The Blood of the Hydra by Michelle Madow

Author:Michelle Madow [Madow, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BluA
Publisher: Dreamscape Publishing
Published: 2016-04-17T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Nine

“That’s your dad?” My eyes widened, and I stared at the guy who had just joined us on the yacht. “You’re Zeus?”

“The one and only.” He chuckled. “Let me guess—you expected me to look different? Older, with white hair and a thick, bushy beard?”

“Well, yeah,” I said. “And I also always imagined you wearing a toga.”

“I find this much more comfortable.” He stuck his hands in his pockets, as if he were testing them out. “It’s incredible how far clothing has come in the past century. I save the formal attire for meetings on Mount Olympus.”

Hypatia stood up with so much speed that I would have thought she’d never seen a deity before in her life. “Thank you for coming here, sir.” She cleared her throat and looked down at her hands, as if afraid to meet his eyes. “As it sounds like you already know, we have a bit of a situation on our hands. Your children said they would ask for your help, and I hope they haven’t bothered you…”

“No, no, of course not,” he said, waving the thought away. “And no need for the formalities in address. It’s all so… human, don’t you think?”

“Of course.” Hypatia nodded, finally meeting his eyes. “What should I call you, then?”

He raised an eyebrow. “I would assume that you know my name?”

“Yes, of course, sir,” Hypatia stuttered, and then she lowered herself into what I could only describe as a curtsy. “I mean, Zeus.”

He chuckled, clearly amused. “I don’t have much time here, so let’s make this quick,” he said. “I’m aware of your dilemma, and I must say, Hypatia’s plan sounds solid to me. By losing six of your crew to Scylla, the five of you will still be able to complete your mission—and trust me when I say that me and all of the others on Olympus are rooting for your success. Since the entire purpose of this strait between Scylla and Charybdis is to teach a lesson in tough decisions, I was going to leave you to it, and have you make the sacrifice.

“However, Kate here had quite a good point. No one has made it through the strait unharmed since Jason, and that was thousands of years ago—ancient history.” He waved it away as if Jason’s feats meant nothing anymore. “It’s about time to piss off my brother Poseidon again, don’t you think?”

“Yes.” Kate nodded, a grin spreading across her face. “Most definitely.”

“Except there’s one problem,” Zeus said. “If I do this for you, Poseidon won’t like it. He has quite the temper, and I wouldn’t put it past him to lose all foresight and take it out on you just to get back on me. And if he brings disaster to your ship and everyone on board perishes, then we’ll have a bigger problem on our hands, because we need at least some of you alive to re-seal the portal to Kerberos. If all of you die, then the Titans will be released onto the Earth again, and none of us want that.

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