101. It Was Crius, God of Constellations, Who Said the Words
It Was Crius, God of Constellations, Who Said the Words
‘I hear that you caused quite a stir
in Oceanus’s palace with your announcement.’
He was looking at Perses and me.
I felt a flush of embarrassment on my cheeks.
‘We did not intend to do so,’ Perses said.
‘But we are now banished forever.’
Crius, to my surprise, only laughed.
‘Oceanus has a propensity for theatrics.’
Styx spoke now, her eyes narrowing.
‘He was justified in seeing the breaking
of a pact of marriage to one of his own sons,
my brother who is a River God, as an insult,
but he was not justified in his actions.’
Surprisingly, Styx was still defending her father,
but her loyalty toward me held true too.
In my hurry to be with Perses, I had not
considered how deeply this would affect her.
How it would fray her already difficult
relationship with her father.
I reached out and took her hand gently.
‘Thank you for leaving with us,’
I said to her sincerely.