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The kitchen door cracked open and Deacon stuck his blond head out "Is it safe" He trailed off, eyes widening when he spotted the horses, the men, and Hades "Yep, I’ll just keep Gable distracted a little longer"

The door shut

Hades’s srew as he surveyed the room, his all-white eyes beyond eerie, and I just stood there, arotten in s reduced to ashes on the floor--the floor that was currently split wide open There were horses--giant warhorses I was pretty sure were not of nor a ?" I whispered to Luke

Luke slidto move or draw any attention toto us "A half-blood and Apollo’s daughter I figured we’d be"different circus?" Aiden asked

Hades nodded up at the men They hooked their super-special lassos to their waists but did not disht ahead and as silent as graves Turning in unison, their heels dug into the sides of their horses and turned to stand sentry by the rift

Understanding dawned, and my stomach dropped I realized who the two men were--Hades’s servants His ed hi Aiden’s place

I suddenly felt sick

"Those creatures were held in the pits of Tartarus, deep within the fire caverns," Hades explained, swiping his booted foot through the pile of ashes "They were once daimons"

I needed to sit down

Even Alex paled

"Did you believe when dai "Nois sorted out in the end"

"Kind of like Hogwarts?" Alex asked

Hades inclined his head to the side

Alex sighed "Neverburned alive and then put back together, only to suffer the same fate nearly at once"

I really needed to sit down

"Soh lava to sear the skin away and then let the their way out of rock and soil is fun," Hades continued with a shrug "The torture drives theain, they were dai on between the ears anyway"

Ohall of that," Alex said slowly "But ere they doing up here?"

A fissure of energy rolled through the rooht Electricity poured in, pure power, lifting the tiny hairs all over ht receded and in its place were two forrand entrance, don’t you?"

Apollo stood by the staircase, and beside hiod--my father--stepped forward, and his all-white eyes sparked When he spoke, fury sharped his tone "What have you all done?"

Chapter 4

My father looked like he was only a few years older than me, which was as weird as it sounded He wasn’t dressed like Hades or how I’d ever i faded jeans and a tight black shirt

I’d first irl, and he was just a strange ave ot how incredibly creepy that was, but for a short summer, he’d been my only friend

And noas my father--my absentee father who randomly appeared and disappeared within h to see hiry

I sucked in an unsteady breath as he stepped forward, the all-white eyes giving way to irises as blue as mine "Do you all have any idea what you’ve done?" he demanded