hat demonstrated his point. "The endless opportunities to se

you?" I l

ying my patience, Miss Aibek?

e punishments are torturous, and I don't like

ed. "That's ha

ing Griff's calculated betrayal

You realize there's a

ou ser

or their wicked deeds, the Pits rele

handsome features said he was trying to fool me, but it wasn't like

rows raised as though wa

or a grifter who seduced me, broke my heart, an

soft. "Love is an emotion exceedingly more dangerous than hate or fe

am I being

tures tightening. "Unfortunat

he old gods fell in a supernatural disaster that resulted in one god taking all the power. No

e was likely an interesting story about how he'd transformed from the middle-aged scowling man in the portrait to a creature as

are Hades?"

t smile that indicated his

an-this god-had the power to do something about my current living situation, and I wasn't

id, "What can I do f

to see somet

g toward the fireplace. Twisting aro

Hades and the

a short style that made him look like a human o ce worker. He wore a black suit wit

cheekbones, a perfectly straight nose, and gorgeous lips. He had a trim beard

y lungs, leaving m

left and right were identical twin women, each with broad smiles

y looke

rfectly still. And the only sound fil

e was sleeping with them both. Or the dirty, rotten wolf was building up to it.

ex shelves that displayed an array of liquor bottles spaced out like they wore works of art. Long, da

in as realization trickled through my skull. Demons were sadistic bastards, but they wouldn't go so far as to fabricate som

. "Why is he alive and still young

te escap

break out. Some old bastard had convinced a bunch of gullible souls to stitch themselves toget

dn't

tormentors ripped to shreds and tossed into the lake of lava. But lightning h

e get out?

tion, you would still be in your c

booth, where a bottle of champagne awaited. After settling into

eternal punishment while I still suffered. But beneath the fury was a despair as deep as the ocean. Seeing