Artemis voice faltered, her eyes shadowed with something Megan couldn't place — fear or grief. And the girl… I don't even know what she is. There's something in her I can't explain. Somehow, she has your goddess powers, which shouldn't be possible now that you're human. And she also has some of his energy. She's something new. Something unpredictable. Dangerous."
Megan staggered back a step, as if the air had been punched out of her lungs. The weight of Artemis's words settled on her like a storm cloud crashing into her chest. Her mind spun. Her heart thudded so loud she could barely hear herself think.
"So you're saying…" she whispered, voice cracking as the horror of it took shape, "that they have to go too?" Her words rose in pitch, in pain. Her eyes flicked over Artemis's face, searching for some sign of hesitation, of regret. But there was none.
