“You stabbed my godsdamn son to get me down here.” Malamay tried to change the topic to something else.
“You think I enjoyed stabbing the man I love?” I actually didn’t feel bad about it, which I knew was not okay. I was losing myself more and more. This needed to end before I got to a point of no return.
“How?” Haden finally uttered a word.
Both of them rubbed the back of their necks at the same time, and I couldn’t help the smile tugging at my lips.
“Your father is a star,” I answered. “Apparently that is what all dead gods become.”
“No, not all," Malamay corrected me. “Only the ones who choose.”
More like the oneshechose. The others were forced to be reborn—gods don't die for good unless they want to. Haden began pacing around, and he was muttering something. Thea and Cassius were staring open-mouthed. Ezra panicked and bowed at Malamay.
“Get up, Ezra, we aren’t fucking royalty.” Malamay sighed with a hint of disappointment.
“Where is my mother?” Haden looked at his father.
Oh, that was a good question. I wanted to know this too. That fucking bitch better be in the stars still, or I might gut her now. I turned to look at the other two cloaked figures.
“She is in the heavens with me, but she is not allowed to be a star.”
“So, you two are together, happy?” Haden asked.
Malamay sighed with relief. Apparently, he had expected a different reaction.
“Yes,” he said with a smile.
Haden’s face fell into pure rage.
“You motherfucker,” Haden charged at his father, tackling him to the ground. He straddled Malamay and punched him. But Malamay got a good swing on Haden, knocking him off of him. Malamay stood up and wiped blood from his mouth.
“Haden.” He lifted his hand. “I know you’re upset.”
“You and thatwoman…cursed me, made me a fucking villain. I have been fighting my entire existence, and you two are in the heavens living happily.”
Malamay opened his mouth to speak but shut it. He knew he had no retort for that one. Malamay looked at me before sighing.Go ahead and tell him that you are not happy with Diath.
“You are on the verge of not being my favorite goddess.” He pointed at me with a warning in his voice when I laughed.
“I think I will be fine if I am not in your good graces, Malamay,” I sneered.
Haden looked at me oddly.
“You are the leader of the stars?” he asked his father. Malamay nodded. “Brim said you had a soft spot for Della.”
Malamay smirked at Haden. “How could I not?”
He was leaving out the part that I was helping his children escape Hell. Haden stared at me and must have seen that I was not shocked by any of this.
“You knew all of this?”
“Yes. Although I just figured out recently that your father was a star.” I lied so Malamay didn’t know that I knew more than he thought I did. I knew this the entire time. I helped decide his fate, and I really fucking regretted it. Now, it was my duty to make sure the stars were punished for my kindness all those years ago.
Haden’s eyes flashed red, and he looked back at his father.
“You told her to bring Remiah back?” he asked.
Malamay backed away from Haden.
