Titans Rising – Thanatos and Nemesis: The Hunt For Hypnos, Part IV
“The living, breathing pulse of Gaia, the pulse of the world. Isn’t it beautiful, Thanner?” Hyp spoke reverently from beside me.
“The living, breathing pulse of Gaia, the pulse of the world. Isn’t it beautiful, Thanner?” Hyp spoke reverently from beside me.
I return his punches, the anger giving me inordinate strength, and between returning strikes, the truth slips from me. “She! Took! My! Wings!”
“Then I guess you have no problem going before Zeus,” he spoke matter of factly. “Zeus can’t kiss my ass,” I spat.
That seals it in my mind, I knew it, Frankenstein, 1931. It was Hyp’s favorite movie.
“Nothing has changed. You can not make slaves of this world. You know that we will never allow it.”
“I saw right through you before. No, you’re nothing but a piss-poor little witch with a boatload of daddy issues.”
Because I wasn’t wrong before. I didn’t see things that weren’t there; it was not a trick of the light. Those are her eyes.
“So you admit it then? You let those two out. What about the rest of the Titans? Did you release them, too?”
“Shut up.” “Make me.” That was all I said before I slammed my lips onto his.
He glanced up at me, dark eyes haunted, and voice dull, “Nem. It’s Hypnos. He’s back, Nem.”
“I’m the Primordial of Darkness, Atë. The shadows belong to me, and now so do you.”
I can’t even believe my eyes as Ate flies past me, falling to the ground with a speed even Hermes would have trouble tracking.
My heart dropped in my chest after hearing my mother speak up, bringing me back to reality. He will never love you…
They watched me as I went by, the sleepwalkers, their eyes turned into his. They gave Cheshire cat grins and snickered.
“They haven’t fought in a war in centuries.” I paused, my voice turning cold. “And besides, the last time the Titans didn’t have me.”