Page 251 of Hekate: The Witch (Goddesses of the Underworld #1)

Battle

A roar ripped from the giant’s throat

as he looked down at me,

and his comical cry drove my fear away.

I smiled up at him insolently

as I twirled my two fiery torches.

He dropped the pillar with a hard thud,

Hera’s sigil crumbling.

Ungainly now, he reached down.

But I was prepared.

I climbed on top of

the closest pile of debris

and as he reached for me

I burned his fingers,

and while he snatched them back,

I set his loincloth aflame.

Shrieking, the great being

tumbled backwards

all the way off the edge.

I heard his roar as he plummeted

to the ground, a distant cry of dismay.

I felt a cry of triumph

bursting within my blood.

All around me the giants were falling.

My army of dead had turned this battle,

there was a chance we may win!

When I turned back I saw

Thanatos upon the back of

one of the giants,

about to shove the torch

into his face.

But before he could do it

the creature grabbed Thanatos

off his back, as though he were

one of Pallas’ carved toys,

and threw him across Olympus

till his back met a pillar and he slid

to the ground.