Page 186 of Hekate: The Witch

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But this?

This was different.

I knew without Hermes telling me

that this was a darker thing.

Another war between immortals

that could devastate the

order of everything we had become used to.

A part of me was terrified.

And yet there was a smaller part,

a vengeful, simmering fury

that looked at his fear,

the same panic he and his had inflicted

on my family and thought,

Good.

‘You Have to Help Us’

I frowned at his words.

What could he possibly mean?

‘The giants. They have

found their way onto Olympus

and even Zeus cannot

defeat them. We are weakened.

Demeter’s destruction

has taken too many mortal lives.

There are not enough

humans left to pray to us

and without their prayers

our powers have been failing.

We need your help.’

I stood stock-still.

My body was cold

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