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Kalona’s wings rustled and his body tensed, but his voice was steady "I will answer any questions you h you never fully ad Erebus come to earth, Neferet presented you to us as such She said you tricked her into believing it"

"And yet I never claimed to be Erebus, and here I stand, sworn Warrior to a ets aithturn of events Our question is, who are you?"

Everyone, even Thanatos, was gawking at Kalona Was he going to tell them that he was Erebus’s brother? Holy crap!

"I have been od, a lover, a destroyer, a savior Now I a that I a everyone that he was Erebus’s brother, but was he really? I’d already been late, looked irresponsible to the Council, and they had to knoas annoyed as hell at them I didn’t need to spout out a clai Or worse, deny it coe, I kept my mouth shut

"Kalona, I have prayed to Nyx and asked her to speak to er to Thanatos, or to the House of Night," Duantia said

"And what did the Goddess say?" Kalona asked

"Nyx has remained silent"

"I think that is an answer itself," Thanatos said I thought she sounded pissed She and Duantia had a silent stare dohich ended in Duantia looking away to address her Council "Priestesses, has anything you heard here tonight changed your previous judgment on Thanatos’s request for us to intercede with the Tulsa huh Priestesses spoke creepily as one, "No"

Duantia faced us again "Then it is decided What is happening in Tulsa has already caused unrest between vas and vaht itself Part of you have broken from the whole, and it is clear to us from the recent events that this break is not a healthy one for the vaer our concern It is not our responsibility to bring her to justice"

"But Neferet’s the one causing the problems She’s the one the humans need to blame--she’s the one you need to bla at theht to justice by hu her to justice," Kalona said

"Yes, we do," Duantia said "Therefore, ill not intercede with the local hulings and vah Priestess and she lives separately from you--and you’ve allowed that for centuries," I tried to reason with theiach is not co for our aid," Duantia said

"You knohat, it makes perfect sense nohy she stays on a booby-trapped island and ignores you," I told them

"Perhaps it is tirih Council effective immediately"

"Thanatos, you cannot h Council!" Duantia stood The rest of the Council were looking either super shocked or super pissed

"I h Priestess of Tulsa’s House of Night I h Priestesses and this Prophetess in their desire for a place of their own And,Neferet to justice without allowing an invasion of my school"

"But that is not--"

"That is my oath; so mote it be!"

Then Thanatos clicked the disconnect button Skype -up sound, and the screen went blank

CHAPTER TEN

Aphrodite

"Holy fucking shit Thanatos, you have balls Great big ones," Aphrodite said

Thanatos raised her brows "I shall ignore the vulgarity and accept the compliment, Prophetess"

"Just so you know, it’s aher head respectfully to Thanatos