Page 249 of Hekate: The Witch (Goddesses of the Underworld #1)

The Advance

The giants were distracted

and consumed with near-victory.

‘We will not get a better chance,’

I whispered to Thanatos and Hermes.

‘They are afraid of fire,’

I said softly, and the whisper

passed down the ranks.

‘Use your torches in their faces,

burn their toes, their eyes.

I have blessed you with unending flame.’

And with these words,

I looked upon the giant closest to me,

the one who was destroying

the altar with Hera’s sigil,

and crept up behind him

before he could see me.