the beast eternal obsession
She turned her face up toward mine, and the intense golden glow in her eyes slowly faded back to a soft, innocent hazel.
“My name is Athena,” she whispered, her voice echoing with a power that shook the room. “True goddess of the moon. And by your pure blood, I have been released from the bondage of the false Moon Goddess.”
For several seconds, I couldn't move.
Athena.
The name echoed relentlessly through my mind. The true goddess of the moon.
My gaze remained frozen on Aurelia or Athena, or whatever ancient, primordial being had been sleeping silently inside my daughter's flesh.