One humid August night, Aphrodite and Apollo were playing truth or dare.
"Truth or dare 'pollo, " she says.
"Dare,"he says.
"there is a daughter of nyx who has survived into her late 20s. I want you to seduce her and grant her a child," Aphrodite says as If speaking to a infant.
"And why should I do this, do you have a reason?"he says.
"I'm the goddess of love; must I have a reason?" Aphrodite says.
"Fine,"he says."but I won't be the least bit happy about it." He flashes out of the room in a flash of godly light.
He didn't keep his word of unhappiness, for he fell in love with this daughter of nyx whose name was Hope Katrina Ellis. He granted her a daughter who she named Megara, and 14 years later our story begins...
