Sophia sighed as she watched the happy couple walked down the hill towards their village. After two weeks, she finally convinced Thessalus to make the first move on Molione, with whom he fell in love at first sight over five years ago.

*Anymore slower, and I'd be fixing up their reincarnations,* she mused to herself.

"You know, if you had let me help," Cupid flew down and stood beside the Guardian, "you would have been done a lot faster."

"If I had let you help, Molione would have been making goo-goo eyes at a cow."

The winged God of Love rolled his eyes. "I've told you, that wasn't my fault! Eros got out of his crib." He inspected his bow. "Besides, my arrows are potent."

"Not as potent as soulmates. You see cousin, your arrow indiscriminately make people fall in love with the first thing they see. It may take you several shots before you get it right. On the other hand, I only need one shot. And once it's done, that love lasts forever, not even the gods can take it away."

"So you think your skills are better than my arrows?"

"Not better, just more accurate."

"Really?!?" Cupid narrowed his eyes.

Sophia cupped her mouth with both hands. "MOOOO!" she bellowed.

"Enough of that." He pulled her hands from around her mouth."How about a contest?"

A toothy grin emerged upon the Guardian's face. "What kind of contest?"

"I'll make it easy on you. We take a pair of soulmates who are already together. I'll shoot one with an arrow and cause one of them to fall in love with someone else. If it doesn't work, you automatically win. However, if it does work, you have three days to convince him or her to go back to their soulmate. If you manage to do that, then you win. However, if you can't convince them to go back to their soulmate, then I'm the champ." He stuck out his hand. "Okay?"

Sophia cocked her eyebrow. "What's the wager?"

"If I win, you have to baby-sit Eros for three whole days."

Sophia nodded. "Fine, but if I win, I get your bow and arrow set for three days."

"Wait a minute…"

The Guardian held up a hand. "You named your wager, I named mine. Besides, I think you got the better of the deal."