Ariadne
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Ariadne

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 23, 20262 min
  • Fiction & stories

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He met the bull carelessly, His hands and feet laughing off the dumb

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he buttoned up his somersault too fast.

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Ariadne. She first caught sight of him in the courtyard while tossing a golden ball, which she hoarded to dream on later, after Dionysus queened her to his gorgeous night. In her sixteenth year, during one of those games, Theseus sauntered into sight. Slave, neat as a summer storm, Quick wrists flicking his leather bonds.

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Time bloomed where he walked. He was the evening's entertainment. He met the bull carelessly, His hands and feet laughing off the dumb back, His temperate eyes singing home to their mark,

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he buttoned up his somersault too fast. Where the bull's horn raked him, drops of blood grew like ripe cranberries. His pulse beat in her brain, and she staggered under his hurt gaze. They bore her to her rooms.

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