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Katarina withered with disappoint to reach her, but a fellow hu couldn’t be bothered to reply?

Da to do now?

The time had come to earn his first point

Baden flashed to--

The spirit real waves, the scent of salt in the cool evening breeze The furnishings were sparse, offering only the bare necessities A couch, a coffee table and a chair There were no pictures or decorations No personal ites that made a house a home

A sweetMore specifically, a siren was huical quality of her voice swept over Baden and evensoothed Destruction?

A trick of the beast to lull him into a false sense of calm? Always a possibility Or a wile of the siren?

Baden couldn’t make himself care He closed his eyes and enjoyed a rare and precious ed did he snap to attention Anger burned through hirowled Not a trick, after all The wo If she had the same power over Hades

No wonder the male wanted her silenced

Her, an innocent Guilt razed Baden all over again

Can’t afford to lose the game He still wasn’t convinced Hades would keep his word and free the winner, but right now, he had no solution He had to participate and buy tih the house He stopped in the kitchen entrance, watching as the woman from his ash-vision dried and stored dishes She moved slowly and always used both hands--one to hold the dish, the other to feel the cabinets as if

She was blind?

He observed her for several more minutes, just to be sure, and decided, yes, she was blind Twice, she’d turned in his direction but she’d never displayed a single hint of distress

Horror joined his guilt Hades expected him to mute a blind siren? No Absolutely not There were lines one si back No being the man you used to be

What if, when Baden returned without the girl’s tongue, Hades sent Pandora to finish the job? Knowing her, she would act without question She had centuries’ worth of rage trapped inside her