me I was ugly because the truth was plain to see in the mirror. It hadn't mattered because I had

ork. Foam spurted across the

recognized her mate, even though I'd been reluctant to acknowledge our conne

n what he wanted

h the bubbly liquid, and

is he now?"

t of Shifter City," Hades replied. "The most magi

iven the Demon King a look as blank as my mind. "I've never heard of the place," I growled, alre

. "It's i

lock eyes with the

Logris shortly after Yule. We had to separate the city into its sm

ack on the booth's leather seat with a lazy grin. I ground my teeth. I didn't need to

hifter King," Hades said. "Unfortunately, he was murdered by another wolf named Mon

fish name as a creature, but Griff threw his head back on screen, looking like he was in t

rison's daughter, Lydia, who l

Hades, whose lips had tighte

caped Hell and now rules Logris. There's an open invitation to e

o Logris

shifters, and he continues to steal more. Nobody knows how he did it, why he took so many with him, or what he's

was a fresh slice of anguish across my heart, making me feel lonelier than ever. After they'd sent

osition in the pack. His large hand cupped the woman's tiny breast and kneaded it like it was a roun

screen we

outh falling open. "Wh

aithful mate is enjoying a life of unbrid

ow back the bile. "Why am I here?" I rasped, my throat feeling

hed a manicured hand do

d the night in the palace dungeons while he continued the interrogation. It was strange to have lived for years in that gritty cell. Stranger to

new Griff was somewhere in those stalagmites, suffe

" "What?" I

in a village within the Asphodel Meadows,

g bastard." I raised my ga

as so handsome and looked like he could get the pick of women and keep them endlessly fa

derstand that there's an ocean of difference between seducing women for fun and profit, and shooting a man in the

When he put it t

the villa

argument. "When the enforcers broke down the door of the alpha

f you gave me the

rrigible soul like yours would never leave the Punishment Pits without my assi

t jus

an opportunity to escape your deserved punishment and live

re rolling like thunder. "You want

ith a smile, "But your missi

tening,"

in my seat, my hackles rising. Everyone knew never to make deals with demons, bargains with faeries, or promises to

came too hot, too small, too stifling. Hades' power wa

r than time. "Will you go into the hum

a

evaporated into the ether. I blurted

he fireplace and hide. "If you complete this mission to my satisfaction, you'll have a cottage in the A

e to stay that didn't give me constant discomfort, an existence free

se such a tempting off

es glowed like Hell