The brother and sister glared furiously at each other. Artemis was enraged that Apollo was being so disgusting—he actually wanted Hera to become Russell's lawful wife. That was worse than choosing... choosing...
It seemed that aside from Hestia, choosing anyone would be bad. Yet Apollo was the one person who would never vote for Hestia.
Apollo was even more furious. Anyone could see that Hera had fallen far behind in votes. Even if the remaining Twelve Olympians all supported her, she would still have nothing to do with the position of Queen of Heaven.
So whether he voted for Hera or not made no difference.
But Hestia was different. One careless move, and she could become the popular choice. Artemis's two votes had practically shoved Hestia two steps closer into Russell's arms.
"I cast both my votes for Hecate, supporting her as Queen of Heaven."
Watching the siblings' lively argument, Aphrodite cast her two votes for Hecate.
As everyone knew, because of her lifestyle, the Goddess of Love had a strained relationship with the three virgin goddesses. Since she herself was ineligible, Hecate was her only choice.
It was a very wise choice. Aphrodite shared Athena's view: Hecate was the best candidate for Queen of Heaven.
The union of two powerhouses would intimidate the gods far more than the King of Gods and Queen of Heaven pairing of Zeus and Hera.
There was another advantage to choosing Hecate. The three Cyclops Big Brothers obeyed only Zeus's commands, and aside from that, they deeply feared Hecate's terrifying arm strength.
Making Hecate the Queen of Heaven was equivalent to gaining three powerful enforcers.
Whether for sentiment or reason, the greater good or personal interests, Aphrodite favored Hecate as Queen of Heaven.
Across from her, Hephaestus grinned. He and Aphrodite had made the