Goddess Secret by M. W. Muse Read Free Book Online Page B

know the lightning symbolizes my father’s love.”
    “Do you remember what you told me when you discovered the meaning behind the lightning?” Lissa asked with another peculiar look on her face.
    “Yes. I said the lightning bolt was Zeus’s symbol, and that I inherited that ability from him.”
    Lissa nodded with the same cautious expression like the last time Legacy had told her this. She figured then that Lissa knew more, but wasn’t going to tell her. Legacy guessed her guardian wanted her to figure this out on her own too.
    “I’m missing something about the lightning,” Legacy mumbled. That’s where the connection had to be. But what was it?
    “What do you think?”
    “Hmmmm…I’m supposed to be a powerful goddess when I ascend. Since I was created in the likeness of Persephone, I should acquire her abilities.”
    “Go on.”
    “I don’t have anything else to add. If there’s more, then I think you need you to spell it out for me.”
    “No. You can do it. If you can’t then it’s not time.”
    Huh ? “I know the lightning has to mean something.” And with the feeling of some unexpected external force, she gasped. She didn’t need Lissa to explain after all. Legacy did know. She knew all along. She really did understand the full meaning of her change. It just hadn’t clicked before now. “I’m not just acquiring all of Persephone’s abilities.” She didn’t ask Lissa. She was telling her. She had absolutely no doubt.
    Lissa just smiled.
    “River told me that every now and then a new god is created with the pure abilities of the original god instead of several muted abilities from the gene pool, and that his mother believed Demeter created such a god in me.”
    Lissa stared at her, keeping her smile on her face.
    “But that’s not entirely true.”
    Lissa smiled wider, and Legacy kept going.
    “Persephone herself had a combination of earthly powers that were predominately acquired from Demeter, so even though Persephone was an original pure god, she too had muted abilities. She couldn’t create lightning, but I can. Which means I’m going to inherit everything . Not just all of Persephone’s abilities…but everything from both Demeter and Zeus.”
    “We believe so, yes.”
    “That’s why you stared at me when I casually mentioned inheriting the lightning ability from Zeus the last time we spoke about my dream.” Wow. Now she understood why Adin hadn’t wanted to tell her everything that he knew in the beginning. He wanted to help her figure things out, but he wanted her to be the one that put the pieces of the puzzle together. Just like Lissa had just done. Discovering this on her own made her feel powerful already.
    Lissa nodded.
    “So I’m going to be more powerful than the king of gods.” Amazing .
    “Yes. But the combined abilities of both Zeus and Demeter do not equal all the godly abilities out there. There are still going to be gods that can do things that you can’t. But with you being more powerful than Zeus, you can now understand the need to keep you safe. If another god destroys you before you ascend, that god will acquire your rightful powers—the equivalent of all Zeus’s powers and all Demeter’s powers—so you can imagine how tempting your destruction is to a vengeful god and how much more tempting you would be to Hades than what he already believes.”
    “Hades,” she mumbled, shaking her head.
    “You know Hades is one of the three gods that looks over the world. Zeus and Poseidon are the others. Hades only has to take you to the underworld to make you his, but he doesn’t have to take you in order to make you a queen like he did with Persephone. You’ll be a queen in your own right by acquiring Zeus’s abilities. If Hades takes you away, he’ll be able to control you, which means he could possess what Zeus currently controls, making Hades more powerful.”
    “And the only one left is Poseidon—River’s dad. Hades could find out a way to use