Page 58 of D'Vaire or Nothing
“None of us will rest easy until we find Folly. Poor Jowan suffered the cruelest of ends, and we find ourselves no closer to our prey,” Courage snarled.
The rage that always flowed through Justice at the thought of Folly roared to life. She looked down the street, and her gaze landed on the resort she and Courage had warded to protect it.
“Do you think she discovered what we did because she was here to harm the D’Vaires?” Justice asked.
“It is possible,” Life stated. “We must remain more vigilant than ever if we wish to protect them.”
“Damn her,” Justice growled. “I am sick of her games, and she will pay when we find her. And we will. She is kidding herself if she thinks she will ever outmatch us. Or gain enough power to best Death.”
“If we are lucky, Death will forget every ounce of mercy in her soul and force Folly to endure every second of pain and misery she has inflicted tenfold,” Courage muttered.
“Well said, sister,” Fate enthused. “Now, let’s get out of here before we are caught.”
“Or someone decides to summon Fate and demand to know where their mate is,” Eternity snickered.
Her thoughts already on Death, Justice shimmered to her sister’s castle and was unsurprised that the goddess wasn’t present. Death would not find any comfort for herself until Jowan had everything she could provide for him.
What Justice found most abhorrent was that not every goddess was as empathetic or committed to their assigned task as Death was. The realm of the goddesses would be far less dramatic and caught in the mire if their mother had crafted each of them with as much mastery as Justice and the five goddesses who’d grown into her dear friends.
