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Telegonus returned from his journey having accidentally killed Odysseus, bringing Penelope and Telemachus with him. Circe questions both out of suspicion to discover that Telemachus was angry with Odysseus, who went a little crazy, and Penelope, who did nothing about it. Penelope wanted to go to Circe because now Athena is (probably) after Telemachus.

Circe protects Telegonus with extremely powerful spells surrounding the island and him, then gets to rest (generally) easy as he grows up. That is, until she finds out Hermes had been secretly visiting Telegonus and preparing Telegonus to leave the island. Although Circe was at first angry, she decided to let Telegonus leave like he wanted. But she would protect him first, even by taking the tail of a powerful god.

Circe's baby boy is born and doesn't meet the world with a smile. She faces what it's like to mother a mortal child: terrible. It wasn't until she found her fears were valid. Everything that threatened to harm him seemed too exaggerated, like the ridiculous amount of wasps and scorpions. Turns out Athena is trying to kill her baby!

Oh great, she's pregnant with Odysseus' child, who just left her island for good. The nice thing is that she's happy to have something of her own, which is... good? Maybe? I somehow see this not ending well.

Odysseus stayed with Circe for a pretty long time, and Circe managed to subtly convince him to stay. She enjoyed his company, reminding her of Daedalus. It was all fine and dandy until Apollo decided to show up and force a prophecy down her throat (literally) that showed Odysseus back on his travels.

Lots has happened. Daedalus and his son Icarus died, as did Pasiphae's daughter, all much to Circe's dismay and sorrow. She ended up back on her island, alone and, for once, lonely. Everything caught up to her. In this loneliness, a ship of men came to her, and she didn't defend herself against them until it was too late. Sometime after that, she finally met Odysseus.

Circe and Daedalus make a plan to contain the minotaur, deciding to trap it in a fortified maze. During dinner with him, Circe discovers Daedalus has a son, the very thing her sister held over him. After that, she confronts Pasiphaë about why she brought Circe there, and some generally awful things come up. Like Pasiphaë relationship with her brother and how she had to appease him. Yikes.

Circe turned the girl Glaucos had a thing for into a monster and then admitted it. Her father didn't believe her until her brother made an appearance, saying that the flowers she used didn't actually have power in general, but Circe subconsciously gave them power because she was a witch, the same as her siblings. Then, she was exiled for that, but she actually became happy! And she grew stronger with time.

Circe found the sap of some important flowers that gods/titans had fallen and fed to Glaucos as he slept. Her goal was to turn him into a god, and so she did. She wanted to be with him forever, to love him freely when she couldn't when he was mortal. The thing was, he became too cocky upon becoming a god and chose someone prettier than her. Ouch.

Lots of things have happened. Circe gains a brother and takes him in when no one else would. Finally, she connects with someone, caring for each other dearly and whatnot... Until he turns on her when he gains the favor of their father and leaves her to become a king. After his departure, she falls into the same routine until a human stumbles upon the shore where she typically was. Of course, she fell for him.