Chapter One Hundred And Two

Celeste's POV

"Where is Theseus?" Zeus bellows towards me as I walk the grand hall of his house.

He hasn't seen me yet, but he knows Theseus chose to stay.

I've put off coming home long enough. I left it to the last minute, which was the worst thing to do, but I had to bide myself some time to think about how I handled this inevitable meeting.

I failed his assignment and was unable to bring my wayward husband home, yet in the face of it, Theseus is doing the right thing.

Lilith has long since needed one of us to stand up and be the parents we agreed to be the day we laid down in my bed to make her.

In life, there are many contracts you'll sign. Physical ones where your name is on the dotted line, and Proverbial ones where you talk about doing something that makes you stick out like a sore thumb. And then there are the genetic ones, the ones that many people do not think about until they have that damn little baby in their hands. They realise they've just signed their life away whils