chapter 12: Theseus and the Minotaur

7: ABANDONMENT OF ARIADNE

We flee Crete under moonlight, our hearts full of hope and fear. When a dream of Dionysus commands me to leave Ariadne behind, I wake torn between love and divine order. I obey the god, departing before dawn as she sleeps upon the sands of Naxos. The horizon glows ahead, but I feel the gods tightening their snare.

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