Astrid clenched her fists so tightly that her nails dug into her palms. Anger burned inside her as she watched what was happening in Ares’s office. She could clearly see how Winona wrapped her arms around Ares, and how he pulled her close in return.

It felt like a knife twisting in her chest. For years, she had worked hard to rebuild her image in front of Ares after what happened with Hades, only for someone like Winona to ruin everything in an instant.

She stepped back from the door before ...