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"No one can hurt me anymore"

I had no idea if that was true, if Cronus could attack the dead like he attacked us, but it didn’t ain, ouldn’t see hiain until ere ready It wasn’t a very reliable set of circu

"Who is she?" said Persephone, nodding atlook, but I stepped forward before he could answer "Henry was going to let himself fade because of you," I said with more bite than I intended

"He couldn’t rule the Underworld alone, so I ht through h and stared back, refusing to let her get to h already as it was

After a long e door and nodded stiff ly for us to follow The three of us trailed after her, Ava reluctantly so, and Janored that one, too

The inside of her one-rooe was cozier than I’d expected A hundred different kinds of f lowers hung fro, sorted by family and color, and I immediately felt at home As I breathed in the heavenly scent, the tension in the air seemed to melt away My mother had made exquisite bouquets for every occasion in New York, and by the time I was ten, businesseh to take ot sick, and after her second round of chemotherapy, she had to sell the business

Apparently cancer hadn’t gotten in the way of her teaching Persephone

Persephone gestured for us to take a seat in one of the two chairs at the table, but James was the only one who accepted her invitation I stood beside hi so I couldn’t see Adonis, and Ava lingered near the door

"How long have you been ruling the Underworld?" said Persephone She stood in the center of the room, her , but at least she’d let us in

"I don’t," I said "Henry and I got o I went away for the su the day I came down here There wasn’t time to f inish the ceremony"

Persephone made a soft noise in the back of her throat, and her eyes narrowed "Why do you call him Henry?" I blinked That was the last question I’d expected "Sauess It’s what he told me to call him"