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“Shit,” Talon hisses, pinching the bridge of his nose in agitation. “There must be a ward up or something.” His statement has everyone in the room groaning in anger.
“That’s fine, we just need to figure out how close we can get,” Rhea says reassuringly as she tightens the hair tie holding her brown locks back off her face.
“Please hurry.” The uncertainty in Harmonia’s voice as it trickles through the line tightens my chest.
“You’re going to be absolutely fine, H,” I reply instantly as Malik does too.
“You’ve got this, Mona. We believe in you.”
Talon, however, reaches across the table to grab the cell. “Harm, baby, put your cell back in your pocket now. We can hear everything clearly from here and you can focus on what’s happening around you, okay? Stay low and out of sight, we won’t be long.”
It takes a moment for her to respond, but a sigh sounds through the line before she mutters her reply. “Okay… I love you.”
The sounds that follow are her tucking the device away, not giving anyone a chance to respond or say a single word, like she didn’t just say those sweet three words to us.
I hear the murmurs of Talon communicating with some of Rhea’s men on coordinating where we need to go, but my gaze remains fixed on the cell phone now back in the center of the table. My ears are perked up, listening for any rustle or voice on the other end of the phone, but all I can piece together is Harmonia chatting with her mom.
My heart continues to thunder in my chest as my soul clutches to those three words she uttered so casually a moment ago, but I’m far too aware that there’s no time for me to be distracted like this. Shaking my head, I brace my fists on the table as I lean closer to the phone, the noise in the room becoming distant chatter as I focus on the sound of Harmonia’s voice. Until the sound of someone else shouting at the top of their lungs ripples through the line.
“Noose!”
My eyes flash to Malik’s, the uncertainty in his eyes telling me he heard it too, and seconds later our concerns are justified as we hear Harmonia speak with the motherfucker again.
“Get me to them. Now,” I grunt, whipping my head to Talon before settling on Xander as I clench my teeth together in frustration. But it’s Rhea who steps in front of her soulmate, shaking her head at me as she points to her ear.
My brows knit together but I understand what she's saying as I focus back on the cell phone again.
“If you told the Furies where we were they’re going to be heading in the wrong direction.”Noose’s words rattle around in my mind for a second as my eyes flash to Rhea’s again.
“He’s moved them,” Malik mumbles, making my body tense until I hear Noose’s next words.
“Hell, of course.”
He should have stayed where he fucking was. What a fool. What a fucking Redvellion.
“If he’s in Hell,” Khaos starts, drawing my attention to him as I rise to my full height, nodding in agreement before he even finishes his sentence.
“Then there are no wards,” Talon interjects, beating him to it.
My heart soars with hope. “Does anyone have a safe passage?” I ask, praying to the gods that we don’t need to wait for Hades to accept our request, when his son, Adonis, steps forward with a smirk on his lips.
“I can make that happen.” He pulls a large coin from his pocket a moment later, and I take a deep breath as I crack my neck from side to side.
Finally, we can do something to help the situation.
“Excellent, let’s go,” I state, rubbing my hands together as I move around the table, but the tight smile that takes over Adonis’s face tells me it’s not quite that simple. “Spit it out, demon,” I grunt, folding my arms over my chest as I stare him down. He just rolls his eyes at me.
“Ouch, your nickname hurt my feelings,” he adds with a pout. But when he sees I’m not interested in his jokes, he sighs, taking the situation seriously again. “I’m going to need you to give me some kind of indication as to which part of Hell we’re talking about here, otherwise we could be wandering around in the wrong zone.”
Shit.
My hands clench into fists before I unfold them, scrubbing a hand down my face as I turn to look at both Malik and Talon, who are just as dumbstruck as I am. How are we supposed to figure out what part of Hell she’s in?
We’re totally fucking screwed.
Silence descends over the room as Talon starts to pace. Every step he takes drives me closer to the brink of insanity as his nervousness, infectious as it is, makes its way through the rest of us. I’m at a complete loss until Rhea clears her throat, rubbing at the back of her neck as she looks up through her lashes at me.
“Have you all sealed your souls now, or are some of you still being difficult?” I can’t decide whether I want to roll my eyes at her or glare, but I end up doing neither, giving her an impassive glance as I wait for her to continue. “I need you to answer me, asshole, otherwise I don’t know whether my idea will work,” she adds, folding her arms over her chest as she raises an eyebrow at me and her men instinctively move around her in a protective stance.
