Page 107 of Hell On Earth
Megan looked at Zotera.
“You’ll be okay here for five minutes without me?”
“We’re safe, Megan. I promise,” Zotera said.
Megan gave me one last look and vanished in flames.
CHAPTERSIXTEEN
“Let’smake a new room for the game space,” Zotera said, turning toward the living room wall that backed my bathroom.
A door appeared.
“How big should we make it?” She glanced at me in question.
Whether she was doing it to distract me or she truly didn’t fear anyone getting in, I went along with it.
“Same size as in Hell,” I said. “But we’ll only use half of it for the games you already know. The other half, we can do a basketball court. I bet Fenris and Oanen know how to play. Megan, too, actually.”
They showed up just after I had Zotera change the ceiling height to match my bedroom and create wood flooring.
“What’s going on here?” Eliana asked.
“We’re making a game room,” Zotera said.
I could see the questioning way Eliana was eyeing the massive space.
“A quarter of it will be a table for board games and a pool table. Another quarter for other games.” A bags set appeared along with a ping pong table, skee-ball machine, and shuffleboard before I finished speaking.
“I was thinking we could make a basketball court on the other half of the room,” I added.
Fenris gave a girly squee and jumped into Oanen’s arms. Oanen promptly dropped Fenris. Or tried to. The shifter had to be part cat with the way he got his feet under him.
“Don’t pretend you’re not excited,” Fenris said.
“He’s still mad I disappeared,” Megan said.
“No, I’m still mad I haven’t heard the explanation for why you didn’t call as soon as he sent you back.”
Fenris leaned toward Zotera and whispered, “Popcorn.” She smiled at him.
“It’s Adira’s fault,” I said. “She showed up at the house. Haa– summoned Megan to send her here. As soon as Megan saw Adira , they fought on the lawn. Then Megan came inside so I could tell her what happened. Once she understood what was going on, she sent the text message.”
Fenris munched on the popcorn Zotera had magicked for him, watching Oanen expectantly.
Megan did the “See? What she said,” gesture, which didn’t seem to earn her any points in Oanen’s eyes.
“Adira got away?” Eliana asked.
“My fury didn’t hand Adira her ass,” Megan said, visibly annoyed. “Adira’s wickedness wasn’t even a little blip on my radar.”
“Before Megan showed up, Adira told me that my life is connected to Haa–the god of the Underworld. That there’s a reason why I’m the only human to ever see Hell alive and can summon the god of the Underworld. Of course, she didn’tsaythe reason. Only that there is one. And she also said there was a reason Zeus chained the god of the Underworld to Hell, but didn’t spill that one either.”
“She also admitted that she’s been watching us,” Zotera said. She frowned a little and glanced at me. “Do you think she watched when I drank Eugene’s nectar?”
Fenris dropped his popcorn. Oanen turned away to inspect the ceiling. Megan outright grinned at me. Eliana was the only helpful one in the bunch. When I looked at her for an answer, she smiled slightly and took Zotera’s hand.
“I don’t think she did, sweetie. Don’t even let that thought bother you.”
