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couldn’t move.
    He could blink, that was the extent of his mobility . He felt the sharpened knife pierce his body and felt the pain as it skidded across his skin in a triangular shape. The agony from the scalpel’s slicing caused a sound to come from Garrick that he didn’t recognize. As soon as the cutting stopped he inhaled quickly, gasping for the air he desperately needed. The scientist then picked something off of him, and although he couldn’t move, he was able to see as a piece of his flesh was handed over to a female nurse. She took it and scurried off in a direction he couldn’t see.
    “Oh, you’re awake then. Very good.” The scientist hunched over Garrick’s stomach, dabbing it with an alcohol swab. “Do you know how valuable your blood is? We’re learning a lot.”
    Garrick could only hope that the “fuck you” he was thinking was obvious on his face.
    It was apparently because the guy pulled back slightly. “That’s good news for you. It means you have more time.” He leaned in closer then, his gaze connecting with Garrick’s and finally giving his eyes the break they needed from the bright light. “Oh yes. I am sorry, but you are quite difficult to work on. Even in your sleep you were trying to fight me and we just can’t have that , you understand. We had to immobilize you.”
    This time Garrick grunted his “fuck you” and the scientist laughed with mirth. “Yes, well, I’m afraid I am not into that sort of thing, but I do hear that Boris quite enjoys the company of men. And from what I hear you have made quite an impression on him. I’ll be sure to pass your interests along to him .” He looked up then, snapping his gloved fingers and gesturing toward Garrick. Two men appeared, one on each side of him , and lifted him off the table.
    They carried him between them, following long, winding hallways. Garrick could only stare at the ground, unable to even lift his head. When they finally dumped him in his cell, he was forced to remain in the position they left him, still unable to move in the slightest.
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    Ally walked through her new house, still shocked that it was all hers. Her father had given it to her as a gift for her ascension to godhood.
    She still couldn’t believe it. She was a goddess. And the parents she’d known and loved weren’t actually her parents, just two people manifested to raise her in an attempt to keep her hidden. She had loved her parents though—still did, and always would, in fact—even though they no longer existed. As it turned out though, she had known her real father all along. Her uncle Pha nes—or Eros as he was called more commonly —hadn’t been her uncle at all. He was a god, and not only a god, but the first god. T he Protogonos. And her mom, well she was a goddess, too. The Goddess of Treasure who’d been so desperate to keep Ally hidden from her enemy that she’d been the one to create the humans who’d raised her.
    She reached the bottom of the staircase, holding the banister tightly as she spun off the bottom stair. Three figures traced into her entryway, causing Ally to yelp. “Oh, Jesus,” she squeaked, eyeing the three robed women she’d met only days ago. “What are you doing here, trying to scare me half to death?”
    The eerie voices laughed. W ithout being able to see their faces, it just made them all the creepier. The Fates had shown up when she was at Unitas, the temple she’d been whisked away to once she found out she was a goddess. They had triggered one of the most terrifying and miraculous experiences of her entire life. She’d ascended because of them, and a part of her would be eternally grateful for kick-starting that for her.
    Looping her hair behind her ear, she said, “Sorry, I didn’t mean to talk to you like that.” Now she felt stupid. These three ladies inspired fear in countless gods, including some of the most powerful gods ever to exist.
    “Fear not, Alaina. We’ve come to help with the