Ungodly: A Novel (The Goddess War) - Plot & Excerpts
Athena tensed. He’d gotten the drop on her, but if he thought he and Aphrodite would get out of it clean, he was kidding himself. When he took one step forward, she would spring. And that knife might just end up buried in his gut. She might just saw the blade clear up to his throat. Aphrodite stepped between them and slapped Ares’ hand. “Don’t,” she said. “Don’t joke. Do you think because she’s unarmed she can do no damage?” She turned to Athena and apologized. “A joke?” Athena asked. “That’s supposed to be funny? I could’ve torn your hand off.” “Torn my hand off?” Ares laughed. “Weeks of fighting monsters have made you overconfident.” Weeks of fighting monsters. Had it been that long that she’d spent tearing scales and claws off of beasts at the banks of the Styx? Had that much time passed in the dark? She didn’t know. It could have been days and it could have been forever. “It wasn’t all a joke, either, Aphrodite,” Ares said. “This is going to take a lot of blood.”
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