(King Pison's Pov)
| was still deep in sleep when | heard a harsh whisper in my ears.
"Get up!"
At first, | ignored the voice and snuggled deeper into sleep. It's been a long tsince | ever felt so...
comfortable.
"Get up now!"
My eyes opened and | sat up.
The room reeked of death and a dark shadow hovered above me. It was so thick it looked like a cloud amidst the
dimly lit room.
Hades.
For a moment, | assumed | was in skind of trance, but when | balled my fists and dug my claws into the
flesh of my palm, | knew this was real. This was unusual. As much as Hades was my deity, he never revealed his
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtpresence in this manner.
| watched the cloud sweep over to one side of the room into a human-like form, although there was nothing else
to it, it was just shadows. "You refused to heed my warnings." Hades's voice rang out in the room.
| frowned, sitting up "I don't understand."
"Eden." He snapped. "She's gone."
| frowned, finding it a little difficult to understand. My eyes widened suddenly, and | whipped my head to the side
to check the bed for Eden.
She wasn't there... And something felt missing. Instinctively, my hand reached for the pendant on my neck.
Empty.
Eden stole the antidote.
If she was after the antidote, that would mean she knew exactly what it was used for.
| jumped to my feet as shwashed over me. "Il am so sorry," | tried apologizing but Hades growled loudly that
| shivered "If she interrupts with our plans, | will punish you severely!" With that, he vanished.
| bowed quickly, and scurried to track Eden with her scent.
Hades warned me, but | allowed myself believe that Eden could be bought with a taste of power. | had been
foolish, and she was just deceivingall along.
| clenched my jaw in fury. | was going to teach her a terrible lesson she would never forget. Then | mindlinked my
top rogue warriors
"Eden, my soon-to-be bride is missing. Find her and bring her to me!" | ordered.
"Yes, your highness." They responded
| left the room in haste, walking as fast as | could in the direction of her scent. It ledto the dungeon. fought
hard to stop myself from shifting cause | knew the damage that'll happen if | do that.
| might kill Eden on sight.
| sniffed the air in disgust. The area reeked of alcohol.
| noticed that starting from the rogue guarding the entrance to the ones inside, they were all asleep. | growled in
fury.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmFools. They were supposed to be on guard at all times, not drunk.
| entered just in tto see Eden giving Ryker the antidote.
"Stop!" | bellowed.
Eden jumped, startled. She looked back atin shock, obviously not expecting to seehere.
| growled, my voice deep and menacing. Despite that, Eden didn't put down her hand and kept the antidote on
Ryker's lips.
| wasn't perturbed as | knew the antidote would have a slow effect on Ryker who was still chained to the
wolfsbane.
| looked at the cage, two other hybrid male and female that were caged together seemed to be healing, and |
knew Eden had given them the antidote too.
| recognized them as Eden's friends, the ones that always moved with Eros.
"Step away from him or I'll kill your friends." | ordered.
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