Page 151 of Hekate: The Witch

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and you, a secret,’ said Styx softly.

She reached for me but I stepped back.

They had lied to me.

I stared at them.

‘Is there more?’

They exchanged a look

and hesitated.

‘There is,’ I breathed.

‘You will tell me now,’ I demanded.

‘Tell Her, River Goddess’

I turned to see Charon glowering

at both my uncle and aunt.

No one had heard him arrive

but there he stood, storm-eyed.

‘I warned you she would find out.’

His words had a hard edge to them

that I had never heard before.

‘Tell her, or I will.’

Pallas took a warning step towards

Charon. ‘This is a matter for family—’

Thanatos shook his head.

‘You know we are all family.’

It was true. Thanatos and Charon

were brothers, sons of Nyx.

Titans too, just like me, Styx and Pallas.

The same wretched, broken

family that kept secrets, lied

and warred with each other.

I was shaking with anger.

‘Your father, Hekate—’ started Charon,

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