let the ravens gather
09-22-2014, 06:03 PM
This was a fight for Olympus. It was to preserve their home and the safety of their many children. It was to preserve what they had worked so hard to prepare. It was to have something to pass on to the future generation. It was to show Helios's strength as a male of Olympus and as an alpha. It was to receive the judgment of the gods. It was not a place for others to create their own quarrels. It was not the place to endlessly dispute beliefs. That was why Natalya ignored snarky words from a supporter of the challenger. It was why she restrained Poe with a whisper and held back her growl when Chryseis arrived and spoke to Hypnos of his existence. She did not even turn her head in the direction of the woman, at least until the child spoke. His words were an attempt to show courage and strength. She waited until the battle was finishing before turning her head toward the child and smirking. She was filled to the brim with rage, but she would not act on it. Not here and not now. Instead, she told the pup the ugly truth of how wrong he was and why she did what she did. "Our sins, you say? Your mother has failed to tell you that the gods are the reason for my disposing of you. Our laws, created by the very gods you wish to smite us, require the death of any child unfit to live in our ranks. With your disability, you joined that group. I should have crushed the life from you rather than dropping you off the cliff's edge." Her voice was cold and monotone, showing no emotion whatsoever. She sounded truly heartless. "But perhaps you should thank me for what I did. You would not have survived a week in my den. By doing my job halfway when I sought to mercifully take your life and prevent you suffering, I gave you the opportunity to be raised by a mother who requires nothing of you. Now you can both return to life on your own, with my traitorous son Apollo. This family will support you no longer, whether we leave with a home or must claim a new one." |
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