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particular quest.”
    Baba’s skin broke out in goose pimples. She was too damned old for this nonsense.
    “Once we’ve determined that you’ve had enough time to get to know your male, that’s when things really get fun.” Calypso beamed.
    Aphrodite nodded. “Yes. So basically, you’ll be trapped in there until each and every one of you has secured your mates.”
    “Fall in love,” Caly interjected, as though Baba wasn’t smart enough to figure out what that meant.
    The horse neighed. But since she was a horse, neither goddess could put a hex on her ass, because hey...horses had to neigh sometimes. Of course, the centaur queen was half human, and no doubt that neigh had been one of disgust, but tomatoe, toe-maa-toe.
    Baba smirked, liking the horse a little bit more.
    “But really, we’ve got lives, people and husbands to bang, so this is gonna be on a time limit. A month max. If you don’t secure your male by that point, we’ll punish him—”
    Oh, well, that didn’t sound too bad, to be honest. Baba would just let it drag out until then, and—
    “And kill you.” Caly said it in such a way that she might have been talking about the weather. That’s how disinterested she’d sounded.
    At that, Baba was pretty sure all jaws dropped. That’d been cold, even for goddesses notorious for outlandish behavior. Fable shook her head. Fiera tossed her sister a withering glare.
    “Well, not you two, I suppose. Family should come with some perks,” Calypso said.
    Baba gnashed her teeth. Insufferable, arrogant assholes !
    Aphrodite laughed. “Well, that’s a new one, Baba. Seriously. Did you think we’ve set you up to fail? Of course not. It’s why we’ve given you all temporary familiars, though not the ones you’re used to. Don’t want any favoritism or meddling to try and make a win happen. They’ll each give you your very best chance at victory during each trial.”
    Calypso nodded. “And it won’t all be war all the time. I mean, if it was, how could your possibly get your bow-chika-wow-wows on? Amiright?” She winked at Dite, who chuckled back.
    “Obviously.”
    That was it. Baba hated them. And she was so over this .
    “Unfortunately, there’s a no back-out clause. The second you landed in our world, you agreed to the terms and conditions of this world.”
    Baba rubbed her brow, feeling a raging headache coming on.
    “So...” Dite looked at Caly and gave a minute shake of her head, as though to ask, “Anything else?”
    Suddenly, the air tightened again. Blindy was back and seriously frowning. “Kill them?”
    Both goddesses looked at each other. “Of course,” Dite said with a nod.
    Calypso tossed up her hands as if to say, “obviously.”
    “No.” Themis shook her head and hand then pinched the bridge of her nose and gave a long-suffering sigh, the kind of sigh that let Baba know Justice had been down this very same road with these two silly goddesses a time or twenty.
    “Aw, Them.” Dite pouted prettily. “Don’t spoil the games. I thought you were on board with the whole off-with-her-head bit.”
    Baba liked Themis just a little bit better when Justice turned to look at the lot of them and rolled her eyes. “No, ladies. Sorry. Killing’s off the table.”
    Calypso planted her hands on her hips. “Well, how else are we supposed to impress upon them to hurry up and fall in love or else?”
    “Now, this I can help you with.” Themis padded toward the other two, gathered them into a huddle, and whispered something low.
    It wasn’t so much the whispering that got on Baba’s last nerve, but the high-pitched cackling that accompanied it. Cackling was her domain. And being on the receiving end of it pretty much blew.
    None of the other girls grumbled, but a definite air of tension was starting to fester.
    “Does that suit?” Themis asked loud enough that they all heard.
    The other two nodded, and Dite spoke up. “Yes. We like it.”
    The three goddesses wore satisfied smiles