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Her tears fell as she lifted my hands up to gently kiss them before she pulled me into a hug.

“I guess there would be a lot more action down there than it is here,” she confessed as she hugged me tightly. “Alright. I’ll return.”

“Really?” I practically squealed as tears pooled in my eyes.

“Don’t get annoyed with me,” she encouraged which made me laugh and shake my head.

“Never,” I beamed and hugged her again.

“Thank goodness,” Arthur sighed.

“We can put an end to Danica once and for all,” Sawyer stressed.

“Then we have to leave immediately,” Cornelius declared and looked to Naomi. “And then we have to find where your body is located.”

“Shouldn’t be hard. Natalia would know where it is. Besides, it’ll probably take me a bit longer to get back to my body seeing as I’ve been gone for much longer than Athena. Either way, you’ll have your Goddess of Darkness substitute,” Naomi explained.

“And after that?” Atticus inquired.

“Well, I’ll enjoy the life I never got the chance to do the first round,” she declared and clapped her hands. “Let’s ditch Heaven and take down that Banana!”

Danica…you’re reign is about to come to a haunting end.

CHAPTER9

To The Forbidden Place Part One

"What does my Sweet Theia need?”

I took a deep breath before turning to face Atticus as he awaited my order.

Arthur, Sawyer, and Cornelius were already doing what I’d assigned them to acquire.

The proper materials for the ritual, alerting Erebus, Koa, Ciel, and Natalia of our return, and gathering the forces we may need just in case things got haywire.

That left Atticus who stood before me as we stood at the entrance of the forest I never thought I’d return to — the mere scent of decay matched with the heaviness of dread rushing through me made me want to retreat.

No. I can’t run away. I’m done running away.

“I’m sure Erebus is going to have a hissy fit because I didn’t go see him first before deciding to be adventurous and attempt to save the balance of the world from being fucked over by Danica’s wrath, so can you make sure he knows I’m okay?” I inquired. “I hate having to send you, but it looks like I can’t reach any of them without Dark Nessa.”

“Easy,” he assured me, but took a step forward and fixed a few strands of my hair that were out of place. “Now tell me what you really want to tell him and the others.”

The way that made me smile had him grinning in return before he pulled me in for a sweet kiss.

“That I love them and that I have to do this alone for the game plan to work,” I whispered against his lips.

“That sounds better,” he muttered and stole my lips once more for a deeper kiss. “I’ll deliver both messages and wait for the signal?”

“Mhmm,” I replied and couldn’t help leaning into him, enough that he embraced me tightly while allowing me to rest against his shoulder. “After we take down Danica, are we going to enjoy everyone getting along?”

“No,” he actually laughed as he pulled back to see my pouting expression. “Are you including those dark lords of yours?”

“Yes.” He knew I was. “You could get along with them!”

“Fenriz, yes,” he admitted. “The other two, meh.”

“Don’t be like that,” I huffed, but smiled. “They’ll grow on you.”

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