Zues, Apollo and Hermès walked out of the throne room onto the balcony overlooking the kingdom, joining Artemis, Hera and Leto. The gods, goddesses and other residents of Olympus were gathered below, murmuring among themselves, wondering what was going on and why an emergency gathering had been called.
After Apollo's encounter with Thanatos, they had decided that Marpessa was too dangerous to leave plotting in the dark. But they knew that to expose her, they would have to put everything out in the open. Apollo's affair with Marley, the pregnancy, everything.
Only then would they know their true allies.
Hera watched Zues suspiciously as he walked to the edge of the balcony to addressed the masses below. She tucked away the dagger awaiting his announcement, the moment he'd mention that Leto is pregnant with his child, she would stab her in the belly and kill her and the child she was carrying.
