Prologue

She woke to darkness surrounding her and only the starry sky as her covering. She moved her hands to the ground and felt sand against her palms as a strand of her white blonde hair fell into her face. 'Where am I?' she thought before she felt the presence of someone she knew and didn't want to see.

"Savitar," She groaned sitting up slowly to see him perched on a rock to her left. He smiled at her and stood up at the same time she did. She couldn't think of why he would treat her like this until she looked down to see the greek chiton Artemis had put her in. She would never wear it unless she was forced to and it was just cruel to wake up like that.

"You look nice Aikaterina. Artemis does have a sense of humor, doesn't she," He asked circling her to get a better look before she shifted into her usual completely leather outfit.

"My name is Katrina not Aikaterina. I hate the name my mother gave me. You should remember that bozo. Artie may think she's funny, but I'm going to kick her ass when I see her again. Why are we here? Where Is here?" She asked turning to face him and he shook his head cocky grin still in place.

"This is the shore of Greece, the one closest to Atlantis," he informed her while she looked around remembering the cliffs and the sandy beach where her mother had her brother entertain her so many times when she was younger. She realized now that her mother hadn't wanted to see her, because she saw her dead husband Archon in little Katrina. "Oh, now you remember, Paidaki , he set his chin on the top of his staff and watched her expression change from thoughtful to full on anger. She turned on him skin mottling purple and white, which he hadn't seen before.

"Why would she put me here?! Why would Artemis kindle my wrath against my mo-... Aribella, she wasn't the one to betray me this time..." Then it clicked Aribella had already tried to get rid of her once, but Acheron got in her way at every turn. Since Katrina was out of his house and on her own Aribella saw her chance, but knowing that Katrina would sense her, she hired someone else do her dirty work. Jerald Melborne was the one to land the killing blow, but it had been Aribella's plan.

"Good for you, you figured it out. You've gotten smarter Paidaki," He complimented still using the pet name she hated. She swung her arm toward his face, hand balled into a fist and landed a solid punch to his cheek. He tried a counter attack with his staff, but she grabbed onto the end with both hands shoving him back against the cliff.

"I'm not a child anymore! I'm not small either and I can kick your ass anytime I want so stop playing head games with me," she spat back while removing one hand and punching him in the gut knocking the breath out of him. He fell to his knees on the sand grabbing for her as she jumped back.

"You are a bitch just like your mother," he remarked as he put his staff on the ground using it to help him stand back up. She stood with her legs wide, arms up shielding her face which showed him that she'd been trained in street fighting and martial arts. He shook his head in defeat and put up his hands in surrender letting his staff disappear. "You win, Ai… Katrina. I'm not here to play games. I'm here to inform you that all your powers still work and that your subservience to Artemis is only because she tricked you," the moment He said it her eyes burned with rage and she heard a calm voice in her mind.

'AiKaterina, Calm down child,' it was the voice of Apollymi and one of the many reasons Katrina loved being in this particular spot when she was little. She'd come here many times when she was frustrated and needed a companion, but since she met Jerald she hadn't been back.

"Apollymi, I'm not in the mood. Please don't push it," She spoke aloud as Savitar looked out at the sea looking at where the old city of Atlantis once stood. Katrina wished it was still there. She wished she'd have gotten to see it again before Apollymi sank it, but she only remembered seeing it burn as it sank into the ocean where it now sat for eternity.

'Love, I can feel your hate. Why not take your revenge on the puny red headed goddess? Your power's are stronger than hers,' Apollymi's voice spoke trying to sooth her, but it only made her anger burn hotter.

"Apollymi, leave her be. She needs time to think and get over all of this," the Chthonian argued and Apollymi's anger rose like a heat across the ocean.

'No, you stay out of this, Savitar. You've no right to stop me,' She shot back as the waves crashed on the shore and Katrina felt her head ache.

"As a Chthonian, I have every right to make sure she doesn't release you or bring the end of the world. You know that better than anyone Apollymi," he refuted as Katrina turned to the sea and balled her fists.

'There isn't much you can do to stop the end of the world Savitar. It's been prophesied,' she retorted and Katrina growled her face contorting, because she had enough of their bickering.

"Leave me, both of you. Please, just let me think and tell me where Artemis wants me," Katrina yelled at them which stunned them both speechless. Savitar turned to her as Katrina's eyes filled with a depth that comes with rage, depression, and too many thoughts. It was a feeling Savitar could understand and relate to, but there was something that combatted it.

He felt this need to touch her skin, if only to run his hand across it and it baffled him. Katrina felt his desire and she hated how all men looked at her with that same lust in their eyes. It was part of the curse she assumed her mother had said over her as a child, just to spite her.

"Artemis wants you in San Francisco at the moment. There's something going on in New Orleans so she's moving the hunter from San Francisco there to help them, since you don't want to go back there," He began taking a step toward her, but she stepped back into the surf and he froze.

"I'll go as soon as I sort out some issues," she replied before she flashed from the beach and out of reach.