Page 168 of Hekate: The Witch (Goddesses of the Underworld #1)

‘COME HERE, CHILD’

Her voice was softer than it was

in Kronos’ cave, but I could still hear

every monster of the night it hid inside.

I shuddered, a cold in my veins.

I knew she did not like uninvited guests

inside her realm, and I had disobeyed.

Slowly, I stood on my own two feet,

and began to walk towards her, inch by inch.

I summoned all my courage.

But as I was walking,

I saw him, the dark-robed

figure with a kind face at her side.

It struck me in this moment

that this was the boy

who helped me with Cerberus.

But what was he doing here?

Why would he be

in Nyx’s realm?

It was his scythe

that gave him away.

Her favourite son.

Thanatos,

the God of Peaceful

Death and Endings.