“How much and what will you sacrifice for her?” said the goddess.
Vitus already knew the answer. Hell, he already knew the answer when he was a child. He was three, and running as fast as his pudgy legs could carry him around the grove where his father grew the crops, he had seen her, and he had been captured by her beauty. He had stopped running, and staring at her chestnut, wavy hair and her beautiful amber and onyx eyes, he tripped and fell flat on his face.
Vitus smiled at the memory. “Everything and anything,” he answered desperately back to Vesta, clutching Tiana to his chest. Parts of the burning temple around him started to collapse. He meant what he said, although he knew Tiana wouldn’t if it was her.
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He tried again the next day, then the next. All his conversations with Tiana had been like that until they were seven. He always managed to look like a fool in front of the one person he cared about.
It was the middle of the school year. Everything had been going normally until Aeliana’s dad took her out of school, and then Mariana’s dad and Tiana’s dad also. It was especially surprising for Tiana’s dad to take her out of school because he was such an important public figure and the fact that their family was rich. He was walking along the path to the family farm when he saw Tiana visibly miserable while practicing on a loom near her house.
“Salve, Tiana. What happened? Why did your dad take you out of school?” He said while approaching her loom.
“Salve, Vitus. My parent say I need to know how to learn to manage a household, which is utter nonsense!” she said with a fierce expression on her face. “I want to learn. I want to understand the world and how things work. I want to see the world, not see to the children.” She stood up on the stool she was sitting on. “Imagine that! Me, a mom,” she changed her voice from one clear as a bell to a obnoxious, nasally one. “Now, now, children. Stop playing in the mud and wash up for
Vitus already knew the answer. Hell, he already knew the answer when he was a child. He was three, and running as fast as his pudgy legs could carry him around the grove where his father grew the crops, he had seen her, and he had been captured by her beauty. He had stopped running, and staring at her chestnut, wavy hair and her beautiful amber and onyx eyes, he tripped and fell flat on his face.
Vitus smiled at the memory. “Everything and anything,” he answered desperately back to Vesta, clutching Tiana to his chest. Parts of the burning temple around him started to collapse. He meant what he said, although he knew Tiana wouldn’t if it was her.
Vitus was a cheerful and …show more content…
He tried again the next day, then the next. All his conversations with Tiana had been like that until they were seven. He always managed to look like a fool in front of the one person he cared about.
It was the middle of the school year. Everything had been going normally until Aeliana’s dad took her out of school, and then Mariana’s dad and Tiana’s dad also. It was especially surprising for Tiana’s dad to take her out of school because he was such an important public figure and the fact that their family was rich. He was walking along the path to the family farm when he saw Tiana visibly miserable while practicing on a loom near her house.
“Salve, Tiana. What happened? Why did your dad take you out of school?” He said while approaching her loom.
“Salve, Vitus. My parent say I need to know how to learn to manage a household, which is utter nonsense!” she said with a fierce expression on her face. “I want to learn. I want to understand the world and how things work. I want to see the world, not see to the children.” She stood up on the stool she was sitting on. “Imagine that! Me, a mom,” she changed her voice from one clear as a bell to a obnoxious, nasally one. “Now, now, children. Stop playing in the mud and wash up for