Corrupted: A Hades and Persephone Romance by Bella Klaus

Author:Bella Klaus [Klaus, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-07-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Hades and I stood back-to-back, surrounded by the coven and an increasing number of demons. Their solid smoke forms coalesced into muscular bodies protected by leather armor and skull-shaped helmets that covered their faces.

Magic thrummed through my veins, a combination of anxiety and the effects of the red bonbon. I opened up my connection to Hades and asked, “Any ideas for escaping this confrontation unscathed?”

“Follow my lead,” he said into our mental bond. “And stay close.”

“Why can’t we just teleport out of here?” I asked.

“Tactics 101,” he replied. “Never go to the trouble of staging an ambush if you don’t seal off all means of escape. If we teleported out of here, leaving a horde of henchmen without anything to clobber, it would make Samael look like an even bigger twat.”

“Okay…” Somehow, I managed to make the voice in my head tremble. But then this was my first demon standoff.

Hades gave me a gentle pat on the ass. “Mass carnage is the only way out of this mess. Are you in?”

It wasn’t like I had any choice. I swallowed hard, my gaze darting across Aunts Juno, Vesta, Minerva, and Diana. They were bigger threats than the approaching demons. It was hard to imagine them as goddesses, but the malice glinting in their eyes said that they not only knew Hades but despised him with a passion.

“What did you do to make them so mad?” I asked.

Hades spluttered. “What makes you think their shitty attitudes are related to me?”

Mother rose from her seat, her blue eyes shining like polished jewels. “Let’s see you talk your way out of this situation, you daughter-stealing scrote.”

My mouth dropped open. “Mother!”

She cast me a withering glare. “Don’t think I didn’t notice your conduct at the Devil’s Ball. When I finally get you back, I’ll wash your corrupted soul in the waters of forgetfulness.”

I clenched my teeth. “Maybe I’ll stuff your blackened soul into a turkey.”

Mother hissed through her teeth. “Enough talk. Seize my daughter. Hurt her if you must.”

The demons lumbered forward, flashing oversized tusks. Hades raised a hand, and the air thickened. The tightness in my chest loosened a little, but it was too soon to feel relief. It was only a matter of minutes before Mother and Samael combined their magic to disable his ward.

“We should kill Samael first,” I said into our bond.

“No.” Hades grabbed my arm. “No monarch may strike at another. Doing so will incite the wrath of Heaven.”

“Is that from the Handbook of Hell?” I asked.

Hades rubbed his chin. “Unfortunately, Samael knows how to work within these rules. When the rest of us do it, we end up like Varaha. However, you’ve just given me a dervish idea for causing discord among the newlyweds.”

My entire body shuddered at the memory of the four-armed boar with the blue and black body paint who had been reduced to a pillar of salt. I wasn’t about to waste time asking if the rules still applied when Azriel wasn’t in the room. The uptight angel was probably watching this encounter, looking for opportunities to be a dick.

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