Page 66 of Hekate: The Witch (Goddesses of the Underworld #1)

Fields’ End

To my child’s eyes, Asphodel

looked infinite, the fields

leading into an endless horizon.

But Styx, Hades and I

were immortals and we walked

the way Gods walked, never tiring,

quick in step and able to cover

more distance than mortal bodies

could ever walk or run.

To my surprise, the fields did end

and the ground returned to cool

polished dark stones making a path

that led to a bridge in the distance.

Before I could think more

on the fog that surrounded it,

or the strange light that rose

from beneath the bridge,

I heard a cold, awful wailing.