Chapter 69 The Weight Of Choices

• Zeus's Point of View
• The quiet of the pack house felt foreign. Since Aphrodite’s departure, the atmosphere had shifted from bustling activity to a heavy silence that pressed down on me like an unwelcome shroud. Selene was beside me, her small form curled up on the couch, lost in her dreams, but my mind was racing, filled with the echoes of the past few days.
• I stared out of the large window, the moonlight spilling into the room like silver threads, illuminating the darkened corners of our home. The forest loomed just beyond the edge of our property, an expanse of shadows that felt alive, breathing and watching. I couldn’t shake the feeling that Aphrodite was out there, somewhere among the trees, a specter of my past haunting my present.