Dark of the MoonAriadne is destined to become a goddess of the moon. She leads a lonely life, filled with hours of rigorous training by stern priestesses. Her former friends no longer dare to look at her, much less speak to her. All that she has left are her mother and her beloved, misshapen brother Asterion, who must be held captive below the palace for his own safety.So when a ship arrives one spring day, bearing a tribute of slaves from Athens, Ariadne sneaks out to meet it. These newcomers don't know the ways of Krete; perhaps they won't be afraid of a girl who will someday be a powerful goddess. And indeed she meets Theseus, the son of the king of Athens. Ariadne finds herself drawn to the newcomer, and soon they form a friendship--one that could perhaps become something more.Yet Theseus is doomed to die as an offering to the Minotaur, that monster beneath the palace--unless he can kill the beast first. And that "monster" is Ariadne's brother . . . |
Contents
Ariadne | 1 |
Theseus | 41 |
Ariadne | 109 |
Theseus | 158 |
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Theseus | 178 |
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Theseus | 198 |
Ariadne | 242 |
Theseus | 254 |
Ariadne | 264 |
Theseus | 278 |
Ariadne | 290 |
Theseus | 302 |
Epilogue | 309 |
Back Flap | 311 |
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Aegeus Aethra Androgeos Ariadne Artemis asked Asterion Athenian Athens Athis baby blood body breath brother bull bull's chamber chest child Damia dancing dark door Enops Erechtheus eyes face father feel feet felt fingers floor girl glanced Glaukos Goddess ball guards hair hand head heard Karia killed king king of Athens knew Knossos Konnidas Kretan Krete laugh leave looked loved Lysias Medea Minos Minos-Who-Was Minos's moon mother mouth moved Naxos never night nodded palace Pasiphaë Perialla Phaedra Pittheus Planting Festival Poseidon priestesses Prokris pulled ritual seems She-Who-Is She-Who-Is-Goddess She-Who-Will-Be-Goddess ship shook shoulders silent Simo sister smile snakes someone sound stand stared step stepfather stone stood stopped sure sword tears tell Theseus Thoösa thought throat tiny told took Troizena turned Velchanos voice waiting walk white Goddess wife wine woman women wonder