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"You don't have to trust me. You can choose to remain a doll if that's what you want.

But if you desire to claim the latent power of that soul as your own...

If you want her techniques, experience, and strength to become part of you...

If you wish to rise like a phoenix from her ashes...

Then give me a chance.

In return, all I ask is that you kill Cassius in the most brutal way possible," Ares said, extending his hand for Sophia to shake.

For a moment, Sophia stared blankly at that hand, unsure of what to do.

She had been betrayed way too many times in her life and did not wish to take another leap of faith in anyone.

Whether it was her brother, her father, Rocky or Poseidon himself, none of them were reliable in her time of need and hence Sophia did not expect Ares to be any different.