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So what do you want me to do, Stheno? Never try something sweet, just because it might go sour in the years to come? How is that a way to live?

If you have to contort yourself like your snakes to get him to really see you, if you have to chop parts of yourself off, or hide your heart and mind – your entire self – to attract him, then you will live your life like a pauper in a queen’s body

It felt strange to listen to a goddess being wrong

Some people in the village said I should be grateful for the attention. Not many gods deigned to give us mortals the time of day. But Poseidon didn’t give me the time of day, for Hades’ sake. He gave me nothing in return for what he took. He tried to make me lose myself.

I was mesmerised by the shield - as too, of course, was Daphne. This was even better than the sandals. She wanted it, I wanted it - all of us hiding behind the rock, snake or mortal, wanted it

Have you ever tasted sweet danger? It’s one of the best and worst delicacies, all at once. Best, because nothing - and I repeat, nothing - in life will taste as heady and particular and deceptively right, and just for you. Worst, because once you’ve tasted it, anything that comes after it will only be dull

Stheno and Euryale

Was this what attraction felt like - this loss of control?

Perseus laughed, a sound to make cracks in my resolve, a sound even now to be found in my soul. So here was a boy who could laugh at himself. Rare

My creek of eels, my needy puppies; a head of fangs, excitable