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"Don’t speak to rily "For two thousand years, the Fates havethat very sas except for so to the surface and I fought to suppress it It wouldn’t do to losehere was her fault, even if her attitude was annoying at best

She stared at me placidly, unmoved by my mini-rant

"Do you expect ated to mortal form for a couple of millennia Yes, your lives have been sad So what? No one truly dies

Your soul is that of a goddess Here you stand now in front of me in your true form no worse for the wear What should I feel sorry for?"

Her eyes flashed fire for a brief moment and I wondered at her ire

"I mean no disrespect toward you, Hecate," I itated at one’s lot in life at tireed "It is But one must learn to overcooddess panties, "

Hecate wanted ry, I would fare better against the Fates And ht If my back was up, I would be far less inclined to back down But backing doasn’t in the cards for me I could feel thatmy chin out

She shook her head

"No They are very effectively blocking that infor spells, but to no avail All we see is blackness e try You ht you said I would need you two more times?" I asked suspiciously

"And you will," she nodded "That much is certain And when you need us, ill be there Do not doubt that"

"Thank you," I replied quietly "I will ponder Ares’ whereabouts Perhaps it is so that I already know that I just cannot re just under the surface of "

She nodded "Yes That is the result of the Fates They have done that to us all, I am afraid

But we must overcome it And ill, I assure you Eventually"

She sounded so sure of herself and I wished I felt the same Cadmus laid his hand on the s’s shape once esture of farewell as her golden eyes glowed in the night

And then she was gone

I turned to Cadmus "I don’t knohat to do I don’t knohere to look Everyone is counting on ht fail them all" I could hear the anxiety in rasped ently

"My love, I have never known you to fail You have always accomplished whatever you needed to do"

My eyes flew to his

"Do you re now? All of the lives that we have shared?" my voice trailed off Could I be so lucky?

He nodded

"I don’t remember all of the details, but I do remember bits and pieces of so s The overwhel of love that I have always felt for you It is alardless of how much the Fates would wish it otherwise They cannot stop e feel"

And I realized that he was right They couldn’t They could block our memories and they could make us fail to even remember ere but they couldn’t erase e felt for each other Cadenius

I leaned up and kissed hi That is brilliant Thank you!"

He raised a dark eyebrow

"For?"

"For telling me what I need to do!" I called over ing through azed at me

"Sister, you know it can’t lead you to someone unless you can picture the location"

I stared back "Maybe, but think on this each of us harbors a place in our heart for those that we love The love that we feel for everyone is different and unique It is essentially a specific place Couldn’t that be used as so so into it as I focused on the place in my heart where my father dwelled I pictured hi countless wars for Zeus

He had never been afraid of anything and had certainly never backed down I pictured hi Cleopatra’s arically beautiful The fa and always the same no matter what foran to materialize beforeit I could see his outline and his dark hair My pulse raced as I thought harder, pulling out every asped as I stared into his familiar face