My contribution to Mythologically Torqued Volume II is Cademan Victorius, centers on Cadmean and Laelaps. Brought to my attention through a round of prompts on my tumblr, there isn't much meat on the bone of the story of the Cadmean Vixen and Laelaps. An uncatchable fox is chased by a dog that always catches his prey. To me this sang out to become a romance. How could I resist these unstoppable forces who were fated to a paradoxical end?

Cadmean, like so many clever foxes, is a light on his feet thief who believes himself smarter than any hunter while Laelaps is a young guard, who has never failed to flush his quarry. They meet cute, connive and play off one another in game with no end.