1. Did Apollo know that Cassie was the daughter of Artemis, and thus, in effect, his niece?
Yes, but he didn’t want her to know that. Artemis was known as the goddess who banished the other gods from Earth. How much would Cassie be inclined to listen to Apollo, then, if she knew her mother had actively opposed him? And how much more would she trust her own judgment, if she knew her true heritage? It was far better for Cassie to think of her mother as a rogue initiate, just some girl who failed to uphold her duties. It would be one more reason for Cassie to doubt her own mind, and to trust in Apollo’s guidance.
2. Is the Pythian court an actual physical place, or just a term for the group of initiates and others who attend to the Pythia’s needs? If it is an actual place, where is it located? What duties do the initiates, and others, perform at the court? What was going on for the two months since Agnes died and Cassie was getting situated, and how do the initiates feel about Cassie now?
You’ll find out in Tempt the Stars.
3. What is the furthest back in time that Cassie is able to shift, using her body? As a spirit? Is there a limit to how far she can go in spirit form?
The questions are starting to get harder to answer, because doing so requires a lot of dancing around on my part. But let me pull on my little tap shoes, and we’ll see what I can do.
First, there’s the issue of the Tears of Apollo, the concoction that showed up in Touch the Dark, but which Cassie didn’t need because of who she was. But the Senate assumed she would need it, because most untrained initiates wouldn’t have been able to manipulate the power at all without help, much less do what she did. Basically, it’s a potion that greatly increases a person’s stamina and, concurrently, their magical ability. Cassie hasn’t been using it because she hasn’t needed it. But it is still there.
Secondly, there’s Agnes, who you’ll recall teased Jonas that she was secretly seeing Caesar on the side. He didn’t believe her, of course, but you have to wonder why she picked someone from over two thousand years ago. After all, she could have said anyone, from virtually any era. So why pick a time she couldn’t even go to? Unless, of course, she was just trying to flatter him, by saying she’d have to go back that far to find his equal. Only…Agnes didn’t exactly seem like the flattering type, did she? Of course, we only really saw her with Cassie. Maybe she was different with her significant other. Or maybe tap, tap tap.
So I think it’s safe to say that it just all depends, doesn’t it?
4. Is it possible for Cassie to travel into the future?
Tap, tap, tap, tappity tap tap.
5. Will Cassie and Dory’s storyline eventually catch up with Lia’s? In the third, and most recent, Lia story, she describes the time of year as being near spring. She also says that the War is still going on. The Cassie and Dory books are currently in August. Will both those series end before they catch up with Lia’s stories, and presumably before the end of the war? Or will readers see a conclusion to the war before, or with, the conclusion of the series’?
Tap, tap….oh, what the hell. Yes, if I have my way and the series continues on that long. But we’ll have to see. Ultimately, I’d like to do a Lia trilogy, just because she’s a lot of fun. But again, it depends.