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Category: Molly Ringle

Another lesson to file away about Scotland: insulting other people in a childish manner was the national pastime.

culture, insults, scotland

Hermes visited him in the Underworld a few days before the spring equinox festival, cajoling Hades to come to it.Hades wandered across the fields with him, Kerberos limping along at his side. “No one wants the god of death at their fertility festival.”“Sure they do. I’ve heard plenty of girls sighing over your tasty darkness.”“Tasty darkness. Really.

attraction, darkness, gods, hades, hermes, hotness, tasty

Being around her now was nine parts bliss and one part torment. And he wanted it to last as long as possible.

bliss, happiness, love, temptation, torment

You’re being nicer to me than I’ve been to you lately,” I said.”Yes, I am. But then, Hitler was nicer to Poland than you’ve been to me lately.

behavior, friendship, hitler, niceness

You’re lucky I’m drawn to things that are sick and weird. Makes it so I can actually still like you.

behavior, friendship, sick-and-twisted, twisted, weirdness

…”There’s really no way I can explain it to her without still sounding like scum,” I complained to Sinter.”The ‘sympathy shack-up’ doesn’t score many points,” he agreed.*

college, humor, relationships

Hekate smacked the mirror down. “I’d never fancy you,” she retorted to Hermes. “And if you ever try to kiss me, I’ll–I’ll keep a snake hidden in my clothes and make it bite you. On the lips. And on both ears.””See, your threats are still age twelve,” Hermes said. “I’ll help you work on that.

attraction, flirting, hecate, hermes, snakes, threats

She knew nothing of Ren except his name, his aptitude with vocabulary, the fact that he wasn’t in college, and the way his hair narrowed to a curling point at the nape of his neck. And she hadn’t even realized she knew that last thing until now.

attraction, flirtation

Disheartened, enraptured, and strangely lightheaded, Grady emerged from the trees and walked back through town to the island bridge, his ankles and hands marked up with thorn scratches.

enchantment, fairy-tales, thorns, woods

Hermes, we love you,” Hades said, “but you rarely do as you’re told, and you always do as you wish, and I haven’t the slightest idea what you’d do with an immortality fruit, but I’m sure it would be both creative and disastrous.

hades, hermes, immortality, mischief, trickster-gods

College isn’t half as much fun as they told us it was going to be.””It’s not one-hundredth as much fun.

college, coming-of-age, fun, homesickness

Did I mention really, really jealous.

jealous, jealousy