“We didn’t have a choice. We were transported here against our will because one of our gods is under attack. He is going to cease to exist if we don’t stop it. So, no, I don’t give a fuck. We aren’t supposed to be here. We need to go home. Now,” Jayden says.
“You’re like the others,” the man in front of Greyson says, furrowing his brow.
“What others?” I ask. “Where are they?”
A woman steps out from the trees. She’s beautiful with green hair the color of moss. She reminds me of a dryad only not like a tree. She has pointed ears like the others. Dryads don’t have pointed ears. They are treelike, though.
This woman most definitely isn’t treelike. “What’s happening here, Axel?”
“Oh, wise one,” he says, bowing at the waist. “These people who say they are Olympians have trespassed on our borders we were investigating.”
I lunge forward, magic crackling at my palms in warning. He dares tell her that we trespassed and they were just investigating?
“Convenient how you left out the parts where you actively threatened us for being dropped into a realm we have no idea about,” I snarl.
“You are on the edge of control,” the woman says to me.
“He injured my mate. I want retribution.” I glare at the male.
“It was but a scratch, the female is overreacting.” The man shrugs.
I lunge for him but Jayden’s shadows catch me and caress my arms and shoulder in an attempt to calm me. I glare at him but he shakes his head.
“He calls me that again and I will unleash the full force of my gods touched power on him. I’m a woman. I’m not a female beneath his misogynistic ass.” I glare between him, Jayden, and the newcomer.
“I have told you lot that other realms may take offense to that term,” the woman says, shaking her head. “They’re so locked in the past they have no idea women want to be viewed as strong and not cherished and protected at all costs.”
“We protect ourselves and the ones we love,” Raven says with a glare. “Even if we are women.”
“I understand,” the woman with the pink and silver hair nods. “If I had been brought up the same, I would be angry too.”
“You’re the first reasonable person we’ve encountered since we were dumped here.” I raise a brow at the woman.
“You’re not like the others who have appeared here.” She eyes me.
“Others? How many people came here from our realm? Where are they?” I ask rapid fire.
“You really are a warrior?” the woman asks, ignoring all my questions.
“She is.” Jayden wraps his arm around me. “She’s the best of us.”
“I don’t know that I would go that far,” I say.
“Okay, you and Raven are the best of us.” Jayden shrugs.
“Whatever. You didn’t answer my questions.” I plant my hands on my hips. “Where are the humans?”
“We have kept them safe but why are you worried about them when you have a greater journey to take?”
“They are lost and probably terrified. They need to be in their own realm,” I say.
“There is no way back for them,” she says, cryptic.
I glance behind me at Adrian who shakes his head. She’s telling the truth. There is no way to send the humans back right now. Well, shit. I can’t fucking leave them. That would be horrible.
“Why can’t they go home?” I ask Adrian.
“I can’t say, but Hermes will fix it once we’ve completed our mission,” Adrian says.
