Only Dad would call the formidable archangel queen a delicate flower. Perhaps that was why Mom had an eye for him and even had a child with him.
“Don’t you dare look at her like that, Cronus,” Hyperion roared, his foot stomping Cronus’s knee. “You pig!”
Cronus staggered, but he tore his gaze from Lilith and charged Hyperion. They resumed slashing at each other.
While I thought Mom was trying to seduce the enemies to death on the battlefield as the Queen of Succubi, a pair of silver wings dusted with a golden lining shot out of her back, and an angelblade in her hand sparked hungry crimson light.
Mom found me in the fray, and launched into the air with a grin. Halfway to me, she suddenly changed direction in midair.
While Ares cocked his head to see Lilith better, Héctor thrust his blade into the war god’s chest. At the same time, Mom swung her angelblade wide, faster than sin, and a head rolled on the ground, its amber eyes wide open in utter shock.
Ares, the infamous God of War, was dead.
“That’s how I repay anyone who hurts my little girl.” Mom smiled sweetly, completely at odds with the vengeance in her tone. “I never forgive.”
CHAPTER 17
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The King of Gods roared in grief and rage, waking up from a shocked haze.
Lightning struck the ground and the domes with vicious force, while thunder rolled across the battle-red sky. Storms seethed on the horizon, heaving toward us.
My mates bellow their battle cries, their combined powers forming a shield over us.
I wiped the sweat on my brows with my free hand and stole a glance at Axel. His amber eyes iced over. A muscle twitched in his tightened jaw. He shook a lock of hair out of the corner of his eye and sliced his sword toward a Titan who tried to get to me.
“Control yourself, brother,” Hades called. “If you use any more of your energy, the abomination will beat us!”
“The demon queen killed my son,” Zeus bawled, tears and lightning shooting out of his eyes.
“I feel your pain, brother,” Poseidon said. “But you need to rein it in. The Hell spawn is gaining on us. Your emotional pain will open a crack for her to exploit, and she’ll light us up with her unholy flame. The hybrid is even stronger than a pureblood Titan!”
“The demon harlot and Hade’s heir killed my favorite son!” Zeus repeated in a great distress.
Lilith laughed chilly, silver fire dancing in her eyes. “Your son was lucky to die a quick death. For what he did to my daughter, I should have sliced open his bones, gutted him, and played with his innards before I ate his black heart while he watched.”
That was indeed one demon queen. How she must have raged in her spyglass room, unable to do anything when Lucifer and Ares cut me open inch by inch in search of my Living Flame.
“I’ll fry your abomination daughter and burn her to dirt before I take your head, demon harlot,” Zeus said.
“Right, you impotent prick.” Lilith laughed more. “Come to Momma and see how I’ll spank you.” She was baiting him.
“Hang on, Zeus,” Hades shouted again. “We’re almost there. We just need a bit more time to drain her, and the victory will be ours.”
Héctor spread his wings, flew up toward the gods, and swept his blade toward Zeus, totally mimicking Mom, as he realized that the gods couldn’t divide powers while they engaged with me so heavily.
The rim where my Flame and the gods’ lightning, ice, wind, and death light collided had created a blazing vortex. Everyone tried to stay as far away from it as possible.
But my Héctor was brave and ruthless.
The tip of his blade bounced off an unseen force field and bent out of shape. Rains of sparks fell from the edge of the force field. Héctor hacked at the shield again and again, but he couldn’t bring it down.
The original gods were the most formidable force in the universe when they merged their powers, until I came along. No wonder they wanted to eliminate me.
Poseidon sneered at Héctor. “Child, wait another eon and try again.”
Three Titan minions rushed Héctor.