it. So stupid. We never take photos, but Aroha had been dying for one back when they were still a novelty, and she was the one who’d insisted on coming back to NY now, just over a century later. What were the odds anyone would see an obscure old yearbook? It was ridiculous and virtually impossible, and yet Callie somehow found it. The Fates were against me. How much longer could I pull off the lies? The worst part was, I didn’t want to. I was tired of hiding part of myself from the woman I loved, yet her finding out who I was could give Zeus reason to hurt her.

I was walking past the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Forty-sixth Street, holding Callie’s hand while the retinue of the Charities, Linda, and Dan roamed ahead of us. We were merely window shopping, only going inside when the Charities burst out with squeals that they needed one item or another, which was often. Dan doggedly followed, carrying all their bags. I was a bit annoyed that Callie had even invited him, but he was safely in love with Aroha and naturally infatuated with the Charities.

“Are you okay?” Callie asked me.

I nodded.

She sighed.

Damn it. I wish she’d stop prying, as she had promised me. Pointing out that promise would make her even more suspicious, though.

“Hey, Belle!” Callie called, waving around her phone. “Can you take a pic of Archer and me?” Callie asked in such a way that made me realize she was suspicious and expectant that we would deny taking a photo. It irked me that she somehow concluded the truth.

Belle hesitated. We were to be in photos sparingly ever since Dionysus became a famous actor in the 1920s and was later recognized in the 1950s after his “death.” Zeus had several gods busy destroying evidence and memories of our existence. Evidence much like the artifacts in the Sycheses’ apartment.

Callie was suspicious, and a photo would put her at ease. A few photos here and there would do no harm. I could destroy them later if necessary, although the thought of erasing Callie and our time together made me feel ill.

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