<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">The letter to Eirene the day before</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="floatleft">(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d2Z3diHAQ6c/TOt5esC7A_I/AAAAAAAAACo/c2YY3HW3KLA/s320/00130000-decorative-initial-d-q75-494x500.jpg)</div>ear Eirene,<br/>I hope this message finds you well.<br/>I tried to invite you for our wedding, but Daphne's parents were reluctant. I am sorry about that.<br/>I have been worried about you. No news since I left your home. 5 days without any news. I thought my kiss had been a cleared display of my willingness to have you onboard. <br/>Just let me know if you changed your mind.<br/>Yours faithfully,<br/>Orion<br/>P.S. Daphne will be in my ship tomorrow. She is very sad.<br/></div></div><br/>When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Although Orion had never voiced up his thoughts about this saying, he would have endorsed it completely. The events following that night caught Orion by surprise and even so, he managed to turn them upside them to his favour. Apparently, he was winning. But was the mere victory he was looking for? Or was something else, something that was beyond a materialistic countability.<br/><br/>Orion did not expect to taste Daphne's lips so early. Orion knew Daphne was honestly in love with Eirene and his hope was that slowly she would turn her interests to him - he had already conquered girls that way and in the beginning, he imagined that Daphne would be the same. As he felt Daphne's body touching his, Daphne's lips touching his, Daphne's breathing rubbing his skin, Orion knew something was wrong. No passion, no love, nothing he was used to. He embraced her warmly, kissed her with lust and eve so, all he felt from her was shyness and an unspoken reluctance. Orion pretended everything was normal but he knew it was not.<br/><br/>Orion wanted an ardent woman, not a frightened girl.<br/><br/>The same day, Orion settled the details of the wedding with Daphne's father. The gift was far more generous than her father expected and he agreed to arrange the wedding within a few days. Over those days, it hurt Orion t see Daphne' sadness. It made his heart tightened to think she was becoming his slave in a distant land. He took a deep breath and ignored those feelings. After all, he was in part responsible for what happened to Daphne, even though she and Eirene were to blame for most of it. He behaved just as expected from a manly man to the eyes of the customs and society.<br/><br/>The rich sailor wondered how Eirene must have survived in the last days, if she truly loved Daphne. Even though Orion insisted that Eirene were invited to the wedding ceremony, the reluctance on Daphne's parents was such that he decided not to struggle against. Their daughter's reputation had already been tainted. Little would it help to have Eirene there and risk causing more damage to Daphne's family. Daphne played her role in the wedding pretty well - few suspected that she was unhappy. Only Orion knew that she believing to be marching into her funeral. For a moment, it occurred to him that the two girls could be manipulating him.<br/><br/>This is why Orion dispatched that letter to Eirene. There was just one way to find out the truth. He never told it to Daphne or Eirene: if they wanted to stick together, he would let them go. He had been too much nuisance in their lives. Of course, he would not admit it blatantly: Orion would simply pretend they did not<br/><br/>In their departure, Daphne walked next to Orion, holding his hand. He could not see any enthusiasm. Even though they had married the night before, Orion was too tired to bed Daphne. Even in the morning, the girl did not seem to be willing to surrender to his charms and Orion did not insist. Daphne's parents certainly realized what had taken place and said nothing. Following the couple from behind, the parents were also accompanied by two slaves, bringing Daphne's trunk with all her clothes and outfits.<br/><br/>From inside the ship, if Eirene were there, she could certainly listen to everyone talking - early in the morning was a silent time in the harbour. Daphne's mother began to cry as she suspected her daughter would never return. Even his father, who had been honestly well intentioned all the time, dropped his tears. As the ship moved up and down as a result of the natural flow of the sea waves, Orion held her waistline and raised her to the ship, where Themistocles was waiting to hold her hands respectfully. Back to his ship, Orion embraced Daphne.<br/><br/><strong>"Our life starts now, Daphne. I wish it had started another way"</strong>, Orion whispered in her ears, suspecting Eirene would appear at any time from one of the cabins. He still had hopes and had not given it up. He gripped the nape of her neck and gazed her eyes, looking into more than just her blue eyes, trying to reach her soul and touch it somehow before Eirene appeared. The upper part of his toga fell to the right, revealing his muscular torso - Daphne should get used to the view, since he would wear nothing but trunks in his ship. He leaned closer and closed his eyes to enjoy the kiss he hadbeen longing to give her.<br/><br/>Shortly after, the ship was sailing away from the harbour<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Request to Jane Storm and Lycana</div><div class="spoiler_body">Please do not skip any scenes. I have an idea for the trip.</div></div>