Page 253 of Hekate: The Witch (Goddesses of the Underworld #1)

The Last Stand of the Olympian Gods

Years from now, when they tell this story,

pieces of it will be changed to erase

the truth: that it was an army of undead mortals

that saved the Gods in their last stand.

Even though my Legion soldiers fought till their

star-hearts began to flicker,

fought for unworthy Gods

with their blue hands and torches.

The tale will also forget that in the ruins

of Zeus’ once-fine palace, he battled

with an ever-dwindling quiver of thunderbolts.

That Ares was beaten so much,

he could barely move. That Athena’s

famous shield and spear lay broken

on the floor as she was left with her fists

alone against three angry giants.

Indeed, the story told will say the Gods

always had the upper hand.

That the giants were simply fortunate

they were able to get this far.

But what they would never erase

is the story of a Goddess who knew

how to raise the dead into an army,

marching upon thousands of giants

with the God of Death and the Trickster

by her side, with the torches and flames

that would finally bring the giants

to their knees and cause them to flee.