[Irene’s POV] It took me several hours to understand and process what father just told me. I was a demigod. I was an immortal, which meant after I reached a certain age, I would stop ageing and live forever. But Zane was a mortal, and he could die. What scared me the most in that moment was — seeing Zane age and then succumb to death while I get to live, for I don’t know how long without him. It was a scary thought of being left alone forever. But what was the most important thing right now was getting Zane out of the god’s hands and bringing him back into the mortal world safely. “Father, how can I go to heaven?” I asked, and my father opened his eyes from the meditation. “Irene, you shouldn’t go there. Heaven is the only place you should never even think of stepping your foot int

