CHAPTER 32 ARESMy dark, raging heart ticked violently. Giving up our pup made me want to detonate and destroy. And while the old Ares would run into war, into battle, or into a mere conversation, thinking that his plans were the greatest, now, I forced myself to step back and really think about my daughter. We needed to give her up for as long as it took to keep her safe. Part of me thought that this was my way to avoid being a bad father, but deep down, I knew that I was doing this for Aurora and the well-being of our baby. Aurora wouldn’t let me go down to the underworld alone, and because of that, we needed our baby to be safe. “Will Venus come back to earth to spend the rest of her life with Vulcan when we go down to the underworld?” Aurora asked Medusa, her voice trembling. When

