Chapter 33: I am Rhea

Sarah woke up with a start. She panted heavily as sweat drops ran down her forehead and throat. Her bulging eyes searched her surrounding only to find that she was in her room, awakened from a nightmare. Reaching shakily for the bedside table, she brought a glass close to her mouth and wet her dry lips and throat, as she raised herself against the headrest.

A month had passed since her encounter with Hades. She took her time to recover and strengthen herself to control her core, but when she slept she kept recalling her near death experience. The feeling of the immense power of darkness surging into her with a mad blow was something she simply could not forget. Even though she did not die, she knew that she could have. The pain was real, the drifting away from life was very real. The only peaceful moment in all of that was when she woke up in her death trance and spoke to the Queen.