Page 78 of Hell On Earth
“Is now a good time?” he asked.
“Yep. We’ve been waiting,” she said.
“And everything’s okay?”
Megan grinned at the hesitation in Zayn’s voice.
“Stop being a baby. You’re losing street cred.”
“No one says that anymore.”
“I was trying to be relatable for you.”
“I’m beginning to understand why no one likes furies.”
While they bantered, Hades tugged me onto his lap and wrapped his arms around me.
“Are you going to show up or what?” Megan asked.
A second later, a blindingly bright light flared near one of the windows. When it cleared, the man from earlier stood there. He was staring right at Hades and had his fingers poised in a snap position.
“Chicken,” Megan muttered.
“I apologize for my previous reaction,” Hades said.
Zayn nodded slowly. “Do I really look like Zeus?”
“An exact replica,” Hades said.
Zayn's gaze flicked to Eliana. “And Aphrodite?”
“Yes,” Hades said.
Then Zayn looked at me, his expression troubled.
“It can’t be a coincidence that there are three of us who look exactly like gods loosely tied together by the fates.”
“Agreed,” Megan said. “That’s why we need to track Thanatos. He has answers we need.”
Zayn looked down for a second. “Gods are powerful beings. The spells I cast, as you saw with the one you took to Hell, aren’t potent enough even with the powerful ingredients I’ve used.”
“But you can do it, right?” Megan said.
“It’s possible. But I’ll need something stronger than Eliana’s essence.”
Eliana made a face. “I’d really like to call it something else.”
“Love ju—”
Her hand landed over Fenris’s mouth with a crack. She looked completely shocked by it. He did, too, for half a second before she hugged him.
Megan cleared her throat. “What’s more powerful than the half-pint who just tried knocking some sense into her loose-lipped mate?”
“Hades,” Zayn said. “A god's essence is the only thing that would be strong enough to attach a tracking spell to another god or a frost giant that can jump realms.”
All eyes turned toward us. Hades fingers stroked over my arm like they hadn’t just asked for his essence.
“You wish for Father’s blood?” Zotera asked.
