Amanda, you finally decided to answer the phone, ” her mom exclaimed after picking up at the first ring. “Where’ve you been, what’ve you been up to?”“ Mom, do you remember when I was a kid, I had a friend, he was a Personification of the Sydney Tar Ponds, sort of my imaginary friend?” Mandy asked.“ No, what in the name of god are you on about?” her mom sighed in exasperation.“ Remember? Only I could see him, but he was real and he was my best friend when I was eighteen?” Mandy insisted.“ No, I don't remember Alecto Sydney Steele at all, ” said her mom all too quickly. Rebecca McNutt
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Alecto Sydney Steele is one of the five children of Hephaestus, the Greek god of metalworking. The name Alecto is Greek for “scourge of women.” When Alecto was born, her mother immediately named her after the destructive force. The name didn't sit well with Alecto and she even changed her name to Sydney in an attempt to rid herself of the bad reputation. But, Alecto was still known as “the scourge of women.” When she was older, she married Hephaestus and had five children with him: Tisiphone, Eris, Furia, Megaira, and Alecto.

Source: Shadowed Skies: The Third Smog City Novel

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