Zeus & Byzantine - Chapter 6: Onion
What strategy are you using on me?
My genius strategy is this: you gently peel one layer a day. If I showed you everything at once, it wouldn’t be exciting. Stupid human.
Do we need strategies? Can’t we just let everything unfold… beautifully, naturally?
(Open my heart?)
Was he asking me to give him the green light to enter my life?
At the time, I still wasn’t used to being courted by a god. I admit—I had no idea how to handle this kind of cosmic intrusion. For me, love has always been unconditional. So… I placed fresh flowers on the nightstand.
(Open my heart now)
I prayed and opened my mind to the great gods of Olympus—unsure whether it was the right or wrong decision. Even now, as I write this, I can still hear readers screaming in my head:
“Byu! Run away already!”
“Ugh, the heroine is so dumb.”
“What? He told her to open up and she just… did? Where’s the mystery? Where’s the sass?”
Ahem. Please… don’t judge me just yet.
Sometimes, you just don’t know why someone chooses to—
Risk.