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should be enough to destroy them?’

Pallas shook his head.

‘A number of Titans have turned.

But we are fortunate your father

has so many children. I am

not sure what we would do

without the Potamoi.’

A cold chill ran through me at his words.

‘What about Zelus?’

I asked softly. Pallas turned

to look me in the eye.

‘I promise no harm

will come to our children.’

I touched his face tenderly.

‘I understand you mean that,

but we are in a precarious time.

If Zelus or you are captured…’

I stopped, not even wanting

to consider or think about it.

I had never seen myself as maternal

until my children were born.

Now they were everything to me.

Before he could answer,

there was a knock and a nymph’s voice from

outside our chamber door.

‘Styx, Pallas, you are being

summoned before Oceanus.’

I did not know which sister called.

But I knew that if my father

was summoning us both