“To face the Titans means to do battle against one of our own.”
Prue shook her head, but beside her, Mona went still as death, her eyes wide. “What are you talking about?” Prue asked.
The siren’s voice was somber. “One of the Titans has used dark magic to alter his body. He has taken the form of a siren.”
ABOMINATION
TRIVIA
“Do you hear that?”
Trivia blinked sleepily as she curled into Sol’s warm chest. Her eyes were closed, and she wanted to fall back into the beauty of unconsciousness.
But then, she heard it, too.
A distant rumbling, like a volcano.
Her eyes flew open, and she sat up. Gaia’s cloak was still wrapped around her. The early rays of dawn peeked over the horizon, but they were masked by a strange fog that had settled over the ground.
Gaia was nowhere to be found.
Sol was sitting up, too, his brows furrowed as he stared at something in the distance.
“What do you think it is?” Trivia asked.
Sol shook his head, frowning. “There was something… off about the sun as it rose. It didn’t feel natural.” He cast a worried glance at her. “I think someone is meddling with powers they shouldn’t.”
“The Titans?”
Sol’s grim silence was answer enough.
Trivia stood, then pulled on her trousers and fastened Gaia’s cloak around her front. “My mother still hasn’t returned. Something is definitely wrong.” She bit her lip, considering. If something was powerful enough to deter the Goddess of Earth, then what chance did Sol and Trivia have?
A resoundingboomshook the earth, making the ground tremble. Trivia yelped, thrown off balance. Sol caught her before she fell, keeping her steady. The two of them crouched to the ground, huddling close together. The quaking intensified. Cracks split the earth, opening wide. Trivia and Sol staggered backward, narrowly avoiding getting swallowed up by a massive crevice. It seemed as if the very earth were slicing in two.
Trivia ducked her head, and Sol braced his arms around her, shielding her. She crammed her eyes shut, holding her breath as she waited for death to consume her…
Then, it stopped. The air stilled. Panting, Trivia hesitantly peered around Sol’s arms to find the air thick with dust that mingled with fog. Jagged fissures covered the once smooth ground, some thin and others large enough for Trivia to fall into.
Trivia was clinging to Sol’s tunic, her whole body shaking. “Do—Do you think it’s the same creature that destroyed the witch coven?”
Sol said nothing. A muscle feathered in his jaw, and hisnostrils flared as he squinted in the distance. Trivia followed his gaze, noting that the fog seemed the most dense about a mile to the east.
The crevices also seemed to widen in that direction as well.
Sol and Trivia exchanged a significant look. It was clear what direction they needed to go.
“Should we wait for Gaia?” Sol asked quietly.
Trivia shook her head. “She would have been back by now. I’d wager that something took her. And it’s waiting for us down there.” She pointed to the swirling mist that seemed to coil in the air as if it were alive.
Sol helped her to her feet. Hand-in-hand, they strode toward the fog, dodging craters and fissures along their way.
When a high-pitched screech pierced the air, they both stiffened.
Trivia squeezed Sol’s hand. “What do you—” She froze as she heard her mother’s voice echoing.
“Trivia! Daughter, help me. Please!”
