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come home with me. The dogs are well. They miss you too.
Mason sleeps with me.”
    “ Oh, how sweet.
You ’ ve replaced Mason with a dog.” Eris ’ s lips spread into a wicked
smile, so fake and conniving.
    My eyes sparked, and my hands blazed.
“Shut—”
    Hades picked me up and
twirled me around before I could finish. Still holding me in his
arms, he strode forward, long quick strides. “Enough of her
insults. We stay there any longer she ’ ll make me want to rip off my own
ears. Not only can I not stand the sight of her, but I also hate
her annoying voice,” He growled out loud.
    “ Now what?
What ’ s the plan?” Poseidon asked when we reached the first
invisible wall.
    “ When we cross over, we
should be arriving at the meeting room in New Olympus,” Zeus
replied. “Just make sure to think of that room and nowhere else.
Everyone ready?”
    I wanted to say no. I wanted to tell them
that Mason needed me. Instead, I said yes. We slipped through the
wall together.

Chapter
9

    Mason
     
    Sky ’ s eyes pooled with
tears. She wiped them before they fell. “ I promise I’ ll come back. And
when I do, you ’ ll come home with me. The dogs
are well. They miss you too. Mason sleeps with me.”
    The word home hit me hard
to the core of my heart and I choked up. My words
wouldn ’ t leave my head, but I needed to say them for
me… for her. I hear you, baby. I know you ’ ll come back to me.
I ’ m
glad the dogs are keeping you busy. And Mason is one hell of a
lucky dog. When I come home, I ’ m the only Mason
you ’ ll hug at night in our bed .
    “ Oh, how sweet.
You ’ ve replaced Mason with a dog,” Eris said
sarcastically.
    I wanted to hit her with
Zeus ’ s staff to shut her up. Sky ’ s eyes flickered with
electricity, and her hands blazed with fire. That ’ s my girl. Give all your hateful
energy to her . But she
couldn ’ t. The invisible wall would cause it to bounce back to her.
Hades lifted Sky, cutting her words. No!
No! No! Sky, come back .
    As Hades took my Sky away, she became
smaller and smaller in my cloudy tunnel view. How I hated my
limited view. I hated being there. Anger coursed through me,
burning through my body, taking me over. I fought with every ounce
of will and strength to break the barrier, but it was too much to
handle. The trees, the only thing in my view, blurred and blended
together. Eris must have sensed my attempt to escape.
    “ Now, now…I know
you ’ re upset.” She caressed my face. “If you fight your prison,
you ’ ll only hurt yourself. If Sky doesn ’ t bring me what I want,
we ’ ll be married forever. And I don ’ t want you hurting yourself.
You ’ re so perfect the way you are.”
    I wanted to slap her hand away from my face
and give her a huge dose of my lightning. Hell would freeze before
I married her. No gods would marry us against my will. There had to
be some kind of law. Sky would come back for me. I put all my faith
in her and my family. Having Sky within reach broke me. My heart
burst out of my chest and left with her. Emptiness swallowed me
whole. I lost myself to the darkness, missing Sky.

    Skylar
    “ What happened?” Amanda squealed.
    “ Eris is…” Nick ran his
hand down his face and puffed out air.
    “ Crazy,” Everett finished
for him, pressing his lips into a thin line.
    “ My love.
It ’ s
so good to see you back safe and well.” Persephone ran into
Hades ’ s arms, making me miss Mason even more.
    Mom wrapped her arms around me, holding me
steady from falling apart. I pressed my head against her shoulder
and breathed. Leaving Mason tore out my insides. At least he was
alive and well. I had to keep telling myself that.
    “ So, Eris has Mason?” Zara
stood from her seat. “Did you see him?”
    “ Yes,” Zeus confirmed. He
sat down next to Poseidon at the table.
    “ And Cronus? Did other
Titans escape?” Tara ’ s soft voice came out shaky. Her
blue eyes filled with concern.
    Hades leaned against the
table with