"I do but it's not my destiny to defeat Pandora. Sadly.""You're not the greatest?""Nope." He shrugged indifferently. "You are."He paled. He wasn't even an A-level awakener. "How so? I can't be the greatest."Ares wrote in mid air using light on his finger. "Maks. The Greatest. Anderson. Son of Andrew or Man. Whatever. It's you. He said....They gazed at him like he had just lost touch with reality. He hoped so too but the answer was clear. Maybe Ares was just playing with his mind."No, that's not possible.""I thought Ares was only trying to kill you because he disapproved of us." Harley said.He smiled sadly at her. "Me too, but like he said. Nothing personal_" He muffled when Harley cried holding on to him as tightly as possible. He couldn't even give her an assurance as much as he wanted to."I'm sorry, Jack." Darragh said sadly."It has to be this way." He said."You're insane!" Sam roared."No, I'm not, it's not really a coincidence either. I have to accept my fate. I have t

"Maks, I leave two choices. You bow before me, serve me, rule by my side as a minor god. Or fall by my hand and suffer with your friends."She landed on the black and white checkered floor like a chessboard.His corneas were purple at her hypnotic voice. He didn't want Harley to die in vain. All the Awakeners fought for them. Of course he would make it count. But if he was a god, they could live too. She mentioned that. He couldn't defeat her because he wasn't strong enough.Maks made a motion to bow, Artemis was watching, she realised that he was preparing to lung, he lunged at her and she whacked him with her staff. She kneed him in the gut and tossed him over a bridge. "How predictable."She whacked Maks to the side. "I should have known you would reject me like this! I wanted nothing more to do with Long, she only used me as a tool to bring Ares to godhood."He stepped up and drew power from her. She grabbed his head tossing him down. Maks mustered more power and he grabbed h

Maks cried clutching her close. Ares stepped back. Elektra held Artemis's hand. A white dragon with a sea-blue fin-like crown around her face and white hair arrived. She morphed into a woman in a white toga and bare feet."Fei." Ares said to her and the woman drifted to Maks who glanced at her.All she saw was that little boy who waited all night hoping for his mother to come home. His inner child was blooming again."My dear boy, be positive.""She's dead. How can I be?""Yes but the world is safer now." She pointed at the blue sky and his friends all still standing."I suppose I made a mistake making a mortal a guardian to the gates of hell. But I do it to teach a certain stubborn young man a lesson."Ares's lips pursed. Two patches of rouge appeared on his face."There is no way, a mortal can handle such a responsibility. I admire her bravery.""Don't we all?""I have one wish. I could make you a god of wildlife. You can protect these creatures for me.""No, I can't be one after

Maks froze at the crowd watching him. What if one of these people saw him in public next week?Harley sat back at their table urging him to start. He could make eye contact with anyone. "It's just a song. She said. "It's basic but just picture everyone in their underwear.""Not a problem with that." He muttered to her.He gulped looking at the teleprompter. [ Please no ] "Come on!"He got a guitar, he actually had lessons from Irma. "Okay..."They laughed when he almost dropped it. He sang and a woman clutched her friend's hand. He had been receiving positive reactions but Harley was busy typing on her phone crossing her legs. He pulled her out and she cleared her throat as they got the spotlight. He pranced about whirling her to a chair. He was surprised when she dramatized the lyrics putting him in the spotlight. She was surprised how he sang really well and she circled his chair sensually. He could barely focus on singing.Harley looked shocked at him and so did he. She cle

Dom was so pleased that he won his girl over just in a matter of nights. His plan was Chef's Kiss."I don't have much time. I'll have to go." He leapt on his scooter and zoomed off."Ah let em off, he's good for nothing." He held her shoulder.He coughed at the fumes and he strained at the uncomfortable feeling in his lungs."Fuck you!" A driver said after trying to ram him off his scooter."You're fired." The owner told him. "How can you go there on record time and still not receive any money? What is this a charity?""It didn't occur to me." Maks said."Lord God, you are so dumb! On the first day. Get out, out!" He just let his emotions blind him. He didn't want to do anything else today. The workers laughed at him.The manager from his other job called."Since your partner is not showing up. I have a new one who can you know create a better synergy. Since you came, my costumers have been blooming."He couldn't go but he had to do it for the money. "You're not going to regret it,