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He turned and walked away without a glance backwards. He had to find Sisters of Fate. If Perseus was the best they could do to prevent him from demanding an audience, Zeus was as good as dead.

Some of her worshippers had built shrines, small to be sure, celebrating Gaia. It was as if they chose to return to olden ways they could not possibly remember.

Hubris destroys gods and mortals alike.

'Hear me, fallen god. None defy what the Fates decree!'

'The Amulet of the Fates.' The words came unbidden to his mind, though no words have been spoken.

The intent was obvious. The way of achieving it was not.

Even Aphrodite has taken a vote of chastity, though Athena was doubtful it would be kept long.

For in sparring Zeus, we allowed him to return to us with vengeance in his heart. He betrayed all the Titans for the sins of just one—the sins of his father Cronos.

He glanced at the ferocious beast and caught the eye in its eagle's head. He saw no remorse, no mercy, no quarter to be given in that hot glare. That suited Kratos because he expected none—and gave none.

Still, Zeus? The Sky Father was no more an ally than any of the other Olympian gods he so loathed. Zeus priced himself on his perfidy.

Once more he was the stoic Sky Father, King of the Gods, looking regal and as if nothing had disturbed him.

Of the gods, Athena was the most in control of herself. Her schemes were clever and subtle and had brought him to Olympus as god.

The intricate, swirling designs on her face seemed to take on a life of their own, as if those tattoos might possess her.