Himeros POV

The mortal world had certainly changed since the last time I was here. Everything is so crowded and there are so many buildings in such compact areas. I had been enjoying the mortal world for about a week now. Buying and doing things people considered cool such as cars, suits, going to nightclubs and drinking lots of alcohol.

The mortal way of partying seemed interesting and was enjoyable for the first few days. Then it just became mundane. Going to clubs, becoming intoxicated, moving my body to the beating music as girls danced on me, mindless sex with many women that found me attractive. That part was nice, I met a few women who took my seed and agreed to mother my children. Maybe when they grow older and go to camp their food offerings will allow me to regain some of my long-lost strength. Anyway, it was time to return to Olympus. I had to visit my mother and my other siblings, she must have been worried sick about my disappearance for the last few centuries. Now that I had a solid anchor to the world I could go back to the life I missed very dearly.

Speaking of, I wonder how Perseus is doing. With my mark Perseus should have no trouble finding true love and should be on the highway to happiness. I quickly focused my energy on him and saw what he was doing. Some tough looking girl was embracing him like a rag doll and devouring him like no tomorrow, bet she is a daughter of Ares. I smirked at the scene, the kid found his true love already, guess we will soon be brothers. No surprise there, the surprising bit was that Ares stood a few meters behind them completely shocked.

I saw the events unfold and found myself worried about Perseus. From the looks of it Ares was not aware of their relationship and from what I heard father held a grudge against Perseus, he could be in serious danger. I could be in serious danger as well. If Percy died, I would lose my link to the mortal world and my physical form. After an insult from the god of war to his daughter Perseus became furious and charged at him. The kid was relentless, he was evenly matched with father however a small slip in his footing determined the outcome of the battle. Ares kicked Perseus on the chest and soon had him pinned on the floor, he mentioned something about revenge and other generic villain stuff but to be fair, father was never great with speeches. Perseus resigned to his fate and closed his eyes. I was about to flash in and stop father's strike when I noticed the girl running to intercept the blow with her spear, maybe she could stop him.

"Why are you siding with him!?" he asked. Father was dumb in matters of love. Clarisse was clearly in love with Perseus, he had just seen her devour him before his very eyes and somehow did not put the pieces together. I could not help to smile happily as the girl confessed her love for Perseus. The sincerity of her words just proved how effective my mark was.

My father stood still for a minute before deciding his best course of action was to leave and deal with them later. Even though Percy was not in immediate danger anymore I figured being aware of my anchor's current situation was vital. Also, in a way I was responsible as this would not had happened so soon without my mark.

"Clarisse, did you mean all of that?" Asked a slightly red Perseus with his gaze on the floor. I raised my eyebrow at this. Perseus was truly an idiot if he doubted her honesty. Clarisse had challenged father on his behalf and admitted to liking feeling like a princess, a daughter of Ares for Zeus sake.

"Every. Single. Word. " Perseus lifted his head, looked at Clarisse and gave her a warm smile. Slowly they went in for a soft and gentle kiss. I took a deep breath and smiled at the scenery. This is what I missed the most when I was on the verge of fading, the sight of unadulterated love. I might be the god of unrequited love and sexual desire, but I live and breathe for moments like this.

I noticed the gentle kiss quickly turn into a fierce make out session, they couldn't. Not after angering my father, right?

"Come to my cabin" Percy whispered after taking a breath. Clarisse took a breath as well but just nodded vigorously. I felt the atmosphere rapidly change and as a god of sexual desire I knew where this was going. Turns out they could. I shook my head and came back to the real world. I focused on my mother and flashed inside her palace.

Aphrodite POV

I was talking to my daughter Piper via Iris message. Apparently, Jason had been neglecting my poor daughter lately and she asked me to check if he still loved her or had someone else in his life. I ran a quick check through my domain and noticed that Jason loved her more than ever, he was also very anxious and worried about something. That could only mean one thing I realized, he was going to propose to her! It took all of my willpower to not squeal in delight in front of Piper as it could ruin the surprise.

"Everything is fine sweety. Jason loves you more than ever, he is probably just very busy at the moment. Trust me Piper, you got nothing to worry about," Piper narrowed her eyes thought for a second and nodded. That's right baby girl, everything is going to turn out just fine.

"Thank you, Mom. That really helped." I nodded back and swiped the Iris message away.

"Mom," said a familiar voice behind me.

I turned around only to see my beautiful son Himeros. He was in his eight-year-old form and looked so adorable. I ran to him and embraced him.

"I missed you so much Himeros, where have you been all these years? I was worried sick, you said a small break and you been gone for centuries, I thought you had…" I started crying and embraced him tighter. I loved my son, I loved all my children more than anyone could ever know. Nobody ever knew the real me, the one that loved her family more than anything else.

"I was just taking an extra-long break mom, sorry I did not make contact sooner." It was obvious he was lying or hiding something from me but I did not care, my son was back and that was all that mattered at the moment.

"It's okay Himi. I'm just glad you are back here safe and sound. Please don't ever leave again, I don't like losing my kids you know?" I pouted a bit and stopped crying.

Himeros just nodded and said, "Don't worry mom, I'm not leaving Olympus anytime soon I missed it dearly." I was so glad Himeros was back, I spent days thinking that the worst had happened to him but now he was here in Olympus. He was safe now. I could not help to notice he also smelled a bit different, he smelled like the beach.

"Where were you all this time Himi?" I asked suspiciously. If he noticed he did not react, he was perfectly calm.

"I was exploring the world mom. I spent the last few days exploring the city of New York, but I came to Olympus just today. This morning I was just in Montauk for a short swim before coming to here", Makes sense, Himeros did always like to swim since he was little. He was also the only one of my children to have Poseidon's permission to freely enter his domain. I was going to ask about his journey when I felt something major happen in my domain of sex and procreation.