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The fight grew intense, and Elyse wielded her weapon. X ducked and kicked her in the gut, then unleashed another round of magic, slamming into her. She grunted and withdrew a few steps, but she never fell. She wasn’t handling her new magic very well. I moved out, staying at her side, mimicking her movements. I’d trained with her a couple of times and was familiar with her routines, the rhythm she found, the way she jumped from one side to the other before doubling back. We were a team, fighting X together. Apollo attacked from the side, his bright energy colliding into X, but we weren’t bringing him down.
When Poseidon realized we weren’t winning, he made sure that Catina was out of the way before he jumped in and fought alongside us, too. All three of us and Elyse stood together, fighting X as one.
The unity should have had an effect, just like the powerful strength we generated when the three of us touched. Our ability should have grown, become stronger than X, overpowered him. But somehow, we still failed. We stood together, and we fought hard, but it wasn’t having much of an impact.
This was what I did best. I was the God of War—I loved to battle. When in combat, no matter the cause, I was happiest. Partly because I knew I was good at it, and partly because I usually won.
But this time, we’d lose. The knowledge hit me square in the chest, and spilled cold sensation right through me.
X laughed, his fiery eyes locked on mine. “It doesn’t matter where you are, God of War, your mind will always be your worst enemy. The moment you believe you’ve lost, you already have.”
No, he was wrong. This wasn’t the end. It couldn’t be. Because if it were the end, Elyse and Catina would die. The three gods would go back empty-handed, and that would only kill us on the inside.
“Of course,” he added with a chuckle. “Even if you think you’ll win, you won’t. You’re on my turf now, and what I say goes. This is the Underworld. This is where Death rules.”
