The Oracle's Second Life

Cassandra, the youngest oracle of the Temple of Delphi, possessed the most powerful gift of prophecy. On the day she was to wed her beloved, she stood beside him clad in a white robe, yet what awaited her was not a queen’s crown, but the decree: “The oracle meddles in mortal affairs; let divine judgment be wrought upon her.” It was then she learned the one she loved had always belonged to another—and her own betrothed would be the one to slay her. As her life slipped away, she uttered her final prophecy: she would return to seek vengeance. This foretelling was carved deep within the innermost sanctum of the Temple of Delphi before her soul plummeted into the Underworld. Hades, Lord of the Dead, received her spirit and sent her back seven years into the past. In this new life, her very first prophecy halted a looming war, earning her reverence across all of Greece. The prince who had once put her to death drowned in endless remorse, haunted by her absence.