Hermes' Flight

By Nikki Larousse

6 Gods, 6 Women. What would happen when Fate brought them together?
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Jenny Franco has been a cat burglar since she was 12 years old. Grew up in Sicily Island, Italy has done nothing for her. She swore that she will be one of the socialites who used to frown upon her. But now, it's payback time since she will be stealing the Crown Jewel of Sicily.

Little did she know that there was another player that will be competing to get the Crown Jewel of Sicily. It was the new thief named Hermes, the God of Thieves in Ancient Greece. But what happened when the thief was showing interest other than the Crown Jewel of Sicily, that he was interested in the cat burglar that wanted to steal them.

Find out what happened when the cat burglar meets her match that debuted as Hermes, the God of Thieves in this novella. Will they find happiness ever after or will they are enemies forever?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nikki Larousse
• Release date: Jul 4, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005299453

Nikki Larousse

Nikki Larousse, who was reared in northeastern Malaysia, has always been enthralled with mythology from all around the world. She would always return to the escapism she found in writing things down, even if she had to focus on reality and pursue her higher education and work-life balance on the side. The majority of her creations are rooted in notorious Western myths, accounts, and folklore. She does, however, also incorporate Malay folklore from her cultural background into her stories. So, if you dare to dream of cunning heroes and fierce heroines who battle together to achieve their happily ever-afters, enter her realms of Larouverse. 

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Hermes’ Flight

Copyright 2020 Nikki Larousse

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Contents

Chapter 1: The Target

Chapter 2: The Encounter

Chapter 3: The Opinion

Chapter 4: The Dress

Chapter 5: The Makeover

Chapter 6: The Reception

Chapter 7: The Lie

Chapter 8: The Refusal

Chapter 9: The Stealing

Chapter 10: The Dance

Chapter 11: The Veracity

Chapter 12: The Coupling

Chapter 13: The Decision

Chapter 14: The Meeting

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Chapter 1: The Target

The stories and legends of Greek Mythology have always been passed down orally and it gave the younger generation after Ancient Greece to learn from it. Even the Romans adapted the Greek myths into their version.

But we all know that Greek Mythology was something to be listened to because there was something that we can learn and teach others about knowledge. The myths were used to explain the creation of the universe that we know, the relationships that might go wrong, and do not be arrogant or you will face the consequences.

Sure, Ancient Greece civilization has ended but the myth lived on. 

And who knows, you might encounter the Greek Gods themselves if they ever reincarnated as mortals in this modern era.

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I have always been fascinated with the Greek myths since I was a little kid. I don’t know why but Hermes, The God of Thieves, was very appealing to me. I kind of wished that he would not be only the myth that people have always been saying.

And I should have known that be careful what you wish for.

My name is Jenny Franco, and this is my encounter with Greek myth in the flash.

It was a sunny Sunday morning when I was leaving Greece after I learned that my best friend has been happily married to her captor. Now, if you asked me, that was not a good combination after all, but it looked like they matched. So, I was okay with the arrangement.

"Are you sure you have to go? Why don’t you stay for a while?’’ Ari said as I was smiling at her. She came to send me off at the airport and she was bringing that husband of hers to be with her as well. And Lucas Dow was looking at me with calculating eyes.

You know I can’t. I have work to do, AKA I have to steal so that my kleptomaniac was not getting the best of me.

I think he knows but if Lucas Dow did, he did not show it at all.

Okay, be safe, and don’t forget to call when you arrive there, she said as I was nodding at her before I was checking in and I was waving at her and her husband.

Have a safe flight, she shouted before I was smiling at Arianna and I was hopping into the flight as I was looking at the ticket that I was holding.

Sicily, Italy.

I think I have to go home sometime now, and that time has come for me to be doing this.

I was looking outside the window of the plane as I saw the blue sea of Sicily Island. I don’t think that my time here was a good one since I grew up in the streets.

But that was in the past and I think I can move on and be the best that I can be when I put my mind to get out of poverty. Now, I am a curator at the National Museum of Sicily. I will have the best time of my life right now.

I was smiling when I was checking my passport out since I was an Italian citizen. The officer was checking my identity to make sure that it was not a fake and I was not.

Welcome home, ma’am, he said as I took the passport from him.

Thank you, I said as I was wheeling the luggage that I brought with me. It was filled with my side job and I was doing it because I cannot control my kleptomaniac. 

Yeah, right.

I was refusing to meet the therapist that can help me to embrace it and control it. But of course, growing up poor, I was not