Poseidon's Mistress
That was the second lie.
I stayed just long enough to hear the silence. Silence had always been one of Zeno’s loudest tells. Then the water in the wall niche behind them rippled, though no hand touched it, and Amilios said, softer now, understanding settling in his voice, “Oh. That’s a yes.”
I left after that, quickly and carefully, like retreat could stop the words from following.
His daughter. Zeno had a daughter.
I knew that already. Capital gossip had teeth and wings of its own. Lord Poseidon had children—sons, a daughter—a respectable House full of respectable proof that he had done everything Olympus asked of him.