Sleeping With the Gods

Maia and her family are accustomed to an opulent lifestyle through inherited money. The castle they now reside in is no different to other homes they have around the world. However, on this occasion, her father won it in a roulette game on the French Riviera. Her parents are passionate about Greek mythology and this reflects in their daughter’s names. Maia looks at her sister Alcyone for the millionth time. She is only a year older, but they are chalk and cheese except for their savings accounts. They match each other thousand for thousand. In a £10,000 bet with her sister, Maia agrees to spend All Hallows Night in the castle crypt. When hunger pains wake her, she discovers a golden dragon sitting on her stomach offering her a platter of food from the Olympian Gods. If she satisfies her hunger from the platter, her life would change dramatically. The price would be immortality and life in a different realm with the Gods. Maia unconsciously nibbles on a morsel of food from the platter whilst making her decision…