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"Aleksander has agreed to give the coin to Lucifer"
Aleksander still lived, then Was still bound to Katarina Destruction bucked like a bull before the blare of a horn "I’ll stop him before he can keep his word"
"Lucifer has blocked your ability to flash to theAleksander an immortal army"
"Armies can be destroyed"
"Yes, and so can you"
The male worried for hilass, and he wondered how he’d ever questioned Hades’s affection
No , he decided The time had come to present his questions "I know the bands make me your son What do you plan for me--for Pandora--after the war?"
Hades peered at hi the wisdom of his next words Eventually he called, "Leave us"
Pippin, the guards and every creeping thing Baden hadn’t noticed before--snakes, spiders and snake-spider hybrids--rushed froive you the answer you seek" Hades side-eyed hi he couldn’t co "You have my full attention"
"You know you arebonded to ly "And I know your woly
Both Baden and Destruction brier--will protect, no matter the cost "You will not har smiled at him "I don’t want to harm them, Baden I want to use them"
"I won’t involve them in the war"
"They’re already involved"
"No!" An explosion from Baden, accompanied by a snarl from Destruction "Never"