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"It looks like she's used them for a lift," Medusa said, choking back her laughter. "She is resourceful. Makes you wonder who is kidnapping who in this situation. Let's see where they go."
Medusa got their license plate number and began to track them, using the traffic cameras. Hades resisted the urge to pull his hair out in frustration. Why hadn't Persephone come to him? He wasn't angry so much as hurt. They could always talk to each other about things. He rubbed at the pain blooming in his chest.
"They are at the airfield, and it looks like they used a light aircraft to leave Greece. Damn, their flight path wasn't recorded." Medusa muttered under her breath a few times, screens and maps changing so quickly, it made Hades dizzy. "All planes can be tracked with PSR and SSR, so by the looks of things, they went to..." She made a few more quick clicks. "Aswan, Egypt."
Hades rubbed his face in frustration. "Why take a plane when she could just open a doorway to it? And why Egypt?"
"You can track her if she used magic, but it will take longer to track her by human methods," Thoth said, returning to the office. "Medusa, can you find where she went after the airport? Was it to a boat?"
"I'll try and find out, but I don't have the same kind of access outside of Greece," she said and focused back on the computer.
Hades frowned at Thoth. "Why do you think she got onto a boat? What's in Aswan?"
"If my hunch is right, she's not staying in Aswan. She's heading further down the Nile to Agilka Island," Thoth replied.
Hades glared, and Thoth frowned back. He was too old to be intimidated by the likes of Hades.
"I have her getting on a day cruise felucca, and that's where I lose her. I'll find the identity of her kidnappers and see if they managed to keep hold of their phones. If Persephone didn't want to be found, she would have gotten them to dump them," Medusa said, not looking up from her screens.
"Please, Thoth, tell me where my wife has gone," Hades asked. It was as close to begging as it got. He would beg if he had to. For Persephone, he'd do anything.
It was frustrating because unless Thoth felt in a sharing mood, no one could get a damn fucking thing out of him. Thoth seemed to be fighting an inner battle before finally blowing out a frustrated breath. "I think she has gone to see Isis."
"Woah, Isis? I thought you guys didn't know where she was?" Hermes said, pushing in beside Thoth to get into the office.
"I've always known, but I've respected her request to be left alone. She separated herself from the world for a reason, and I wasn't about to go against her wishes," Thoth replied.
"But why would Persephone go to her? She never knew Isis," Hades replied, scratching his head.
Hermes poked Thoth in the ribs. "Out with it, Feathers. This is a family matter now."
"Call me Feathers again, and I will feed you to Ammit," Thoth threatened. The snake tattoo on his arm came alive to hiss at Hermes. Thoth turned back to Hades. "Isis runs a sanctuary for goddesses who need help or guidance. If Persephone heard her call, it's because she needed one or the other."
Hermes rubbed at his bearded chin. "If Aunty heard a call like that, she would have investigated. She's too curious and fearless for her own good when she wants to be. What do we do? Or should we do anything about it?"
"I will go to this island and see for myself," Hades said, getting to his feet.
Thoth shook his head. "Not possible, even for the likes of you."
"Explain."
"Firstly, it's goddesses only, and you don't qualify." Thoth shrugged. "Secondly, it's not in the physical plane of existence. You will never find it without Isis's blessing."
Hades's shoulders dropped as his worry and fear for Persephone knocked the air out of him. "So what do you suggest I do?"
Thoth's eyes glowed bronze. "Do you love and trust your wife?"
"Yes," Hades answered without hesitation.
"Then leave her the fuck alone. She will come home when she wants to."
It didn't comfort Hades in the slightest. He didn't like feeling so powerless.
Persephone, please, sunshine, come home, he sent out, but all he got back was silence.
5
Persephone crashed as soon as she stepped into the temple the previous evening. Isis had promised her answers in the morning and showed her to a set of rooms. Persephone had fallen face first on her bed in her dirty dress and hadn't moved all night.
