Secret of Fate by Tamar Sloan

Author:Tamar Sloan [Sloan, Tamar]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Jess Connors Publishing
Published: 2019-09-16T16:00:00+00:00

Micah

Hades looks like I would’ve expected. Hair the color of night, his skin pale and smooth because it rarely sees the light. Everything he’s wearing is the color of death. He moves toward us with the grace and confidence of a snake.

Instinctively, I step in front of Kadence. Everything about this man has cold seeping straight through to my bones. Except Kadence steps around me, coming to stand by my side. Against the odds, warmth flickers within me. She’s saying we’ll face this guy as equals.

Hades reaches Hiroko and leans down to brush a kiss on his daughter’s matching midnight hair. “Thank you, child.”

Hiroko looks up, eyes shining. “Hello, Father.”

“You did good, daughter.”

Hiroko flushes as she looks down. “I’m pleased to hear that.”

Slowly, like he’s greeting visitors, Hades turns to us. “Hello, Kadence. I see you’ve found another demigod friend.”

My gut’s churning so bad, the taste of bile stings my tongue. Hades may know I’m a demigod because I can move while the world is frozen, but not who my parent is. It’s an advantage I need to keep.

So instead, I channel the anger at the injustices this god has wreaked. Innocent people losing their souls when they come to access free health care. It doesn’t get much lower than that.

I glare at him. “Why are you taking souls, Hades?”

Hades inclines his head, as if to say he was expecting that question. He takes a seat on the same chair his daughter just exited. “Hiroko.” He waves a hand dismissively. “Go and get your affairs in order.”

Hiroko bows her head, a small smile flitting across her lips. “Yes, Father.”

Hades turns back to us. “She’s been wanting to join me for a long time. I’m surprised she didn’t goad you long before now.” He gestures toward the table in front of him. “Why don’t you take a seat?”

He’s acting like we’re at lunch, meeting to discuss business. Not in a building, and entire world, frozen in time.

Kadence stiffens. “We’ll stand.”

“Very well.”

Feeling frustrated with his cool, calm façade, I find my hand balling into a fist. “Why, Hades?”

Hades sighs. “This would be far more civil if you took a seat.”

He pauses again, but neither of us move.

“Or you could remain standing,” he says with a sardonic twist of his lips. He looks around the room at the human statues. “As for the souls, you know I don’t need to explain myself to two half-gods, don’t you?”

The step forward is instinctive, and Kadence is right there with me, vibrating with anger. “But my father will probably want an explanation.”

Kronos. Hades has underestimated which demigod he’s dealing with.

Hades holds up a hand. “Quite true.” He smiles at Kadence. “He’s quite forbidding, isn’t he?”

“Get talking then, Hades,” I growl. He’s enjoying stringing us along.

Hades crosses his legs, smoothing his black slacks. “It’s quite simple, really. I’ve become tired of waiting for the inevitable.”

I shake my head. “Nothing is inevitable.”

Hades slides a glance at me, and I almost wish I hadn’t spoken. I can’t afford to give away that my mother is the goddess of fate.

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