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  and his smile gave me
 
 a comfort I did not realize
 
 I needed.
 
 At Nyx’s Throne
 
 Nyx was my great-aunt.
 
 My grandmother Gaia
 
 was her sister; they both
 
 came from the womb of Chaos,
 
 the creator of the universe.
 
 They were the oldest of our family.
 
 All Gods were somehow
 
 aunts, uncles, cousins
 
 brothers and sisters
 
 to each other.
 
 But what was different
 
 about Nyx was that she
 
 inspired a kind of fear
 
 from other Gods simply
 
 through the mention of her name.
 
 It is said that even Zeus
 
 knew better than to enter
 
 her domain without permission
 
 and here I was,
 
 not even a Goddess,
 
 standing at the base of
 
 her throne. She did not move,
 
 her onyx eyes set upon me
 
 with a primeval anger.
 
 Then she spoke coldly,
 
 ‘YOU MUST RETURN
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 