Atalanta

by Jennifer Saint

“She’s free of men forever. So, better off than most.”

Jason thought that Hera’s blessing was the same as her protection. He didn’t see that she had merely given him the chance to succeed.

Jason thought the world was built for heroes. I knew we had to build it ourselves.

I couldn’t believe that a woman as powerful as Medea could bind herself to a man like Jason, that she would willingly reduce herself to be his wife.

“Jason isn’t a man like your father, or mine, maybe, or any of the others you describe. But that doesn’t mean he’s the man you should marry.”