Chapter 61 Fractured Loyalties

• Aphrodite's Point of View
• Zeus’s words lingered in the air, as heavy as a storm cloud, and I felt a sudden chill snake down my spine. “They’re still my parents, Zeus,” I whispered, fighting to keep my voice steady. “Yes, they may have hurt me, may have treated me like an outcast, but… they’re all I had. They are family.”
• Zeus clenched his jaw, his hands tightening on the steering wheel. “Family?” he scoffed. “The same family who locked you up for something you couldn’t control? Who treated you like you were cursed?” His gaze was hard, unyielding. “I don’t understand why you would want anything to do with them.”