“Walk in peace, Hecate, Mother of Witches.”
“Walk in peace,” I replied, and we went our separate ways.
Greece 500 AD
I’d given Hec a few centuries head start before I truly began to chase her. To be honest, I’d had my hands full dealing with Ares. He was pretty hellbent on catching Hecate before I did, so I needed to spend more time than I would have liked keeping him away from her.
Happily, he’d recently disappeared without a trace. I was stalking him through Egypt when he suddenly just… vanished.
Suspicious as it was, especially considering he wasn’t the only god that had gone missing, it wasn’t really any concern of mine.
I didn’t care what was happening to the vanishing gods and goddesses. As long as Lilith was safe in Hell with Ramel, I was happy.
Speaking of my two favorite people, I’d popped into Hell briefly to visit Lilith and Ramel. Every few hundred years or so, I like to check in on them and help Ramel fuck Lilith’s brains out.
However, I never stayed for too long. I always got this anxious feeling in my chest, like I was supposed to be looking for someone.
So, after a few years, I headed back to Earth to finally give my game with Hec the attentionit deserved.
Imagine my disappointment when I found she had been sopredictableas to flee back to her homeland. Greece.
Boring.
She must have had some sort of magical alarm system installed at the borders because as soon as I manifested, I felt her energy flicker as she rushed to the border.
I grinned, following the bright, lively spot of energy that marked her movements. My hellcats swarmed around me, their little hellish noses twitching as they helped me hunt her down.
Almost leisurely, I prowled through the streets of Athens with my hands in my pockets, reveling in the anarchy that was erupting around me.
Humans were burning temples, capturing each other, and publicly flogging Pagan priests with gusto.
As much as I hated Yahweh and his followers, he had already taken everything I loved from me, so I simply allowed myself to enjoy the brutality of his invasion for what it was.
Chaos.
I caught up to Hecate at the border of Athens. She stood at a crossroads, waiting for me beneath a velvety sky full of stars, and I cocked my head to the side.
Why wasn’t she running?
“Took you longer than I expected, Shemhazai.”
I narrowed my eyes. My full name rolling off her lips made me cringe. Flashbacks of Raz using my full name to reprimand me for failing histeststhreatened to take over, and my hellcats hissed in agitation.
I only allowed my family to use my full name, and even then, I preferred Shem or Hazai.
To her credit, she noticed my flinch, and despite the fact that I was hunting her, I liked her. I think she liked me too.
“I had some things to take care of,” I purred, glancing around us, taking in the rugged Greek landscape that surrounded us. “After a few centuries head start, I didn’t expect you to be sopredictable.Greece, Hec? Really?”
She smirked and shrugged. “I came to meet an old friend.”
I took a lazy step closer, and my hellcats flowed around her, encasing her in a shadowy ring of purring felines.
Her gaze darted around, but instead of balking at the fact that I’d trapped her, her smile grew.
My heart fluttered in excitement.
What are you planning, little witch?
