“He abandoned me. I could not care less about him,” Tessa spat. The goddess leaned in, as if she wanted to whisper into Tessa’s ear. “You are powerful, but you are not immune to my gifts, Tessalyn. Is that what you believe happened? That he wanted nothing to do with you? That he left you to the Fates?” “Worse,” she sneered. “He left me alone. Everyone did. It is what I have lived and what I know. Alone in a damned world. Wishing someone would care …”
