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Amazons.
    First, she contacted her friend, Persephone, who was married
to Hades, and told her what he’d done. Persephone then convinced her husband to
make amends by giving the Kakodaemons a weakness that would make them less of a
threat to mankind. He agreed, and altered the demons so they could never again
walk in daylight.
    Then, Artemis brought all of her remaining warriors to the
island of Tritonia and imbued them with supernatural healing powers and
unequaled strength and agility. She told them everything she knew about the
Kakodaemons and made ridding the world of the vile creatures their sole
purpose.
    For hundreds of years the Amazons lived on Tritonia and
trained to fulfill their purpose. In secrecy they travelled throughout their
former homelands and quietly dispatched the Kakodaemons.
    Artemis and Ares were now at war.

Chapter 10
    “So, how do I fit into all of this?” Mirissa asked Greco.
    “It is in your blood. You are an Amazon, just like your
mother, and her mother before her. Every generation of Amazons brings about the
next to ensure that there will always be a force to fight the Kakodaemons. When
a child comes of age and is deemed ready to join the fight, they are given their
ring. Once the ring is in place, it bonds with the wearer and, after insuring
that the wearer is, in fact, an Amazon, it becomes a link to Tritonia. As you
progress, it will also become your greatest weapon.
    This was all a little too much for Mirissa to take in. Her
head was spinning with each new revelation and with every question Greco
answered, three more came to the front. It felt as though she were living in
some weird science fiction movie and that her future of prom, graduation,
college, and everything else that she hadn’t even thought about, was crumbling
away around her.
    Through all the tumult in her mind, one question was clear
and concise. “So, my mother was a part of all this?”
    Before Greco could answer, her father spoke up. “Yes, she
was. In fact, it was how we first met.”
    Now, that was unexpected, Mirissa thought.
    “I was in between tours and stationed here in Jacksonville
at Mayport. One night my buddies and I went to Neptune Beach to hang out at
Pete’s. It was our favorite bar. We’d been there for a couple of hours when I
saw some sort of commotion outside. My curiosity got the better of me, so I
went to check it out. There was a woman leaning against the wall just down the
street. She was crying and had blood all over her. I ran over to see if I could
help, and when I got there I saw that the lower part of her neck had been torn
open and blood was pouring out. I was about to run for the payphone across the
street to call an ambulance when someone grabbed me and pushed me aside.
    “My fighting instincts took over and I started to take a
swing at whomever it was that had attacked me but they were already at the
other end of the alley. It was her—in all her warrior glory. She was amazing.
She was taking on three men that looked as though they wanted nothing more than
to tear her to pieces, and she was holding her own. She’d taken out the first
one with a ferocious snap kick, and then backhanded the second to break his
nose. The third guy hung back until it was clear the other two were going down,
and then he got into the fight. She fought brilliantly and had almost succeeded
when the first guy to go down got back on his feet and went for her throat.
    “Without thinking I ran in to help her. We stood back to
back and, with the odds evened up a bit, had little trouble knocking the three
of them unconscious.
    “I ran out to the street to check on the injured woman I’d
seen earlier and called her an ambulance from the payphone. When I got back to
the alley, your mother was standing there, alone. When I asked her what
happened to the three guys, she just smiled at me and started to walk away. And
that was it. I was smitten.
    “I followed her for three blocks before she finally turned
around