Balance, something hard to attain, and even harder to sustain. Almost like walking a sword's edge, everyone waits with baited breath to see if you will be able to walk along it, or if you will fall to the side.
It is infinitely harder when you must oversee the balance of other people, but to try and force it upon gods? Impossible, or so most think.
Artemis must find a balance of her own, in her duty. First though, she must discover what her new duties are.
She has gone from a student studying in Greece to an embodiment of retribution, the successor of Nemesis herself. Another task for the list, how does a goddess die?
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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