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right? And even though Athan’s father, Hermes, and Apollo had a lot of history, most of which was pretty bad, Athan hadn’t held it against Apollo. Overall, he had thought the god to be friendly, an ok guy, at least as far as gods went.
    Athan shook his head with disgust, and glanced at his watch. It had been just over an hour since Hope left. One hour. How could one hour make your world seem upside down?
    How on earth did she have a book about the Sphinx? How had Leto gotten it from the Moirae?
    He looked at his watch again, as if willing time to have passed, time that would bring Hope back. How long would it take her to cool off?
    Because she had to come back.
    She had to.

INDEX OF MYTHOLOGY FIGURES

    Aphrodite - Goddess of love, beauty, desire, and pleasure
    Apollo - God of light, music, arts, knowledge, healing, plague and darkness, prophecy, poetry, athleticism, manly beauty, and enlightenment
    Ares - God of war, bloodshed, and violence
    Artemis - Virgin goddess of the hunt, wilderness, animals, young girls, and childbirth
    Athena - Goddess of intelligence and skill, warfare, battle strategy, handicrafts, and wisdom
    Demeter -Goddess of grain, agriculture and the harvest, growth and nourishment
    Dionysus - God of wine, parties and festivals, madness, chaos, drunkenness, drugs, and ecstasy
    Eros - God of love and desire
    Hades - King of the underworld and the dead, and god of the earth’s hidden wealth, both agricultural produce and precious metals
    Hephaestus - Crippled god of fire, metalworking, and crafts
    Hera - Queen of the heavens and goddess of marriage, women, childbirth, heirs, kings, and empires
    Hermes - God of boundaries, travel, communication, trade, thievery, trickery, language, writing, diplomacy, and athletics
    Hestia - Virgin goddess of the hearth, home and chastity
    Leto - Titan Goddess of Motherhood
    Moirae - the Fates, The incarnation of destiny, namely: Clotho (spinner), Lachesis (allotter) and Atropos (inevitable)
    Persephone - Queen of the underworld, wife of Hades and goddess of spring growth
    Poseidon - God of the sea, rivers, floods, droughts, earthquakes, and the creator of horses
    Zeus - King of the gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus and the god of the sky, weather, thunder, lightning, law, order, and fate
    The Graeae - three ancient sea spirits who personified the white foam of the sea; they shared one eye and one tooth between them, by name: Deino, Enyo, and Pemphredo

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

    Here it is… My big list of THANK YOUs…
    Mari- Thanks for encouraging me to write down the first ten pages. Who would have thought it would have turned into so many?
    Sam- I’m glad someone learned how to punctuate,.!;–
    Nate- I love your creative genius. The cover is gorgeous, the website fantastic, and I love the fonts… all of them.
    Pete and Ashlyn- Such amazing talent at bringing my characters to life. Thanks for sharing them with anyone that would listen.
    Alli, Cassy, and Katie- My first beta-readers aka bestie pals. Luurrrvvs!
    Emily- Thanks for taking the book away from Sam when you didn’t even have to read it.
    Lauren- Thanks for taking an interest in Curse of the Sphinx, and for encouraging the novella, Origin of the Sphinx.
    Mom and Dad- Thanks for raising me to believe that I really can do anything I put my mind to.
    Jason- There isn’t enough paper or time to list all the reasons I’m grateful to you.
    And to you, the reader of my work…
    Stories improve with the telling. Thank you for letting me tell you mine.
    And if I’ve forgotten you (and I’m sure I left out way too many of the people I love, who have helped me along), remember I’m super lame with my memory, especially when I’m tired. Which just happens to be all the time. Please forgive me, and send me an email so I can include you on the next book. Mrrrp!