The rumbling of thunder rent the hushed peace in the study room of Zeus's mansion. Gillian stood stiffly in front of the painting of a dark creek and gloomy sky; a man who was supposedly breaking in to steal, examined the painting with great interest beside her. Gillian tightened her jaws. She stared at the painting with growing weariness. This riddle was far from being cracked. "Tell me, what does this mean?" She finally asked, not knowing to whom she could expect an answer from. "A clue," said the man standing beside her, his green eyes glinted with strange excitement, "Someone obviously wanted to tell you something." Before Gillian could reply, he continued, looking surprised, "and I think this someone is named Sarah River." Gillian's heart …show more content…
"I think it means something." It meant more than what he saw. Gillian glanced at the painting again, studying the faint scribble at the bottom. "Do you have any clue to where and who I can find, to get to this place? This...Styx?" She asked, her heart hammering hard against her chest. Where could Sarah be? What did this painting mean? What if Sarah was at the underworld? Did that mean she has died? Gillian was appalled by the darkest possibility, but was more shocked by her determination to find Sarah, wherever she was, even if she had to cross the Styx, even if she had to walk into the underworld. There was no other option. She must find Sarah. He frowned. "Well, you are right in his office." "Zeus?" "According to my sources, he's been looking very hard for the physical location of the Styx some ten years ago," he said, "that was before I am even in this business, so I've never come into contact with him." Gillian raised an eyebrow, but did not say