From the first moment Eros had Xena, he instantly knew the kind of person she was destined to be.
Those that had been touched by a god only had two paths.
It was either they became shamans or god avatars on earth.
As much as Eros knew it was not a good thing to intrude on another god's territory. Especially at such a time, a part of him could not help but anticipate pissing a god off.
And he successfully did. At the moment, a particular god was raging like a mad bull in the heavens.
Getting Shamans or god avatars were not so easy, even for gods.
The branding process required hundreds of years to find the right specimen and a longer time to prepare the spiritual body for the soul branding.
Although a hundreds of years was nothing to a god, at the end of the day, no one like their property to be stolen.
However, Eros had done way more than that. He had not just stolen her from the god.