Page 22 of Hekate: The Witch (Goddesses of the Underworld #1)

‘Goodbye, My Child. Have Courage’

If I could go back and change anything,

it would be the last time my mother and I spoke.

I would have held her hand a little tighter.

Smiled into her eyes a little longer.

Told her how very much I loved her

and thanked her for what I knew now.

But I was too young to appreciate her sacrifice.

So instead, I looked at my hands

as she got up to leave

and simply wept as she pulled me close.

Then her warmth left me and she walked away

while I screamed and cried and tried

to chase after her as she left in the direction

of the roars and cracks.

Styx and Hades caught me

and held me back.

And as I struggled against their strong grip,

I cursed that I was only a Godling,

I had no powers, I was no Goddess yet.

All I could do was watch as her form

grew smaller and smaller until it disappeared

into the light at the mouth of the cave

that brought us here.