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With soed, his head was clearer than usual, the beast quiet Baden was able to replay the da words he’d overheard Katarina say to Aleksander

I’ll put my life in harm’s way and seduce Badenif you prove the coin’s existence

The s; she hated him with the heat of a thousand suns Would she truly free him, simply to become a queen of the underworld? Not a chance So shesuch a proh his mind Had she hoped to find the coin for Baden?

Yes Absolutely No question He cursed his quick tey Not that words would be enough to fix the problean to broil his biceps A soft red glow filled the stall He hurriedly reached for a towelonly to dematerialize without it He reappeared in Hades’s throne room, wet and naked, weaponless

The scent of sistered as he perfor distance, but the guards lined up against the far wall leered at hi them to say a word

"For the sake ofhis attention He houlish throne, his body encased in a three-piece suit

Baden held out his arms, all feast your eyes, asshole "Someone should have told me it was business-formal Friday"

"Pippin!"

The old, robed man stepped from a puff of black smoke "Yes, sire"

"It’s makeover Monday Give Baden a new look"

"Yes, sire" Pippin chiseled a pebble froe of his tablet

Hades Flalued, swiftlyinto black leather pants with a multitude of zippers and a cotton T-shirt Both were a perfect fit

Baden wanted one of those tablets

"Much better" Hades druainst the arms of the throne "Update me on your search for the coin"

"Aleksander has proven more stubborn than I anticipated"