brave was gravely mistaken. I just did what was necessary to get by when the proverbial crap hit the fan. I widened my eyes at him and nodded toward his room.
He sighed loudly and huffed, "Fine" before walking to his adjoining suite. I stuffed down the guilt and nodded at Athena.
"Let's figure out what's got everyone in a tizzy."
I expected to have to hunt down information. Yeah, I may have forgotten who I was travelling with. Athena grabbed the closest body, pulled the startled Hunter to her and barked, "Report!"
Athena is the Alpha of all Alphas. She has a presence that belies her petite frame. You forget that she probably only stands at about 5'4 and weighs less than 130 pounds. I guess I always thought of her as being bigger. Because, if you are looking at the real her - her inner self - you see an Amazon Goddess who stands over six feet tall with a bright gold aura of Truth and Might. She was beautiful…and terrifying.
Drew was wrong. Hope wasn't Wonder Woman, Athena was. She was also the matriarchal presence in Diana's stead. Honestly, I wasn't even sure that my mother out-classed Athena. She simply didn't need to assert her dominance over my mother out of respect and love. I guess that was a scary thought.
The Hunter stuttered, "We just had an explosion off the coast of Greece. We're not sure what exactly caused it, but we've got water casters headed down to head off the Tsunami."
"Does it feel like the L.A. incident?" Athena's question was brief but the words weighed heavily on me. The Hunter shook her head, dread filling her face. I saw Geb's body fall through the Rift. It couldn't be him. If he was back – well, I didn't even want to think about him being back.
"It didn't have that sort of power signature, there's no way it was an Earth power. Honestly? It felt like a nuclear blast of rage hit the coast." The Hunter stopped and tilted her head as if listening. "Only 10 lives were lost. Sinnan and Poly got there in time.”
"You can hear all of that? Are you telepathic?" I asked in awe.
She nodded briefly and concentrated harder. Athena looked at me and nodded at the Hunter. "Georgina is a telepath and one of the Hunters in our Early Warning Unit. We have a team that keeps a net of sorts around the world and alerts us to any magical disturbances. She's the one who caught your little temper tantrum last year." She threw a smug look at me and I scowled in return.
"Call me Georgie," the Hunter said and held out her hand.
"Um, nice to meet you." I grasped her hand and her smile brightened.
"You should forgive him," she said briefly before returning her attention to Athena. "We've got it covered but Sin and Poly are going to investigate further. I'm sending a healer down just in case."
"Excellent, keep me up to date as things progress."
Georgie nodded before turning to jog down the hall. I scowled at her back. Everyone had an opinion.
"Is it always like this?" I asked Athena.
"No, things have been ramping up the last year. We haven't had this much action since Dad sank Atlantis." She furrowed her brows and turned her gaze to me. "Actually, it started ramping up just before you came out of hibernation."
"Geb's been gone for three months now. There's no way he could be affecting things." My brows knit in a frown. If my father wasn't doing this, then the game was changing.
"No, he couldn't be. I have to wonder at his culpability in all of it, actually. L.A. didn't feel like his signature, either. Sure, there was the earthquake, but the things running through the streets preying on humans wasn't really his style at all. He simply caused the initial destruction, then sat back to watch and wait for Diana to come beat him up."
"Masochist much?"
"He took what he could of her attention." Athena shrugged as if this were an ordinary thing.
Causing quakes and tsunamis wasn't sane. It made me give her a double take. My perceptions of humanity had superimposed themselves on the people around me, and I had to
He sighed loudly and huffed, "Fine" before walking to his adjoining suite. I stuffed down the guilt and nodded at Athena.
"Let's figure out what's got everyone in a tizzy."
I expected to have to hunt down information. Yeah, I may have forgotten who I was travelling with. Athena grabbed the closest body, pulled the startled Hunter to her and barked, "Report!"
Athena is the Alpha of all Alphas. She has a presence that belies her petite frame. You forget that she probably only stands at about 5'4 and weighs less than 130 pounds. I guess I always thought of her as being bigger. Because, if you are looking at the real her - her inner self - you see an Amazon Goddess who stands over six feet tall with a bright gold aura of Truth and Might. She was beautiful…and terrifying.
Drew was wrong. Hope wasn't Wonder Woman, Athena was. She was also the matriarchal presence in Diana's stead. Honestly, I wasn't even sure that my mother out-classed Athena. She simply didn't need to assert her dominance over my mother out of respect and love. I guess that was a scary thought.
The Hunter stuttered, "We just had an explosion off the coast of Greece. We're not sure what exactly caused it, but we've got water casters headed down to head off the Tsunami."
"Does it feel like the L.A. incident?" Athena's question was brief but the words weighed heavily on me. The Hunter shook her head, dread filling her face. I saw Geb's body fall through the Rift. It couldn't be him. If he was back – well, I didn't even want to think about him being back.
"It didn't have that sort of power signature, there's no way it was an Earth power. Honestly? It felt like a nuclear blast of rage hit the coast." The Hunter stopped and tilted her head as if listening. "Only 10 lives were lost. Sinnan and Poly got there in time.”
"You can hear all of that? Are you telepathic?" I asked in awe.
She nodded briefly and concentrated harder. Athena looked at me and nodded at the Hunter. "Georgina is a telepath and one of the Hunters in our Early Warning Unit. We have a team that keeps a net of sorts around the world and alerts us to any magical disturbances. She's the one who caught your little temper tantrum last year." She threw a smug look at me and I scowled in return.
"Call me Georgie," the Hunter said and held out her hand.
"Um, nice to meet you." I grasped her hand and her smile brightened.
"You should forgive him," she said briefly before returning her attention to Athena. "We've got it covered but Sin and Poly are going to investigate further. I'm sending a healer down just in case."
"Excellent, keep me up to date as things progress."
Georgie nodded before turning to jog down the hall. I scowled at her back. Everyone had an opinion.
"Is it always like this?" I asked Athena.
"No, things have been ramping up the last year. We haven't had this much action since Dad sank Atlantis." She furrowed her brows and turned her gaze to me. "Actually, it started ramping up just before you came out of hibernation."
"Geb's been gone for three months now. There's no way he could be affecting things." My brows knit in a frown. If my father wasn't doing this, then the game was changing.
"No, he couldn't be. I have to wonder at his culpability in all of it, actually. L.A. didn't feel like his signature, either. Sure, there was the earthquake, but the things running through the streets preying on humans wasn't really his style at all. He simply caused the initial destruction, then sat back to watch and wait for Diana to come beat him up."
"Masochist much?"
"He took what he could of her attention." Athena shrugged as if this were an ordinary thing.
Causing quakes and tsunamis wasn't sane. It made me give her a double take. My perceptions of humanity had superimposed themselves on the people around me, and I had to
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