Elektra

I realised that when I had seen all those suitors clamour in the hall for Helen, I had believed they were there because they loved her, but I had been wrong. They hated her. They hated her because she was so beautiful and because she made them want her so much. Nothing brought them more joy than the fall of a lovely woman. They picked over her reputation like vultures, scavenging for every scrap of flesh they could devour.

She was old enough to be married, but still young enough to believe I could solve any problem.

the feeling I had that everything we’d known so far was about to come to an end, one way or another, made me reckless.