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"Why would they do this?" I asked the others "It will level the playing field and even they will be rendered impotent Why would they do that to the me ever since you explained this whole mess,"

Ares said "The Moirae held me, the Keres held your mother They wanted you to think that they are eneo But what if that was not the case?"

I raised an eyebrow "Meaning?"

"Meaning What if they did break apart but they reunited for this cause In which case, they would be wary of each other- distrustful"

"Which is why they would want tofield" I finished for him "They want to level each other iood at s"

I rolled s Iout one of his long arainst his side

"I’ve et that from your mother"

Ortrera rolled her eyes She had never beenShe was pretty much a no-nonsense sort of person But she was certainly effective that way

"Focus, people" Ortrera asked "We must prepare before alk into their trap Because you know they will have a plan"

"In order to forain," Cadmus interjected "Why would the Keres and the Moirae reunite with so much bad blood between theether they are invincible?" I wondered "Separate, they are weaker, which would leave rooether, they feel they are stronger than we are Do you think that could be it?"

Ares nodded slowly "That is all I can co else I can think of" He turned and surveyed the vast dah the open s

"Olyedy"

Everyone nodded in agreereed with Zeus on more than one occasion, but he had certainly never run the Spiritlands into the ground as the Moirae and Keres had

"You know," I pondered "Ahreed with their actions and he told me to listen to what Annen had told me Annen had already planted doubts inthat to leadto hate the Moirae, when of course he was truly working with them They wanted me here so that we could have this out once and for all"

"What does that have to do with Ahmose?" Ortrera asked

"He died because he tried to warn me At least, in his oay, he did He toldto tell ether But he couldn’t tell me in actual words because the Moirae had rendered him silent"

"He’s fortunate that they didn’t cut out his tongue," Ortrera remarked wryly

"Not so much," I replied "They tortured him and burned hi We need to think of a plan"

"I’m way ahead of you," Ares muttered

He turned back over a table and picked up several s them as battle pieces, he and Cadmus plotted our entry onto the island I watched the toone iia Plus, without the Fates secluded in the Spiritlands like they used to be, there will be no one to draw us safely back off the island We will be sucked into the enchantet our purpose there and wander around care-free"

She nodded "I know I’ve been considering that Perhaps we should stop at the witches one last time on the way"

"Maybe Perhaps this is the third tiested

I noticed her warriors restlessly eyeing one another behind Ortrera They didn’t speak, but their body language said it all

"You don’t wish to go to the island, do you?" I asked the doesn’t feel right about it I know not what"

"I know," I agreed "Being led into a trap set by the Fates is terrifying But we have no choice"

Ares and Cadazed at their backs, I felt a rush of warht now, if Cadhter, they could easily be e that we never really die had never seeht now and that actually bolstered e We had survived so many other lives in order to stand here now No ether And I had faith that ould persevere

Walking to Cadmus’ side, I snaked my arm around his waist and leaned up to brush a kiss on his cheek

"Are we ready?" I asked softly He leaned down to press his soft lips toback, he brushed my hair from my face, his hand cool