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believe I was defending her.
Mars pushed back and shook his head. “She made a mistake. She knows I love all my children. I would have found a way…” He sighed. “Too late to change things of course. Gloriana, you have brothers and sisters now. You should meet them. I will arrange it!” His eyes lit up.
“Sure, I’ll meet them. But I’m not up to it tonight.” I blurted out what I needed him to know before he got too excited about this family reunion. “Please, listen to me. I don’t plan to stay here. I, I want to go home.” There, I’d said it. He got a look on his face, like he was about to go into battle. Determined.
“ This should be your home. You should take your rightful place here, Gloriana. As a granddaughter of Zeus, it is a powerful one.” Mars put his hands on my shoulders. “When I remember how you were a blood sucker, with a dangerous life on Earth…” He shook his head when I started to speak and held onto both my shoulders with an iron grip. “Don’t deny it. I was there when you faced a threat from a voodoo priestess. And I’m sure that wasn’t the first time you were at risk. Was it?”
“Well, no. But I survived down there for over four hundred years, Dad. And now that I know about my Olympus powers…” I smiled, “Thanks to you and Mother, I will be fine. I have a good life down there and Jerry, my fiancé. We are to be married soon.”
“Impossible.” His frown was scary and I tried to wiggle away from his grasp. Not happening. “I will not let Hebe off lightly for this. She has much to explain.”
“That’s between you and my mother.” I lifted my chin. “My rightful place is back down there. Being a bloodsucker as you call it is what I am. I must go back.” Tears choked me. I finally jerked away from him and saw that my bedchamber was just steps away. I still didn’t understand this world or how the rooms were set up but I recognized my room and the golden door with my initials painted in the center. A silly detail but at least it helped me now.
“Gloriana, wait!” Mars was right behind me as I wrenched open the door. “We must talk. What is down there that you feel you must return to such a sordid existence?”
“I told you. My lover. Jeremiah Campbell. Jeremy Blade. You met him. Even thought he was a fine warrior, I know you did.” I faced him, this man I knew now was my father. His eyes had gone from kind to hard and ruthless. I knew one of his powers included standing as the deity for a voodoo religion. Sure enough, I sensed a wash of dark power around him now. It sent a chill through me but didn’t scare me. Had I inherited some of that juju? The thought gave me a kind of twisted satisfaction. I shouldn’t rush home without learning what I could about that and any other new things that could help me. I narrowed my eyes at this new father of mine when he smiled.
“Oh, no, you don’t. If you’re planting thoughts in my mind, stop it now.” I shook my head and refused to make eye contact with him before my mind went off the rails entirely.
“I only want what’s best for you, Gloriana.” He leaned against the door frame but didn’t come inside. “That vampire male you think you love? Surely you can’t believe you will be going back to him. It’s not seemly, Gloriana. No daughter of mine will be with a vampire.” He crossed his arms over his massive chest, in full warrior mode now and issuing orders. Clearly he had no idea how to handle me as he’d soon find out.
“It’s way too late for you to dictate to me, Mars. I raised myself. I was left on my own for hundreds, no, more than a thousand years and I survived. I’m my own woman and I won’t just fall into the goddess line here. I’m a vampire and proud of it. Deal with it.” I planted a hand on his shiny breastplate, gave him a firm push then slammed the door in his face.
I leaned against the door, my heart pounding. Had I really just told off the god of war? I waited for an
Mars pushed back and shook his head. “She made a mistake. She knows I love all my children. I would have found a way…” He sighed. “Too late to change things of course. Gloriana, you have brothers and sisters now. You should meet them. I will arrange it!” His eyes lit up.
“Sure, I’ll meet them. But I’m not up to it tonight.” I blurted out what I needed him to know before he got too excited about this family reunion. “Please, listen to me. I don’t plan to stay here. I, I want to go home.” There, I’d said it. He got a look on his face, like he was about to go into battle. Determined.
“ This should be your home. You should take your rightful place here, Gloriana. As a granddaughter of Zeus, it is a powerful one.” Mars put his hands on my shoulders. “When I remember how you were a blood sucker, with a dangerous life on Earth…” He shook his head when I started to speak and held onto both my shoulders with an iron grip. “Don’t deny it. I was there when you faced a threat from a voodoo priestess. And I’m sure that wasn’t the first time you were at risk. Was it?”
“Well, no. But I survived down there for over four hundred years, Dad. And now that I know about my Olympus powers…” I smiled, “Thanks to you and Mother, I will be fine. I have a good life down there and Jerry, my fiancé. We are to be married soon.”
“Impossible.” His frown was scary and I tried to wiggle away from his grasp. Not happening. “I will not let Hebe off lightly for this. She has much to explain.”
“That’s between you and my mother.” I lifted my chin. “My rightful place is back down there. Being a bloodsucker as you call it is what I am. I must go back.” Tears choked me. I finally jerked away from him and saw that my bedchamber was just steps away. I still didn’t understand this world or how the rooms were set up but I recognized my room and the golden door with my initials painted in the center. A silly detail but at least it helped me now.
“Gloriana, wait!” Mars was right behind me as I wrenched open the door. “We must talk. What is down there that you feel you must return to such a sordid existence?”
“I told you. My lover. Jeremiah Campbell. Jeremy Blade. You met him. Even thought he was a fine warrior, I know you did.” I faced him, this man I knew now was my father. His eyes had gone from kind to hard and ruthless. I knew one of his powers included standing as the deity for a voodoo religion. Sure enough, I sensed a wash of dark power around him now. It sent a chill through me but didn’t scare me. Had I inherited some of that juju? The thought gave me a kind of twisted satisfaction. I shouldn’t rush home without learning what I could about that and any other new things that could help me. I narrowed my eyes at this new father of mine when he smiled.
“Oh, no, you don’t. If you’re planting thoughts in my mind, stop it now.” I shook my head and refused to make eye contact with him before my mind went off the rails entirely.
“I only want what’s best for you, Gloriana.” He leaned against the door frame but didn’t come inside. “That vampire male you think you love? Surely you can’t believe you will be going back to him. It’s not seemly, Gloriana. No daughter of mine will be with a vampire.” He crossed his arms over his massive chest, in full warrior mode now and issuing orders. Clearly he had no idea how to handle me as he’d soon find out.
“It’s way too late for you to dictate to me, Mars. I raised myself. I was left on my own for hundreds, no, more than a thousand years and I survived. I’m my own woman and I won’t just fall into the goddess line here. I’m a vampire and proud of it. Deal with it.” I planted a hand on his shiny breastplate, gave him a firm push then slammed the door in his face.
I leaned against the door, my heart pounding. Had I really just told off the god of war? I waited for an
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