Chapter 19Hera materialised in the entrance hall of the sea god’s palace. Even among the gods, it was revered as a place of wonder. Poseidon had refused Zeus’s offer of a place to stay on Olympus. Instead, he had built this place, an undersea structure of domes and columns. She peered out through the window. Poseidon’s abode was held in a great bubble of crystal, arching above her like heaven’s roof. Fish glided beneath the shimmering surface. Ocean plants sashayed in the currents. It was cool and humid in here, just the hint of sea water upon the air. The floor tiles were illuminated in a rippling light. She might have expected to hear the ocean waves above or the gurgle of currents, but the silence was pristine. Poseidon was clever indeed. Hiding his home beneath the waves kept the human
