Styx (Goddesses of the Underworld #2)

32. Fear

Fear

I had never known it

until this day.

Never felt the way

it could wrap around

your very bones

like a serpent holding

its prey, just before

it sinks its fangs

deep into its neck.

The voices in my head,

usually whispers,

began to scream.

My heart felt like

it would burst

from my chest

as I thrashed about.

It was true,

I could not die,

but imagine an eternity

imprisoned undersea

in this dark cave,

never to see the night sky

or stars ever again.