"Will you let your skill go to waste once you have a husband and a horde of children?" Apollo asked.
"Why, my Lord, are you so fixated on the thought of me and marriage?" Cassandra couldn't stop herself from blurting.
"It's what is currently on my mind. Why? Does it make you uncomfortable?"
"No. It's just uncommon for me to speak about this with anyone that isn't Helenus or my sisters, especially with a god."
"Do you believe I have an ulterior motive?"
"Do you?" Cassandra countered.
One of Apollo's eyebrows lifted at her question. A second later he grinned wickedly. "Oh, by now you would have figured out if I had an ulterior motive." He laughed at the look of disbelief Cassandra couldn't hide. "No, Cassandra of Troy, I don't want you as my wife," he assured her. "I can do better." …show more content…
"Why thank you, my Lord," Cassandra quipped. "You know how to insult like no other."
Apollo let out a wonderful, full-bodied laugh that somehow complimented the sounds of the forest. It washed over Cassandra like the summer sun, leaving her deliciously warm and happy. It was hard not to be overtaken by the allure of the god. Though he was quick to anger and as unpredictable as the ocean, there was something about him that Cassandra identified with. Could it just be how gods presented themselves to mortals they didn't want to intimidate? Or was there more to it than that? Did the two of them have something in common that connected them on a deeper level?
As Cassandra thought over her questions they reached the spot Cassandra recognized as where she'd entered the forest at. She masked her surprise as Apollo stopped and turned to her.
"I've enjoyed my time with you very much," he
"Why, my Lord, are you so fixated on the thought of me and marriage?" Cassandra couldn't stop herself from blurting.
"It's what is currently on my mind. Why? Does it make you uncomfortable?"
"No. It's just uncommon for me to speak about this with anyone that isn't Helenus or my sisters, especially with a god."
"Do you believe I have an ulterior motive?"
"Do you?" Cassandra countered.
One of Apollo's eyebrows lifted at her question. A second later he grinned wickedly. "Oh, by now you would have figured out if I had an ulterior motive." He laughed at the look of disbelief Cassandra couldn't hide. "No, Cassandra of Troy, I don't want you as my wife," he assured her. "I can do better." …show more content…
"Why thank you, my Lord," Cassandra quipped. "You know how to insult like no other."
Apollo let out a wonderful, full-bodied laugh that somehow complimented the sounds of the forest. It washed over Cassandra like the summer sun, leaving her deliciously warm and happy. It was hard not to be overtaken by the allure of the god. Though he was quick to anger and as unpredictable as the ocean, there was something about him that Cassandra identified with. Could it just be how gods presented themselves to mortals they didn't want to intimidate? Or was there more to it than that? Did the two of them have something in common that connected them on a deeper level?
As Cassandra thought over her questions they reached the spot Cassandra recognized as where she'd entered the forest at. She masked her surprise as Apollo stopped and turned to her.
"I've enjoyed my time with you very much," he