Cursed by Zeus as a babe, Adrastos is sent to the oracle by his father, the king, to achieve the means to free himself of the curse's blight. But the freedom he craves is not the weight of the crown his father would bequeath him upon his return and nor do the words of Apollo's oracle fill him with hope of it. Into the wild he goes, chasing prophecy, fearing choice, and finding fate.As my original stuff keeps getting scraped and reposted, only the first part is here for free!