Styx (Goddesses of the Underworld #2)

129. ‘Why Must You Find Her?’

‘Why Must You Find Her?’

The question broke Asteria and me

out of our reverie of realizations.

It was Leto who answered.

Sweet Leto who was so patient

with all of us, but most of all

with Metis who was her dearest friend.

‘We are her sisters and we want to know

why she disappeared without telling us.’

Atlas looked far away into Chaos’s darkness.

‘Your sister has her own path.

Just like my brothers have their own path.’

Leto shook her head and said,

‘She would never leave without telling me.

She has to have had a good reason.’

Atlas’s silver brow furrowed

then cleared as he said,

‘I will help you, on a condition.

That if you find her, you do not

destroy what she is building.’