Bemused Quotes

“I challenge you, then." Ares raised a closed fist, as did Hephaestus. As Heph and Ares played Rock, Scissors, Paper over who had the honor of paying her debt, Aphrodite's chic façade switched between ethereal beauty and irritated bitch”
― L.W. Lowe, Bemused

“Hedone had only ever seen her from afar, one dancer lost among the other eight. It was easy to mix up The Muses. Hedone found it less stressful to think of them as a group organism rather than learn their names by heart.”
― L.W. Lowe, Bemused

“Could you not?" grumbled Hades as he walked around her. Hedone stuck her tongue out at the grump, whose idea of romance used a trap clause with pomegranate seeds.”
― L.W. Lowe, Bemused

“Zeus and Hera didn't bother with gates. A lightning bolt hit the terrace and the King and Queen of the Gods walked out of the smoke, then relished the applause. Instead of using the woods or parking lot, Poseidon arrived on the beach with a bevy of sirens and sea nymphs at his side. Hades and his wife, Persephone, stepped out of a gate with pillars of black-and-white marble.”
― L.W. Lowe, Bemused

“A few seconds later, a black pickup truck drove through the gate and down the road, then parked at the tree line. Hedone was surprised to see the Titan, Prometheus, at the wheel with Hephaestus riding shot gun.”
― L.W. Lowe, Bemused