Starcrossed (Starcrossed 1)

?Apollo made a deal with the Three Fates,? she said, half distracted

by some darker thought. ?He offered them something they

couldn?t have without him. A baby girl. He swore on the River Styx

to give them offspring, and in return they swore never to cut his

string of life. From that day on, Apollo got his immortality, and

every generation one girl who is descended from him belongs to

the Fates. She?s their spiritual daughter, and occasionally she can

see what her mothers have in store for the world.?

Cassandra was stalling, Helen realized. Whatever she was planning

to do unsettled her, but even though she seemed uncertain,

she continued to close in. As she did, light started to dance backward

into her skin, and her eyes and teeth glowed with the vaguely

purple hue of black light. Helen knew that she was older, larger,

and stronger than Cassandra, but she also knew she was still the

one in danger. Cassandra was not the only being inside that tiny

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body. She was being visited and maybe even partially controlled by

the Three Fates.

Helen watched as Cassandra cut off her exit. Helen could always

fly away, now that she knew how to get airborne, but she wasn?t

sure if she could control her flight once she was aloft. She also

didn?t know how to land without Lucas holding her hand. But right

now she was more afraid of the Oracle with the sword than she was

of falling out of the sky. Helen was about to take her chances with

flight when Cassandra?s demeanor suddenly changed. She went

from being the dark, fiery messenger of the Fates to being a very

vulnerable young girl.

?I saw something, Helen,? she said desperately. ?Then I saw it

again, and again. I?ve been so ashamed and frightened that I

haven?t told anyone else what I saw. And I am so sorry if I?m