Just when I thought my day couldnt get any worse, I saw the dead guy next to my locker.

What if all I'd ever known was how it had been for the past three years - me being an unwanted outsider in my own family? I might have turned out like Aphrodite, and I might still be letting my parents control me because I was hoping desperately that I would be good enough, make them proud, so that some day they would really love me.

Shadows in shadows He watches through dreams Wings black as Africa Body strong as stone Done waiting The ravens call.

A double-edged sword One side destroys One releases I am your Gordian knot Will you release or destroy me? Follow truth and you shall: Find me on water Purify me through fire Trapped by earth nevermore Air will whisper to you What spirit already knows: That even shattered anything is possible If you believe Then we shall both be free.

And when you love someone you don’t always see them realistically.

So, go talk to flowers about bulls and such," Aphrodite said. "I'll go talk to flowers," Stevie Rae said.

If I can't have my own mate and my own children, then I can at least have my own kingdom.