Gods of War (War of the Gods Series) by Jory Smith Page A

them. He could zoom in on where they landed, and see it as clear as day. When the comets landed, monsters seemed to emerge and began attacking the enemy forces. But they weren’t killing the Angolans. They were subduing them and knocking them unconscious.
    “General Assaraeus,” a voice screeched in his ear.
    Amadi looked to where the sound came from, and right behind him was a woman wearing a breast plate and what looked like a skirt. She carried both spear and buckler with a helmet like the ancient Greeks. Amadi noticed all of the monsters were wearing armor like hers.
    “General Assaraeus, I have been sent to gather you and your men. You will come with me, while your men will go on the transports.”
    “Tell me who you are first? I thought Zeus was coming for us. Where are the transports?” Amadi said. He was starting to get worried. If she was a follower of Ares, then he would rather die under the Angolans.
    “I am Athena. Zeus had other business to attend to. Your transports for your men are over there.” As she pointed to the coast, he saw three ships emerge from the fog.
    “What are you doing with the Angolans? They are not my men,” Amadi said questioning her.
    “They are coming with us,” was all she said.
    “We were fighting them. How are we to fit on three ships?”
    “I was told to bring every human. And those are not regular ships. They will hold. You have time to give orders to your captains but you and I, are to leave within the hour.”
    Athena turned around and began issuing orders to her men. She turned and spoke normally to the monsters on the battlefield and they quickly followed her commands. No runners, no radios. She was speaking directly to each unit.
    I am going to have to find out how she does that, Amadi thought. After sending runners to gather the Sgt. Major and the remaining officers to his tent, he headed to meet them there.
    Once at the tent he issued his orders. The Sgt. Major would still be in charge of the recruits, as well as the enemy forces that would be joining them. The rest of the officers were to take the remaining two boats with the original men.
    During the meeting, Amadi’s men asked him many questions. Who are commanding these boats? Where they are going to take them? Where is he going? The Sgt. Major asked how he would be able to handle all of the enemy forces.
    “Athena, I have some questions about the boats,” He talked loudly, hoping that was how the communication worked.
    “Stop talking so loudly. We are supposed to be an extraction team. Speak softly and think of only me.”
    He did as Athena instructed and asked who was commanding the boats and how his men were supposed to guard the Angolans.
    Athena responded, “The boat captains are under my command. They will take your men to Zeus’ domain, where they will stay in Artemis’ valley. I will leave some guards to handle the Angolans. Are you done issuing your orders? We are to leave now.”
    “Yeah, hold on. Don’t get your panties in a bundle. By the time you come pick me up, I’ll be ready.”

Nicolai looked at the visitors seated for his execution.
    A full house , he thought. I sure have made a lot of enemies in my day .
    He looked around to see who all was there. First he seen the judge, who probably had some ideal to see every death sentence she handed out. Then there was the family of the deputy and his daughter. As he scanned the room more, his eyes fell on a familiar figure.
    Who was that sitting in the back? Nicolai’s jaw dropped as he recognized who it was. It was Celeste’s father, the only target who got away. Last Nicolai heard was that he fled to the States, but he must have come back home when Nicolai was imprisoned. If this was true, Zeus had more to pay.
    Zeus had better come soon because they are ready to fry me .
    As the guards continued strapping Nicolai could not keep his eyes off Celeste’s father. Before too long, everything was ready to go. It was almost midnight and still