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In a time before mankind walked the Earth, even before it was the dominion of the Olympian Gods and Goddesses, the Titans ruled the Universe. Leader among these was Cronus youngest son and usurper of Uranus. During a coup planned with his mother Gaia, Cronus mutilated his father casting the offcuts into the Mediterranean.From the chaos, beauty and love was born in the form of Aphrodite. She rose from the same sea, born of the desecration of Cronus. Where the war was ugly and full of hate, Aphrodite touched every being who encountered her, inspiring them to better things.Cronus was no better than his father and it was only a few aeons before his own son, Zeus, and his brothers and sisters, again with the help of Gaia, overthrew him. This is where I come into the story. Born of my father Zeus and my mother Hera and with their eldest son, Hephaestus, making weapons in his forge I, Ares, was given dominion over war.In the wars that followed between Olympians and Titans, I planned strategies for attack and counter-attack with my half-sister Athena. Charging at their head, in my chariot, I led Zeus’ armies to final victory over the Titans. Those that remained alive were put to work or banished to Tartarus for all time and finally, we could return to Olympus. On our journey home, Athena and I visited my grove in Thebes, where I plucked a white rose for the Goddess I had set my heart on before my departure centuries before.Still dirty from battle, with Athena, by my side, I drove my chariot to the very gates of Olympus. We entered triumphantly only for my heart to fall and shatter on the marble floor. The rose fell from my grasp as I looked over and saw my brother with my heart’s desire sat upon his knee.As my hand reached for my sword, I felt Athena’s arm through mine, “Quite yourself, brother. Let us claim our accolades and maybe she will see the better brother.”What neither of us had known was that while battles raged and immortals lay vanquished, Hephaestus had courted and won Aphrodite’s hand. It was with the knowledge that he had taken from me what I most cherished, that he looked at me and smirked.“Easy now,” Athena’s voice reassured me once more.“My children!” Zeus trumpeted when we were halfway across the hall. “Athena, Ares, Goddess and God of war. Welcome home, we have prepared a feast in your honour.”We were taken by nymphs and bathed and rubbed with oils. After, we dressed in the finest togas and had golden laurel wreaths placed upon our heads. Finally, we were carried back to the great hall on litters to join the feast. There was singing and dancing with food and wine aplenty. It was then that I found out about the wedding. Aphrodite approached me carrying the rose that I had dropped and asked for a dance.“Sweet Ares, my God of war, if only I had truly known that beneath your facade, you held a light for me, your brother could never have lain claim to what should rightfully be yours.”“How…” I started.Aphrodite cut me off, “Your sister in battle has your back here too. She explained. Over the centuries Hephaestus employed my services. The beautiful imagery on your armour and chariot, and those of your armies, were inspired by me. Every time you strode forth, you carried part of me with you.“Alas, his plan was to win me over. He kept me in his forge where prayers could not be heard and with no knowledge of your devotion to me, he slowly won me around. When Athena gave me your rose, I didn’t know what to do. The All-Father may grant a divorce but I fear it might cause a rift that would destroy Olympus in the shadow of your victory over the Titans.”I looked into her deep brown eyes and saw only sadness and regret. bahis siteleri I knew also, that unless I walked away, I might unleash Khaos, the primordial, upon the hall. She had been mine to command through the wars but was on a tight reign. At that moment, I almost did not care that letting her run amok could cause the end of the universe. Almost.“I’m sorry, I have to go.” I leant in and kissed her on the cheek, “This isn’t over though.”I paused and held her gaze for a few seconds, then turned and walked to my father and mother.With a flourish and a bow, I addressed them, “Father Zeus, mother Hera, thank you for this celebration in honour of my sister and me. Let us not forgot all those that fought with us and fell for our victory. With that, I am going to take my leave and offer blessings to those lost to us and then retire.”I looked over at Hephaestus and Aphrodite was sitting next to him. As he smirked at me, I smiled back noting that she was not on his knee. Athena had been watching and followed me to the door.“I’m sorry, she had to know.”I put my hand on her shoulder, “It’s fine, now she does, it means I can plan my campaign. If father won’t grant a divorce, I will happily make my brother a cuckold.”