Chapter 41

ARTEMIS POV

We walked back to the pack house chatting while Aidan continued to work with his newfound powers. I quickly greeted everyone and came back home, my mother and I were due for a chat, so instead of calling out to her I felt for my tether to the Moon Goddess realm and opened a portal. My mother was sitting in front of the fountain of life, “I see you’ve come to get answers.”

“I think it’s only fair since I’ve had to figure things out on my own.” She nods, “what do you want to know?”

“Why Ares? Mom, I was devastated when he left, I remember it now.”

“Yes, now! And you were devastated, but you were reborn and had a chance to start over from scratch. Now why Ares? Aidan gave you that answer, I swear everyday he impresses me more and more.”

“Mom!” I shout.

“Ares is powerful enough to contain the shadows after all they belong to him. They are the evil souls he’s killed. Hades uses them to try and break him, but Ares is a lot stronger than what Hades gives him credit for.”

“So, you