Preface

Disclaimer:

This story is a sequel to In the Beginning but like most of these stories, it is primarily self-contained, but it is very much a product of the author’s imagination. These novellas are meant to be long enough to tell a story but short enough to be digestible for readers, so anyone can jump in at any time, and leave. While ‘self-contained’, the stories are made better by paying attention to the entire over-arching narrative.

It is best read to read the entirety of the series if readers want to understand the minutiae of the tale.

This story contains adult content, including depictions of sexual encounters, incestuous relationships (specifically mother/son and father/daughter, but also between siblings in this particular tale), themes of reluctance/non-con (specifically in chapter 1), breeding (the gods have to get here somehow), manipulation, and graphic sex.

As it is a mythological story, there will also be elements of magic and fight scenes.

The entirety of this series includes mythological elements with inspiration from sources like God of War, Percy Jackson, Lore Olympus, Supergiant Games Hades, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, GoodTimes: Hercules, Mythos, Hesiod’s Theogony and The Library by Apollodorus, and other classical texts, but it’s shaped by the author’s imagination and narrative alterations.

Since it needs to be hammered in, this story, as well as the rest in the series, is primarily the author’s creation, supported by proofreaders and an editor, and is intended for entertainment rather than as a replacement for mythological sources. However, as this author knows a lot of people do not enjoy listening or reading the ancient sources as they can be a smidge boring Though the series explores fanfiction-inspired themes, it’s not initially intended as fanfiction to any particular work.

Quotations are cited to the best of the author’s ability and meant to pay homage to those that inspired the work as well as set a tone. Feel encouraged to use the music quotes to listen to while reading certain chapters.

Story deviations from the more commonly accepted lore for narrative cohesion may be explained by the author if there is interest in the audience.

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