Gods Save the Princess (Grace of Gods Book 2) Read Online Free Page B

still need to experience things as mortals in order for the celestial union to occur. It’s their destiny.”
    Now destiny was a concept I, finally, understood.
    “Was... My uncle my destiny?”
    Atlas looked up at me and frowned, torn between giving me the truth and protecting me. It was a look my father had familiarised me with. “Have you read the book then?”
    He changed the subject, leaving me unsure if I should be angry or grateful for that.
    “I did, and I did some research on the computer. I have a few questions.”
    He nodded and stood up, “I’ll be happy to answer them so long as I can. Let’s go somewhere more comfortable though.” He waved his hand and suddenly the room around us changed completely. No longer were we in an office, but a comfy waiting room. The seat I had been about to sit on turned into a couch I was more than happy to flop onto while Atlas’ desk disappeared and he was sitting in a lounge chair.
    “So, ask away.” He smiled at me in a friendly enough way that momentarily I didn’t feel embarrassed for my belief or disbelief. I wasn’t sure which one made me more uncomfortable.
    “I read about the Greek Gods... And say I believe you, about me being one – which am I supposed to be?”
    “That, unfortunately, I can’t tell you. Part of the experience, part of experiencing things that are important to your Goddess, is that you learn at your own pace who you are. It allows for a strong connection to be made between yourself and your Goddess while also giving you a chance to slowly come to terms with what is happening around you. Some people will develop their awareness, everything seemingly coming at once, while others will take their time and come into their own at a moderate pace.”
    “Oh, okay.” I said with a small frown. It seemed like a convenient answer that he didn’t actually know who my Goddess was. “Well, what is this place then?”
    “This is Mount Olympus, restored... Modernised, mostly. I wanted to pay tribute to the great beauty it once was but I also wanted to make it easy for your modern vessels to accommodate to coming here. If it were to be completely as it once was you might find it... archaic.”
    “Yes, I think so too...” I agreed thoughtfully before looking over at him. “You must be old as well then if you’ve been around since... Well, since the first time there were Greek Gods.” He nodded with a small chuckle, unfazed by being called old.
    “Yes. I am a few millennia old. I have seen many things in my lifetime.”
    “Will you ever die – will I ever die?”
    Atlas nodded his head slowly, “it is possible for me to die but it is very difficult and if someone were to do it they would have to be very committed to killing me. But it is still possible, no one is entirely immortal.”
    I nodded and then arched an eyebrow, silently probing for the answer to my second question.
    “You can still die as well, as you could when you were mortal. Since you haven’t united with your Goddess yet, for all intensive purposes, you are still mortal. You will be mortal until the whole process is complete I’m afraid. There will be changes you’ll find, such as the ability to heal. That being said though: you can’t chop off your hand and expect it to grow back. But if you were to get, say, a paper cut, it would heal itself faster than the average human. You will also not get sick anymore. But if someone used magic to hurt you, you would not heal. You can be shot, stabbed, electrocuted, drowned, hung, and killed in every other way you can imagine and this would be effective until you have completed your change into your immortal body.”
    “How will I know the change has happened?”
    “That is something you will feel, I cannot explain it to you – of course – because I have never experienced it. But the spell Zeus cast before going to sleep ensured that the process of uniting would be smooth and the vessel would know what was happening.”
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