Chapter 11

When I woke the next day, Poseidon was gone. A servant brought a note.[Nerida, Chloe, I will not give up.]I read it, tore it into pieces, and threw it away.Chloe looked up at me. “What did it say, Mother?”I smiled, crumpling the parchment. “Nothing important, my love.”Chloe smiled back. It was the first real smile I had seen from her since we left Poseidon.A lot happened over the next year.First, Thalia faced her judgment. The divine healers released the images of her deliberately poisoning Ethan. The scandal was immense. Even if Poseidon had wanted to protect her, it would have been impossible. To my surprise, I heard he was particularly strict in her sentencing.Thalia was exiled to the abyss of Tartarus for attempted murder. Ethan was taken back by his real father. I heard that the moment Ethan saw him, he clung to him and refused to let go. The man was a pitiful figure—his wife had left him, and his son had nearly been poisoned to death. But while he had no inheritance, he w

Chapter 12

Before, it was Chloe and I chasing after him, asking when he would come home, if he could spend time with her, if he even loved us.Now, the roles were reversed. He was the one chasing us.But we no longer looked back.I often took Chloe traveling. We saw the divine lights in the far north and surfed the starry seas of the cosmos. We lived a full and happy life. Poseidon always found out our itinerary from somewhere and would follow us quietly. When we ate or shopped, we would always feel a pair of eyes on us. When Chloe practiced fighting magical beasts, he would watch from a distance, terrified she would get hurt.Once, Chloe was nearly out of energy but still hadn’t defeated a giant bear. Poseidon was there in a flash of saltwater and panic, a shield between her and the beast. But in the next second, a brilliant light erupted from Chloe. Her power, pushed to its limit, flared, and she struck the bear down herself.“Your concern is unnecessary, Lord Poseidon.”Poseidon’s outstretched

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