Paris wandered through the many halls of Gilee's royal palaces, cursing Juls inwardly for the enth time. Why could that blasted idiot not meet him at the place they actually agreed to meet at? It was not so difficult, was it? They agreed to meet at a certain place at a certain time and when that certain time came around they would meet at the ( Read more... )

Paris has always been Aphrodite’s Chosen.

He wonders if that makes him different somehow.

He looks at himself in the mirror and sees no true difference to mark him. There is his beauty, yes, but others are beautiful, as well. Even more than him. Helen is ---

was, a part of him whispers and the grief slices him open for the briefest moment and ( Read more... )

Paris dreams tonight ( Read more... )

Some days are harder than others, some mornings less perfect than the ones before. Even the sunshine streaming in from the windows (the servants forgetting to draw the drapes last night) cannot chase away the feelings of just not right. Paris does not know why days such as this occur ( Read more... )

After Death of a Queen but before Death of a City.One cannot escape death. It is a lesson intimately learned, carved in the flesh of his heart and the flesh of those he loves. It is a lesson finally accepted, carried inside of him in memory of all he lost. Death will come to him - gone are the days of that bright-eyed, lovesick youth who thought ( Read more... )

I have never been the strong one ( Read more... )

“Mother ( Read more... )

He loves all of Troy ( Read more... )

Paris is not angered easily. In truth, he avoids conflict as much as possible. It upsets him - the screamed curses or the frosty silences, the dark looks and wildly gesturing arms, the heaviness pressing against his chest and the choked feeling in his throat. If he could live in a world where no one fought, he would be hard pressed to ever be upset ( Read more... )

Anne's celebration had taken his mind of things, but not entirely. And that was why he was walking away from it now, Cassandra and him arm in arm as they walked by the shore ( Read more... )