Chapter 3
The Halls of Olympus
High on the peaks of Olympus, water flowed through troughs of pure white marble to feed fountains that ran through gardens where the Immortals roamed barefoot. In the surrounding sky, the sun and stars glimmered with a constant beauty and could be seen at once, ranging over the peaks of thick cypress and golden apple trees. Ever fruitful olive trees dotted the slopes leading up to temples that glowed even in daylight, their pediments adorned with animated statues of the war with the Titans, fashioned by Hephaestus himself. Doves flitted from tree to tree, and phoenixes nested in the tallest of them, their fiery tails to be seen shooting across the mountains like comets in the evening.
A flash of light saw Poseidon appear on the grass of a small courtyard s
