Dionysus (Greek God Romance Book 1) by Alicia Wolfe Read Free Book Online Page A

blame.”
    “Come again?”
    “How do you think men got the idea to sleep around and spawn all these babies, ‘continuing their legacy.’” He put the last bit in quotes. Rebecca could see he had little love for his father. Dionysus reflected on this and glowered slightly. He changed the subject. “There was a time when people thought they couldn’t reach us. We did live on Mount Olympus.”
    “Really?”
    “Oh, yeah, very secluded and great for getting your bearings back.”
     “Needed rest?”
    “What child doesn’t?”
    Rebecca loved his crassness. She opened her mouth to say something that could lead into a flirtatious development then. . . who knows? But he cut her off prematurely, before the words ever formed.
    “We’re here.”

DAYS WITHOUT A TIME LOSS INCIDENT
    Rebecca’s mouth formed a gaping hole, one wide enough to yell an exaggerated Goal!!!
    In front of her was a colossal building immeasurable to her but known to be around seventy feet high, she stood there rooted, much like a telephone pole or a street lamp. A great many things ran through her mind, the most prominent being, how did I miss this?
    It was true. Heph’s Shop of Wonders was virtually impossible to miss. The top of the building could be seen when driving into Olympus; however, as of yet, no mortal has noticed—the golden sign and the following peculiarities always took precedence. As for how she could’ve missed it on her stroll with Dionysus, she was too focused on him, kept her eyes on him.
    Dionysus walked up to her, seeing an opportunity to put his hand on her shoulder. “A wonder, isn’t it?”
    Unfortunately, this action too was ignored by Rebecca, and subsequently, her gaping mouth. She stuttered a stream of wows that sounded more like wo-ah-oh.
    Dionysus laughed and gripped her shoulder. She shrugged it off and walked closer, continuing her bewildered stare.
    Heph’s Shop of Wonders was a massive improvement compared to his original shop on Mount Olympus. Heph, himself, had drawn up the plans for his original shop. He looked to make it accommodating for his workers, unfortunately Zeus hijacked the renovation, rendering Heph’s old shop nearly unusable. Zeus often took over projects on Mount Olympus out of sheer ego. He always lacked the knowledge to properly complete these projects and ruined them for his fellow gods and goddesses.
    The word hubris was invented by the Olympians in order to describe Zeus’ unique brand of arrogance, vanity and audacity.
    Heph had anticipated them eventually moving off of Mount Olympus. The term “anticipated” should be used lightly for he asked every Olympian their thoughts on the matter. Agreeing that a move was an eventuality and consulting with the Fates, he preemptively started his plans on a new shop with the help of Hestia. This turned out to be a stroke of genius because by the time Zeus entered one of his states of hubris, Heph and Hestia had already broken ground on constructing the new shop.
    And that was how Heph’s Shop of Wonders, or originally named, Hephaestus’ Shop of Wonders came to be.
    Heph’s Shop of Wonders was meant to operate like a world-class manufacturing facility. The outside was made of concrete and painted a cherry red—Hestia’s obvious color palate at play. It had massive dock doors from floor to ceiling that were on the east and west side of the building.
    Rebecca stood near one, seeing the comings-and-goings of a few Cyclops manning forklifts the size of an American home. One came close with a rock that glimmered like Apollo and forced her to shield her eyes with her arm, another wo-ah-oh could be heard coming from her mouth.
    Dionysus stood behind, letting her drink in the site after she had dismissed his small advance. He had envisioned Rebecca looking over her shoulder when he placed his arm there and giving a tender smile in return. He, then concluded, that he had watched too many romantic comedies with Apollo. Apollo’s coined phrase to