“Please be careful, brother.”I hugged Athena and kissed her cheek, “Thank you, sister, I will.”—-Over the following months, I noticed that Hephaestus was spending more time at his forge in Lemnos. I took advantage of his absence and every morning before Helios breached the horizon I was astride Konabos, one of my four mighty steeds, on a race to my grove to gather a rose. I met with Ganymede and asked him to deliver it with Aphrodite’s breakfast every day. I did not speak to Aphrodite at this time but I did take time to visit my brother.“Hephaestus,” I cried announcing myself, “why are you spending so much time here?”I had brought wine and was pouring him a cup as I asked.“There is no crafting of weapons needed, the wars are over. Why hide yourself here?”We sat staring at the fires burning in his forge for a while.“Brother, while you were at war, Aphrodite assisted me, adding her beauty to the weapons and armour we forged for you. We fell in love over these very fires and our father blessed our union over my anvil.”To his credit, he did not smirk and to mine, I restrained myself from driving my sword between his ribs.“Since the war finished. Since we are no longer working together, she has been working with mortals teaching them how to appreciate beauty and to use that to produce art. She’s been distant like she’s not in love with me anymore.”The music to my ears was difficult to suppress and after we finished the wine we embraced and I left. A plan was forming in my head as I rode back to Olympus. Once bathed and in a fresh toga I sought out Aphrodite.“Care to take a ride?”“Ares! You made me jump,” she exclaimed with a smile. Looping her arm through mine, she asked, “Where are we going? What have you planned?”“A picnic in my grove?”She stopped and turned to me, holding both my hands, “Ares, remember I’m married.”“Sweet Aphrodite,” I started paraphrasing her own opening from the celebration, “remember what I said, this isn’t over.”With a smile, she put her arm back through mine and as we continued to my chariot she said, “If you insist.”My horses were swift and in no time we were in Thebes. Among the trees in my grove, was a pool at the base of a waterfall. Here, I set out a sheet and laid out the picnic. I took Aphrodite’s hand and helped her from the chariot and led her to the picnic. She was smiling but her lips were quivering.“What’s this for?” I asked, touching a finger to them.She kissed the tip of my canlı bahis siteleri finger before replying, “Oh, you beautiful man. Watching you lay out the picnic for us, amused me. Not what you were doing, but you, the God of war who has laid waste to battlefields across the universe. You have toppled Titans and mortal, chained primordials and driven you chariot at your enemy to jump from it, spear and sword in hand and risen covered, head to toe, in their blood. You who were ready to unleash Khaos and destroy the universe to ensure the destruction of your brother.“If all those you have vanquished could have seen you now…” she broke off giggling.I pulled her in front of me and gave her a firm smack on the bum that made her jump and yelp. The dinner was good we drank wine and dined on ambrosia. Afterwards, we talked of all the times we had missed, Aphrodite was keen to hear my stories from the wars. I also noticed the more intense the story, the higher the deaths, and the more blood there was; the more she leant in to listen.“You seem most keen on the dark and bloody side of my stories.”She smiled a smile that lit up the grove and sparkled off the water rippling at our side, creating rainbows in the mist from the waterfall. “Just another side to me, dear Ares, I can be an angry Goddess, I can be jealous too. I love with a passion that can burn down civilisations but cross me and I will burn the heavens and the Earth.”I believed every word, “And I thought Athena and I were the war Gods,” I smiled at my comment.Through her beauty, I saw the fire of her soul, “You two went off to war and fought your battles but did your dear brother tell you what I did on his beloved Lemnos?” I shook my head.“They refused to worship me, so I cursed the women to stink,” she laughed, “They killed the men because they preferred having sex with the slaves. Glaucus of Corinth refused a request of mine so I drove his horses mad and they turned on him.“Don’t upset me, dear Ares,” she finished with a hand placed softly on my cheek. “Don’t forget, the Spartans worship me as a Goddess of War at your side, not Athena.”Her eyes lit up like the midday sun as she spoke and it just made me more determined that she would be mine. I stood and dropped my toga.“Your bum is nicer than your brother’s, you know?”I looked back and raised an eyebrow, “Of course, the cutest bum on and off of Olympus. Toned by the rigours of battle for the eyes of my beautiful Goddess.”I dove into the pool to the sound of the joyous laughter of the Goddess of my dreams. I had swum for a bit and when I climbed out of the water, Aphrodite acted as if she wasn’t looking, but I noticed the glance and the second one. Soon after we tidied away and rode back to Olympus. She kissed me on my cheek and thanked me. As we walked into the great hall Hephaestus was standing there with a scowl on his face.