ARIADNE
Cool, beautiful, calculating and manipulative, Princess Ariadne is the daughter of Aegeus and Hero’s enemy King Minos. Perhaps that’s why she falls in love with Hero - precisely because he’s her father’s enemy - a dangerous, forbidden alternative she can’t resist. Ariadne is a sensation-seeker, alive with possibilities, no matter how unusual. Pleasure is often mixed with pain. And sexy as hell. An intoxicating cocktail Hero finds spell-binding.
SOPHIA LAUCHLIN HIRT
ARIADNE
I'm sure you'll be happy to hear it's not poisonous... Perhaps what you won't be so happy to hear is that it eats very slowly. What does it eat? Rats. mice. Human flesh. But it takes its time. Devouring... digesting... Leto, my favorite surgeon, is most skilled. When he cuts a small hole in your belly, you'll feel very little pain. And after he's slipped his black snake into your stomach and sewn it in, you'll feel as if you've eaten a heavy meal, that's all. But then... it'll start moving around... inside... looking for a meal of its own... and, as I said, it eats very slowly. Very, very slowly... It will take several days to eat its way to your heart. Shhh... don't speak. Not yet. Even if you told me the truth I wouldn't believe it. A man will say anything to live. But when he's begging to die, the pain so unbearable he can't think how to lie, only then will I believe him. This is a remarkable science, one I'm eager to learn... And Leto has promised to teach me. You should feel privileged, you're my first patient. Unfortunately I can't promise my work will be as painless as the master surgeon's. There now. Did that hurt? It's all to do with the angle of the blade...
