Whispers Across The Styx

Circe and Charon's Forbidden Love

In the sultry shadows of the human world, Charon finds a normal
fulfilling life. But in the dark hours of the night when the world is
asleep, he dons the cloak of the ferryman, guiding souls to the
world below. Bound by his duty to the underworld and his love for
the simple human life he's living on earth, he struggles to balance
the two worlds, his existence, a delicate dance between the living
and the dead. His world comes crashing when his heart becomes
entangled and he unknowingly falls in love with a goddess.


Circe is a powerful sorceress under the disguise of an average,
typical girl living a simple, satisfying life. Haunted by her mother's
ghostly echoes, she sets out on a mission impossible, to cross her
back to the afterlife. An action that defies the laws of life and
death. And this can only be done by one person, the ferryman.


She finds out the ferryman has been right under her nose the
whole time and sets out to free herself from her mum's hold. In a
bid to protect herself from her past, Circe dances around the truth
and soon, the line between love and deception blurs. Charon
defies the laws of death, a daring act of love to help Circe,
untangling a series of unfortunate events.


Their fate is tested when the veil lifts and Circe's divine nature is
revealed. Torn by forbidden love and divine duty, they make
drastic decisions. Was their connection ever real or just a form of
manipulation to achieve her ends? Or will their love at the end
stand the chaos that threatens to tear them apart?

Reader Advisory

Trigger Warnings

Abandonment

Abuse of power

Acceptance

Aggressive behavior

Agony

Alcohol Consumption

Alcoholism

Ancient & Dark History
(Implied)

Anger

Animosity & Grief

Anxiety

Authority Challenged

Banished souls

Battle/violence between
gods

Betrayal

Choking

Coercion

Cryptic Tasks

Dark imagery (abyss,
shadows)

Dark Magic

Death

Death of a Child

Death of a Deity

Defiance

Descriptions of torture
and execution

Desire

Despair

Desperation

Discussion of death

Disturbance

Divine punishment

Divine world

Double life

Drinking


Drug/alcohol use

Duty vs Personal Life

Emotional confrontation

Emotional distress
(parents of the dying
child)

Emotional turmoil

Empathy manipulation

Erotic descriptions

Grief

Guilt

Harassment

Haunting memories

Heartbreak

Helpless begging

Hopelessness

Imminent Danger

Imprisonment

Inner conflict

Intense emotional distress

Intense emotions (fear,
curiosity, regret,
desperation)

Intimacy

Intimidation

Intoxication

Intrusive dreams

Loneliness

Loss

Magical Coercion

Manipulation

Memory Manipulation

Mother-daughter
conflict

Negligence of duty

Never-ending life of
solitude

Obligation

Overwhelming
sensory experiences

Perceived destiny or
fate

Physical
confrontation

Potential threat to
personal safety

Power dynamics

Sexual advances/
harassment

Stalking

Terminal illness
(cancer patient)

Themes of betrayal

Themes of regret and
redemption

Threatening
behavior

Torture

Torturous drowning

Toxic relationship
dynamics

Unwanted physical
contact

Violence

  • TROPES INCLUDE:

    ✨️ HEA

    ✨️ Curvy FMC

    ✨️ Enemies to Lovers 👀

    ✨ He Falls First

    ✨️ Touch Him and Die

    ✨️ Touch Her and Die

    ✨️ Possessiveness

    ✨️ Sunshine and Grumpy

    ✨️ Possessive

    ✨️ Banter

  • Spice Rating

    2/5

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