Swapped to a Beggar But He is Apollo
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Irene chooses a beggar over Leonidas, not knowing he is Apollo. Her family's cruelty will unleash divine wrath on Athens.
Irene and her younger sister Eris both return to the day of the wreath throwing, three years before the past life ended. In that past life, Eris arranged the marriage swap so Irene wed Leonidas and Eris was left with a beggar. On Irene's wedding day, Eris killed her. Both sisters come back.
This time, Eris throws first. Her wreath lands on Leonidas. Irene's falls to a ragged minstrel. The laurel is Apollo's decree; catching it binds fate.
Irene's family turns on her. Her father Demetrios and stepmother Lycia rage at the match, demanding wealth and power. Eris mocks her. Irene refuses to break the oath. "I'll marry him," she says. She chooses a simple life over the family's glory and tells the beggar to come for her in three days.
The beggar is Phaethon. He is Apollo, the Light God, hiding in mortal form after escaping his mother Leto's demand that he wed a goddess. Eudorus, his attendant, walks with him. Apollo watches Irene's family drive her toward despair, and their cruelty feeds his divine fury.
Three days later, Eris marries Leonidas with a dowry of gold. Irene receives nothing. At the wedding, Leonidas makes a grand entrance. Eris taunts Irene while her minstrel groom is late. Then Apollo arrives to claim his bride. Demetrios confronts him for showing up in rags before Athens' nobles.
Apollo's wrath is yet to come—holy fire on Athens' nobles, and Irene raised from a beggar's bride to the Light Queen's throne.
