Page 27 of Hekate: The Witch (Goddesses of the Underworld #1)

‘What Are You Doing?!’

an angry, familiar voice asked,

as I fell unceremoniously backward

onto the ground.

I looked up to see the ferryman’s face,

his dark eyes blazing with fury,

his hand still clenched around my wrist.

But before I could answer

his voice rose again.

‘No Godling has ever drank from that river

and lived to tell the tale!’