Chapter 0607

"And one of the children of the God of Darkness," I murmur, frowning, likewise staring into space. "Ole Darkie."

Jackson laughs at the Goddess's nickname for her ex. "And he's got enough of those to choose from," he murmurs. "So we'll maybe never know."

"Wait, what?" I say, sitting up a bit to peer down at him. "How many children does he have?"

"Like, a lot, Ariel," Jackson replies, frowning up at me. "Famously."

"What!?"

Jackson laughs lightly, pulling me down against him. "You need to study your religious texts, Clark," he murmurs, brushing his lips again over my hair. "This is your nation's religion too."

"I don't study religion," I say, shaking my hair haughtily back, making my voice hoity-toity and smug. "I am religion - I am a demigoddess, after all."

I am kidding and

Jacks," I say with a happy sigh, settling back down against him. "Explain. I am ignorant and wanting of knowledge of what is, apparently, my own family tree. Enlighten me." "Okay," my mate says, pulling me tight. "But listen up, because I'm not explaining it

do my best to embody bossy goddess energy. But Jackson's soft laughter just lets me

God of Darkness, as we all know, is...obsessed with your Grandmother. In some tellings of the mythology they're mates, in others they're just like...magnets, both drawn to

for the past few hundred years or

takes out that jealousy by...having a lot of affairs. Trying

little delighted at

murmurs, continuing. "And a lot of those affairs have resulted in kids. Some of them are just... normal kids - humans, wolves. Some of them are demigods, like you," I wiggle my shoulders back, preening, pleased to be included, "and some are...very nearly full-on Gods, thought

murmur, frowning. "Like...I can see how you'd make a demigod, but

"It all gets very...out of our

sigh, attempting to make peace with my lack of

over

and the ones that I

breathe, fascinated and

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255