When Ryan Walker, a blind and mute single father, wakes up in the middle of the night to the sound of someone breaking into his house he is crippled with terror. With a baseball bat as his only weapon, he is faced with a choice: should he go downstairs and confront the intruder or take his young daughter and flee?What would you do if you woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of someone breaking into your house? Imagine the fear you would feel if you could not see or speak. This is the nightmare that Ryan Walker, a blind and mute single father of one, finds himself in one night. Who is creeping around downstairs? What do they want? Are they here to rob him? The real answer will surprise you.

She is the goddess Hera: beautiful, powerful, and married to Zeus. She is Cassandra: a single mother of one living a quiet life in the suburbs who is keeping more than one secret.The two of them will be drawn together by their love and hatred of Zeus. Their explosive encounter will be spoken of for years to come.Beautiful and dangerous, Hera has become a figure of legend: a powerful goddess gifted with terrible powers known for being trapped in a marriage with the sly, despicable Zeus. In this short story, Zeus and Hera’s relationship has become so volatile and toxic they have not spoken or seen each other in centuries. Hera wanders the Earth alone and Zeus spends his time bedding human women and getting them pregnant and then leaving them. It has become a twisted game between them. He doesn't try to hide his actions from Hera. He wants her to find out about his lovers. He wants to shame her. Or, at least, that is what Hera thinks as she raises her hand to knock on the door of Cassandra White.