Chapter Twenty-Four
Four gods, two Immortals, a Spartan warrior, and a human woman walked into a temple. It sounded like the beginning of a bad joke. But I stood in the reality of it. The eight of us faced off against one neglected deity and a horde of mindless humans who were now under her control. This was not how I’d planned to spend this evening.
“We have to get to her,” Demeter said. “We can still reason with her.”
“Demi, she’s stolen hundreds of souls.” Hestia looked aghast. “She’s past reasoning.”
“Nia,” Loren called beside me.
“Loren, hold on.” I kept my attention on the gods and goddesses before me.
“We can’t kill her,” Demi cried.
“It looks like she’s about to try to kill us,” Hades stated.
“But she can’t kill us,” Demeter said. “We’re family.”
“I seem to remember you sa
