บท 36: Shameless demigod (1)

"What did you say?" Harry was shocked stiff by the statement his wife had just said.

Sophie pulled away from him with a sniffle. "What I mean is, we cannot change the course of fate. Even if she didn't go on the cruise or if she didn't go diving, perhaps they would have met under different circumstances."

"You're probably right." Her words made a lot of sense, but that didn't make Harry feel any better. When he thought back to how helplessly Jasmine had hugged him when she returned, his heart sunk. His daughter must have disliked the place where she had been. Although she claimed to have made some human friends, who knew whether she was saying that merely to make them less worried? What if in a real sense, she was suffering on the island but didn't have anyone to cry to? What if the gods were bullying her and she had to endure it because they were too powerful for her to retaliate? "No. I have to bring my daughter back." He declared resolutely. "There has to be a way."

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