Paige
"Oh God, what am I going to do?" I asked Hecate, wrapping my arms around my middle like I could keep myself from flying apart. "There's no way I can beat Zeus. Not even if I learn how to control fire and water." Just thinking about both of them made my skin feel like it was on fire and sweaty. "And what happened to Poseidon? He was on my side and now...now he's trying to kill me."
Hecate looked at me with sad, dark eyes. "This is the price that has been placed on you by the fates."
"Fate?" I balked. "No, no, no. You gods are the ones who created my ancestor, Pandora, and set her up to be mankind's downfall."
Hecate stroked her black dog as she continued lounging on the settee. "Yes. Zeus planned to have her release all disease and sorrow mankind has ever known into the world. He
