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It wobbles slightly when her eyes land on me. I don’t want her to go, but I know there’s noway I can stop her. I hate that she has to go on this journey without me, but I know my place is here in the underworld with my mates.

“I don’t like it,” I admit. “But I understand. You have to do what you have to do. With that being said, if anything happens to her, I’m coming for the three of you.”

Gael holds up his hands in surrender. “Come now, little sister. If anything happens to Wren, you won’t have to worry about coming for us. We’ll come to you, Lucifer, and Ana for our punishment.”

“Not that we’ll need to be punished because nothing is going to happen to Wren,” Octavius adds.

“It better not,” I grumble, crossing my arms over my chest.

Okay, so maybe I’m not dealing with the idea of her being away from me for an indeterminate amount of time as well as I thought I was.

I mean, who can blame me? After Michael killed me, I was separated from her for six months, and she ended up dead. It makes sense for me to want to keep her close.

Wren mouths a quick thank you to me, and I shrug. What the hell else am I going todo?

If this is her destiny, then there’s nothing I can do to prevent it. I could try, but I would fail.

Plus, I think she needs this. I think she needs to find herself again. She might not admit it out loud, but I know her confidence was rocked when she found out just how much she’d been duped by Michael. She made him her whole world, and he destroyed it.

I like Riggs, Gael, and Octavius. They could be good for her. They could make her happy if she just let them. But that’s not for me to say.

Hopefully, they’ll be able to work out their shit while they’re on their journey.

Hell, maybe that’ll be part of her journey. I just wish we knew how to tell who our mates are without them being the ones to tell us.

Hmmm…maybe the Fates can answer that for me. After all, they seem to be the only ones who know anything about the three-quarter blood gods.

I’m still confused about how no one else remembers them. From the way I understand it, the gods have been around forever, just with different names.

I add it to my list of questions to speak to Cassian’s mom and aunts about. I don’t knowif they’ll be able to give me the answers I seek, but if I don’t at least ask, I’ll never know.

“Okay, well, that’s one less thing to worry about.” Lucifer glances down, and I see there are notes scrawled across a sheet of paper.

It almost feels too mundane for him to be using.

My mouth drops open when he squints at the page before pulling out a pair of glasses and putting them on.

The devil shouldn’t have meeting notes and reading glasses. It ruins the entire persona.

Then again, so does him being so squishy with me and Wren.

I’m really going to have to stop thinking of him and the other gods—hell, most of the supernaturals—as they are in the stories I grew up with living earth-side. They’ve been proven wrong repeatedly already.

“Next up, we have crews working on putting Leyton back in order. We’re hopeful that we’ll be able to restore it enough so they won’t know anything happened. As soon as that’s finished, we’ll put in a call to let them know it’s safe to return.”

Wren snorts. “How exactly do you plan on convincing them that a nuclear site is suddenly safe?”

“Malfunctioning equipment,” Gael says with a grin. “It happens fairly regularly, even without us intervening.”

Huh. I guess that makes sense.

“Next, let’s discuss the demigods. Based on the number of them fighting yesterday, not all the angels agreed with Michael. Who the hell knows what chaos is going on in Olympus? Someone is going to have to head there to put things right. They’ll need to watch over the angels who surrendered today to make sure they don’t try to stir up any more trouble, but also the angels that didn’t fight—at least until we’re successful in waking the rest of the gods.”

Nyx taps her hand on the table. “Erebus and I can do that. It’s been a long time since we’ve visited Olympus. It’ll be nice to see our children when they awaken as well.”

“That’s much appreciated.” Lucifer glances down at the paper again. “There are only a few other things.”

“Wait.” Erebus raises his hand, continuing to speak once Lucifer gives him a nod. “Watching over the angels is going to be a big job. We’dlike to recruit Diana, Melody, and Warren for the task, as well as some of the harpies.”