A Secretary Affair
He stared at her, feeling a cold twist of panic settle in his stomach.
“Then why the hell did you say we’d kill a god?!” He snapped, his voice rising a little more than he meant it to. He wasn’t even mad—not really. He was just terrified of the thought that there was nothing they could do, that they were standing there waiting for something they couldn’t fight, couldn’t hurt, couldn’t stop.