Hermes enlists the help of Aphrodite to resurrect Kore.
Aphrodite entered the apartment at Vanderbilt’s School of Medicine in the dead of night.
“I just left the social event of the year to placate your ego Hermes. Someone better be dying!” Aphrodite snaps.
“Someone already has,” Hermes whispers, stepping aside to reveal the ravaged remains of Kore. “Aides sent Cerberus to hunt her down for betraying their arrangement. I believe you know Asclepius.”
“Why haven’t you brought her back?” Aphrodite accuses, horrified.
“The damage is beyond even my healing ability. Kore needs regeneration,” Asclepius replies, defeated. “If you don’t save her, Aphrodite, she’ll be a prisoner of Aides’ underworld forever. He’ll own her soul.”
“Why the concern for Kore’s spirit?” Aphrodite asks, suspicious.
“She left Aides to be with me…I intended to save her. Now, she’s beyond my reach,” Asclepius cries.
“I love her, Aphrodite. Isn’t that enough?” Asclepius pleads.
“You can ask her that yourself, when she rises.”
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© 2013 Samantha Redstreake Geary
WriterlySam 
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Nice. Lots of angst and passion.
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Thank you so much:)
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I love how this scene played out. It’s not easy writing a scene with more than two characters but you handled it perfectly. Great dialogue!
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Thank you Ellie! I appreciate your feedback:)
Cheers!
Sam
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Right, I can see now why Cerberus was meant to get her and not *him*. So…love conquers death, eh? 😉
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