The Fall of a Mortal
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Last published Tue, Jun 11, 2024
Maybe using those waxed wings wasn't Icarus' best idea. Maybe he shouldn't have gone THAT close to the Sun, just so he could get a glimpse of the impossible. But it's not like he could bring time back now, could he?
Meeting Death made a big change in the mortal's head, and not only his head.
Meeting the cute God didn't help with his delusions of a beautiful,flower-field easy life.
Something is not adding up though. Why is the forest Nymph so harsh to him and nobody else, and why there is an empty throne on the left of the God's one? What is hiding behind the closed doors of Mount Olympus that they refuse to give him a chance to live a normal life?
Who is Icarus and what is hidden behind this crown-less prince?
Read to find out.
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