Chapter 7

Empress Atia Sarai Olympus POV

It's been two days since I made Revdea one of my ladies-in-waiting. She's only 10 years old, so I'm surprised that her uncle was already trying to marry her off.

I was really depressed after my mother was killed by Soren Arne the man I love but I've started to force myself to eat again because I can't protect the people I love if I'm weak from hunger I don't want to kill Soren because I still love him despite what he did but I will because I have no choice if he is going to hurt the people I care about

"Marina, get me dressed, I'm going to the Royal barracks," I say

"Yes, Your Majesty," she says as she enters my closet and comes back out with a red and black gown with golden embroidery. The silk was a deep, wine-red, fading into panels of profound black velvet at the hem. Along the bodice, golden thread bloomed into a pattern of intertwining vines and flowers, each stitch catching the light like liquid fire. The embroidery's gleam was matched only by the heavy folds of the skirt, which pooled around her feet like spilled ink."How is Revdea doing?" I say to Marina as she helps me get dressed, "She's doing fine, Your Majesty, she has been told that she can wander around the palace, but she has spent most of the time in her room and the royal library," she says

"Ok, I wish to speak to her later," I say as she finishes getting me dressed

"Yes, Your Majesty," she says

After I'm dressed, I head to the Royal barracks to speak with General Eses, Bedes, a male descendant of Ares and General of the imperial armies Ares Legion, General Oris Munos, a female descendant of Athena and General of the Imperial armies Athens Legion.

General Zutix Neher, a female descendant of Artemis and the General of the imperial armies night-time archery legion, General Rhitrus Loxkion, a male descendant of Apollo and General of the imperial armies day-time archery legion, and General Niulla Gibris, a female descendant of Hecate and General of the imperial armies Magic division

When I reach the Royal barracks, all five generals are waiting for me, which I'm surprised about until I see Venus there as well, and I figure that she told them that I was coming.

As I walk up, they all bow to me, "What can we do for you, Your Majesty?" they all say in unison.

"I came to check up on the situation with Soren Arne the son of Zues and see what preparations are being made" I say General Niulla steps forward " it seems that Soren has gathered an army that's about 900,000 strong whereas we only have 600,000 and he also has a daughter of Poseidon and a Son of Poseidon and a daughter of Hades on his side which doesn't look good" she says

"Where did he get this army" I say "he married Queen Kutrix Rukotl, queen of the Holy Roman Kingdom and descendant of the Queen of the Roman gods Juno and so they are aiding him they haven't been around as long as us but there relations to there gods aren't as far as us so alot of their citizens are stronger than us it's not looking great that being said they don't have the best strategists and we have some descendants of Athena so our chances aren't to bad if we come up with a great strategy we also have you on our side and you are currently the strongest demigoddess alive" says General Oris

" I heard that you recently took in the daughter of Nyx. Maybe she could even the playing field because even you can't take on the son of Zeus, two children of Poseidon, and another daughter of Hades all by yourself," says Eses

"No, she's only 10 years old; she should be protected, not thrust onto a battlefield," I say

"I know you have a daughter of Poseidon, a son of Athena, and a son of Ares in your group, so for the battle they will be temporarily under my command, plus one of my guards is a daughter of Gaia, which is almost as rare as a child of nyx so I'll have her join the battle as well" I say

"Yes, Your Majesty," they all say

"We've been training the soldiers extra hard the last couple of days, and I have been coming up with a battle plan," says General Oris

"Ok, call in our vassel states and our provinces, their soldiers can add to our numbers, we can house all the Royal and noble families here," I say. "Yes, Your Majesty," the Generals all say at once

This battle will be yours, but we will win. We can't afford to lose that being said, our soldiers can't fight if they are exhausted from training, so I want everyone to take a break from training tomorrow," I say to the generals.

"Yes, Your Majesty," they say in unison again.

We end up spending until evening going over the battle plan then I go to the training grounds to oversee training and check on the progress of the soldiers I even talk to a few of the soldiers after which I go back to my rooms and get into my nightgown before I sit down to eat my dinner which is made up of steak with some mashed potatoes and some water to drink but as I finish eating I run to a bucket and start throwing up.

"Venus, go get the Royal doctor," says Akino

Venus rushes out of the room and returns a few minutes later with the Royal doctor, who does a few tests on me.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, you're about four weeks pregnant," says the doctor

"Venus, go tell my Husband," I say. "Yes, Your Majesty," she says

As Venus tells my husband about my pregnancy, I'm a little worried about my unborn child since we are in the middle of a war, so I use magic to create a magic barrier around my womb to protect my unborn child, just in case the war starts before they are born.

After that, I go back to the table and continue eating my dinner. Now that I know I'm pregnant, it makes my recent, almost constant hunger make sense.