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Credit: Inspired by The Pitfalls of Madness written by Kamitose

The breeze was cool; nearly frigid and yet as it made its way across Cassandra's' lithe form she could only get a sense of comfort from it. Strange as an Athenian native the chilling cold should seem almost unbearable and at a time it used to, but that was before she'd been seduced. Cold was the air in Romania she thought; cold were his eyes even as he tried to be comforting; cold were the lips she longed to kiss. Cold was Raphael Sorel and it was in the cold where she desired to be. Looking back, their tainted romance seemed a distant memory, a wonderful nightmare something that she should have forgotten. The problem was she couldn't no matter how much she needed to. She could try to suppress the memories, even block them out but she could not will herself to simply forget they were part of her now just as he was; as well as the darkness slowly growing within her... Sure enough her mind led her to think on Sophitia. She wondered how her sister would feel to know that she never really wanted to be rescued, that her loyalty and love now lied with a mad man. It would destroy her and in that moment the guilt Cassandra had been feeling tripled as heart and mind began battling each other once again. Should she turn around now and return back to the sunshine and warmth of Athens back to the emptiness she'd felt the whole time she'd been there. Or she could just go on until she made her way back to him, back to the cold, back to love. She bowed her head asking the gods to forgive her for the cold was pulling much stronger. Something sounds in the distance; instinctively she draws her sword from underneath her cloak narrowing her eyes in search of the disturbance.

"Who's there?" She demands. A familiar figure emerges from the shadows with bright eyes, firmly gripping a holy sword it could be only be one.

"Sophitia" She almost whispers. It was then Sophitia stepped before her. She looks hurt but nonetheless determined ready for what looked like anything.

"Cassandra in the name of Hephaestus and all other gods of Olympus I command you to turn around now."

To Be Continued...

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