"Apollo was promised to me grandfather." Marpessa sobbed. "I was to be his wife, but now I hear that he has been having an affair behind my back, and with a mortal woman at that. I am disgraced grandfather, humiliated, I can't even walk the grounds of Olympus without spotting a mocking eye. And because you presided over our union, your name has been equally dragged through the mud."
Ares was furious, how could Zues allow such a thing to happen? He knew the consequences of angering the god of war.
Ares rose from his throne, irritation and anger painting his face. "Settle down princess, I will request audience with Zues and get to the bottom of this. The king of the gods shall keep his word one way or another, that I swear."
Marpessa smiled menacingly as she watched Ares walk out of the throne room. If she couldn't have Apollo, then no one else would.
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