Sweet Cry of Pleasure by Marie Medina

Author:Marie Medina [Medina, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Twisted E-Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

Eris pounded on the door. “Aphrodite! Open this fucking door!”

The door opened by itself, and Eris walked into the house.

Aphrodite emerged from the living room. “I’m right here.”

“What have you done to my brother?”

“You wouldn’t understand.”

“Try me. I know you won’t kill him, but that doesn’t help you all that much at the moment.”

“Have they found Megaera?”

“Yes, but I didn’t wait around to hear her story. Only you would do this.”

“You’re right, but you have my motives all wrong.”

Eris fought to keep her hands at her sides and not around Aphrodite’s neck. “Then explain them to me.”

“If I tell you everything, the spell will fail.”

Eris counted to ten. Then she did it again. “Tell me what you can. This is driving me crazy.”

Aphrodite sighed. “You think I hate you, don’t you?”

“Stop thinking about yourself. It doesn’t matter.”

“I’m not doing this for spite or revenge. And I wasn’t thinking of my own ego or pride when I asked that.”

Eris had to struggle not to lose all of her patience. “Tell me what you can, what I need to know.”

“He knows what will save him. He knows what he needs.”

Eris felt the ground under her shake a tiny bit as she tried to disperse her anger. “So he has to suffer through this and figure out your damned riddle as well.”

“He will know. Tell him that.”

“I don’t understand you.”

Aphrodite turned away. “No, I suppose you don’t. I’m not just a silly, cruel bitch.”

“You can be one from time to time though.”

She turned back and smiled sadly. “Fair enough. I hope you will think more of me when this is over. He will be happy.”

“I can’t believe that.”

“Try.”

“It’s rather hard,” Hera said. The queen of the gods appeared behind Aphrodite. “I thought I hated you at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis when you pulled your little trick. I despised you for giving Helen to Paris and sparking Troy and Greece to war. You should’ve been blamed for the Trojan War all this time, not Eris. And then your son Aeneas abandoned Dido, queen of my favored city Carthage, and she killed herself. Zeus should never have granted him immortality at your request.”

“Why bring all that up?” Aphrodite asked. Eris could tell she was afraid of what Hera meant to do.

“Love. All that sorrow happened in the name of love. Paris’ love for Helen, Dido’s love for Aeneas. You think anything can be excused because of love.”

“No, I don’t.”

Eris didn’t know what to do. She didn’t want to defy Hera, but she feared the queen might act rashly out of love for her son.

“You don’t love my son, so why are you doing this?”

Aphrodite took a breath. “Can’t you trust me? He will find what he needs and be happy.”

“I want more reassurance than that.”

Aphrodite wrung her hands. “Wake him and tell him what I said. I was just telling Eris what she needed to do.”

Hera looked at Eris, then back at Aphrodite. “Why do it like this? I don’t know what

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