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collapsed back into her seat in a cloud of defeat.  I took another long sip of mint tea and contemplated the possibility that Carmen’s mind had been hijacked.  By who?  Or what?  Was it possible that one of the souls from Tartarus had caught a ride to this world?  Or worse, one of Nadia’s ghosts…  It was getting difficult not to notice what was at the core of all my problems: Nadia.
                  “So what’s our new plan to find Finn?” I squelched the rising hope that the possibility of a new plan evoked. That precarious little thing called hope would inevitably threaten to piece my heart back together, which would only leave it vulnerable to further disappointment. I wasn’t going to allow that to happen. 
                  “Charon hasn’t divulged all of the details to me, but he will brief us once we arrive.  We’ll be flying into Paphos, which is one of the larger cities on the west coast of the island.”
                  “Isn’t there a descendent school in Paphos?” Willow thought out loud. “The House of Eventide?”
                  “Very good, Willow,” Natasha nodded. “We will actually be staying on campus for the duration of our visit.”
                  “Where exactly is Cyprus?” I asked, realizing I wasn’t completely sure I knew where it was located.
                  “Cyprus is an island in the Mediterranean Sea.  It is east of Greece and north of Egypt.  There is much history that has taken place there, and the Nereids have been meeting there for millennia.”
                  “Aphrodite’s Rock!” Willow perked up with exuberance. “That’s in Cyprus isn’t it?”
                  “Aphrodite’s Rock, her sanctuary, and many other sites are located all over the island of Cyprus.”
                  “What’s Aphrodite’s Rock?” I asked.  I was picturing a rock that resembled the goddess or that had been carved in her likeness. 
                  “It’s the birthplace of Aphrodite, the goddess of love!” Willow exclaimed with a dreamy look in her eye.  I had no doubt her thoughts had drifted to her almost-boyfriend Liam.  Unfortunately, Phoebe quickly transformed her dreamy look into something resembling revulsion with her next comment.
                  “Cronus cut off Uranus’s testicles and threw them in the sea!  When the water got all foamy, Aphrodite was created.” She thought to herself for a moment and then shrugged, “It’s kind of gross when you really think about it.” 
                  Just as I was about to ask if that was really possible, the seat belt lights blinked on and we buckled ourselves, as well as the still-sleeping Carmen, in safely to prepare for our descent into Paphos.
                  I peered out the window at the mysterious sea below.  The nearly full moon above lit a watery runway of glitter as the far the eye could see.  If only my own path were that clear. 

Chapter 4
    Finn
     
                  “I still don’t get why I had to come,” I complained, shuffling my feet as loudly as possible. “Liam’s mom even said he could go surfing on the Isle, but now we’ll have to wait until next week.”
                  “The Queen of the Underworld doesn’t care about your surfing schedule,” Mom replied with a frown and walked ahead of me on the stone path.  I’d been helping Dad out for years, but I’d never been required to go with Mom to her meetings.  Usually they contained information I wasn’t allowed to hear.  Plus, no twelve year guy wants to go to meetings with his mom.  So, when she told me I had to go with her today, I wasn’t too happy about it.  That feeling was amplified after Liam had called to go surfing. 
                  “Maybe she’d be a better queen if she did,” I muttered under my