Tears prick at my eyes as I glare up the steps at Odin, who looks down at me like I’m nothing. An ant under his boot. His staff raised to the side to stop my only friend from running down the steps to join me.

"A-And I’m a monster that parents tell their children about at night?"

My voice rings out and echoes across the hall, the torches on the walls flickering. But my heart wrenches as reality hits me; I am a monster… I take a step back, tears falling dripping onto the ebony tile.