Alessa was the daughter to Aphrodite , the goddess of love , and Ares , the god of war . She was meant to be a new goddess of war, born with enough power to become an Olympian . But she always had a big heart , feeling the pain mortal children were going through and the gods' unwillingness to do anything about it . Unable to help them , she escaped from Mount Olympus and began living amongst mortals . She spent the next three hundred years hiding from her family , disguising herself as a powerful being who takes in children . But when she begins raising demigods , it becomes harder to hide her godly heritage from others and soon , the Olympians will want her back . She was destined to do great things for them , as the prophecy once foretold . But Alessa won't go down without a fight .