“Oops, I’d best go,” she whispered.As they left for her quarters, I heard raised voices but could not make out specifics.—-I was mulling my plans when I bumped into Hekate, Goddess of witchcraft.“Someone’s deep in thought. What is worrying you, Ares?”I hesitated, knowing that her first oath was as a protector of women.“Is it you and Aphrodite?”“How do you know?”She just laughed, “I won’t help. Seek Clytemnestra, Agamemnon’s wife. Do not ask for help seducing Aphrodite, find another way.”I thanked her, though as I walked away I muttered, “Bloody riddles!”“I heard that!” she called back, laughing.—-Sometime after I was preparing my chariot when Aphrodite walked up behind me and kissed me on the cheek.“Hello stranger, have you been avoiding me?”“I could say the same. Since Hephaestus canlı bahis dragged you off, I’ve not seen you about.”“Take me for a ride and I’ll tell you all about it.”I held her hand as she climb aboard and with a flick of the reigns, my four noble steeds were away.Aphrodite asked, “Where are you taking me?”“You were going to tell me what you’ve been up to. I’m just giving my horses a stretch out, a quick run around Helios.”“Well, while we were at your grove, my husband was looking for me. He wasn’t happy that I wasn’t there. He was less happy that I was with you and even less happy about the roses that were left for me with my breakfast. Did you know they don’t die?”I laughed, “They are mine, you think I would let them die?”“He accused me of having an affair with you, I just laughed at him. I told him you were my brother-in-law and the roses were a pleasant morning gift. Though it has been noted that you’ve stopped sending.” She paused giving me a hard stare but failed to suppress the glint in her eyes.“Well he stuck to me like glue for a while but then we had a big falling out. You know I want children, not just mortals like Aeneas, I want to bear the child of a God. Well, my husband should be able to provide that if nothing else. By Gaia, he’s supposed to be a God! He tried to make amends but he still carried the stink of Lemnos on him so I rejected him. This led to more arguments and now he’s back sulking at his forge.” She glared at me but I could see tears welling up in her eyes, “How is he supposed to get me pregnant if we do nothing?”I put my arm around her shoulder and pulled her to me, it was nothing more than a platonic move. Apart from anything else I really cared for Aphrodite.“I knew my brother was not the brightest, I now think he’s the most stupid of all; man, Gods and Titans together. You are the most beautiful woman in existence and somehow he won your hand. Yet he has no idea how to treat you like a Goddess.”“I’m sorry to burden you, sweet Ares.”“Hush now. Blame me, if I’d not been a fool and let you know how I felt before heading off, things could be very different. Blame that halfwit brother of mine, if he had any sense he would spend every moment with you making you happy. Do not blame yourself.”When we pulled up to my stables, Aphrodite just put a hand on my cheek and smiled, before walking away.The very next morning I was off to Thebes again. While I was selecting a rose, I thought about what Hekate had said and an idea started to form. Once I had tasked Ganymede once more I was off to Mycenae, home of Agamemnon and his wife Clytemnestra.“Good King Agamemnon,” I addressed him as I strode into his court.The courtiers immediately went down upon a knee and Agamemnon rose from his throne to greet me. With a look, he cleared the room.“Mighty Ares, to what do we owe this honour?”“I have come to seek the counsel of your wife. In return, I will grant you victories in a war that is soon to embroil you.”“But we are at peace,” Clytemnestra, who was standing next to her husband, spoke up.“Hu…” Agamemnon started but I stopped him.“No, she is right, you are, at the moment. Events will soon overtake you, young Paris will soon be on the verge of fulfilling his prophecy. I will ensure that he does and your name will be remembered throughout the ages.”“Who is Paris?” he asked.“In good time you will know. Now, Clytemnestra, if you could take me somewhere private.” Agamemnon looked worried and I laughed from my belly, “Good king, I am not my father, I do not consort with mortal women.”When we were alone I spoke, “Hekate said that you may help me. My brother is desperate for a child and I wish to upset his plans. In return for your favour, I will grant the victories I promised.”“Speak your wish and return in ten turns of the sun in the sky.”“I wish that my brother, Hephaestus, cannot sire a child with the beautiful Aphrodite his wife.”