Everyone at camp gets claimed eventually. Y/N doesn'tâand it's starting to feel less like bad luck and more like a warning nobody's willing to give her. Then she strings a bow that's sat untouched in the armory for years, one even Chiron couldn't draw, and puts an arrow dead center on her first try. The room goes silent. Because that bow has a name attached to itâOdysseus. Not a god. A mortal legend so cunning and so dangerous that the gods themselves once bent their own rules just to keep him aliveâand just as carefully made sure he never had descendants who could inherit what made him great. Except he did. And she's been training in Hermes cabin for months without a clue
âEveryone feared Antinous. No one expected him to fall in love.â For twenty years, the King of Ithaca has been gone, leaving behind an empty throne, a grieving queen, and a palace overrun by powerful suitors determined to claim the crown. Among them stands Antinousâthe ruthless, ambitious leader who has never been denied anything he desired. Until Y/N. She arrives in Ithaca carrying secrets of her own, with a sharp tongue, an unshakable spirit, and a beauty that turns every head in the palace. Unlike everyone else, she refuses to bow to Antinousâs reputation or charm. She challenges him. Defies him. Sees straight through him. He should hate her. Instead, she becomes the only person he canât stop thinking about. As stolen glances turn into dangerous feelings, love begins to grow where it never should have. But with whispers of the lost kingâs return spreading across Greece, fate is already tightening its grip. Because some love stories are written by choice. Theirs was written by the gods. And when Odysseus finally comes home⊠Everything will change.
When your biggest breakthroughâwhich also explodes the internet when you are released to the public that your playing Penelope in the Odysseyâyour over the moon. Just⊠miles away, Sebastian Stan is watching you on his TV. Falling deeply in love.