Captured by Linsey Hall

Author:Linsey Hall [Hall, Linsey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bonnie Doon Press
Published: 2020-12-13T16:00:00+00:00

11

Hades

Seraphia’s words echoed in my mind. It’s part of me.

My realm was part of her.

A low wave of pleasure rolled through me. I liked the sound of that. I wanted to be part of her, the way she was part of me. Somehow, part of her had taken up residence inside my soul.

Fates, what the hell was I thinking? The thought was insane. For someone who’d lived without emotion for millennia, I was full of it now. I was losing my mind.

“We must go.” I took her hand. She stiffened slightly but did not pull away. I strode from the temple, all but dragging her with me.

As we stepped over the threshold, the city around us sparked with magic, returning to its original state. The buildings and columns no longer towered around us. Rather, they lay scattered as rubble, the ruins returned.

“That was quick,” Seraphia murmured.

“Were you satisfied?” I couldn’t pretend to know what she felt when facing a lost parent, but from what little I understood of people, it would have been a fraught experience. I found I wanted her happiness.

She looked up at me, eyes bright. “Yes. I was pleased.” A small frown crossed her face. “But you…you don’t have that, do you? No parents, no friends, no family.”

“Correct.” There was Lucifer, but I’d never thought of him as a friend. Never treated him as such.

“I knew that, of course. But it’s only hitting me now how much that must suck for you. It must have been so lonely. No wonder you’re so…”

“Such a bastard?” Was it really because I had no one?

No.

It was my purpose. What I’d been created for.

Just thinking about it made me uncomfortable. The whole conversation felt wrong. Did she… pity me?

“Come.” I gently gripped her arms and called upon my magic, taking us back to Guild City. The ether sucked us in and spun us through space, depositing us in front of her library.

She gasped, stumbling away from me. “The city.”

I turned in a circle, taking it all in. Nearly all the plaster and wood Tudor buildings had been covered in a thin layer of ice. Only the door to the library was unfrozen, likely because of the tiny glowing gems that surrounded it.

“The witches did that,” Seraphia said. “I recognize their magic.”

“They kept it so I could return home?”

She nodded. “They’re bright, those witches. I have a feeling my friends spoke to them.” She frowned. “Can they come to the Underworld? We’ll need to speak to them.”

I nodded. “That will be fine.”

“Thanks. Let’s get inside first.” She pushed open the door to the library, and we left the icy world behind.

I could feel the souls trapped in their houses, frozen, but I didn’t mention it to Seraphia. She wouldn’t like it.

The interior of the library was much the same as we’d left it. Dark and shadowed, but unfrozen. Seraphia pulled her phone from her pocket and typed a message into the little device. Once she was done, she looked up at me. “Okay, let’s get out of here.

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