Page 35 of Hekate: The Witch (Goddesses of the Underworld #1)

Styx Looked into My Eyes

and for the first time

I saw kindness there,

but it was edged with sadness.

A devastating sort of paradox.

‘I looked for her.

The truth is your mother…

she only had two choices

after she left you here.

She could either go with Zeus

or she could go with Poseidon.’

Styx reached for my shaking hand

and held it between her cold fingers.

Her next words were carefully chosen.

‘Your mother did neither.’