Chapter 56. Facing Her Brother-in-Law

Giovanna stopped on the sand and began to walk along the shore while she felt the damp wind on her face and thought. She didn't like the things she heard, she didn't like anything that limited her and now she couldn't have children. She should have let them all die. It was foolish to save the gods. She believed she was doing good, but as well as annoying those she loved, she knew that Hovar would hunt her down for eternity as soon as he descended the mountain of the gods, because she had saved them.

Hovar could never know that she was the true killer of the gods, or his hatred would be three times greater and she knew him when he was furious. She put her hand on her belly. She had taken steps to avoid becoming pregnant with Calleb and attracting the suspicion of Anchan, who believed that she wanted only him. Now she regretted it. If she had become pregnant, the curse cast by Tiliá would have been useless.

Giovanna spent two months living on the beach. Ther