Chapter 54 A Promise Kept

• Aphrodite's Point of View
• The moment the guards announced that Zeus was returned, my heart leapt into my throat. The past week had been unbearable, with every tick of the clock stretching my nerves tighter and tighter. I'd tried to be strong, but with each passing day, a gnawing fear that something terrible had happened had settled into my chest.
• "He's back," the guard had said, his voice steady but his face betraying the weight of his news. "The Alpha has returned, but. he's wounded."