(King Pison's Pov)

I was still deep in sleep when I heard a harsh whisper in my ears.

"Get up!"

At first, I ignored the voice and snuggled deeper into sleep. It's been a long time since I ever felt so... comfortable.

"Get up now!"

My eyes opened and I sat up.

The room reeked of death and a dark shadow hovered above me. It was so thick it looked like a cloud amidst the dimly lit room.

Hades.

For a moment, I assumed I was in some kind of trance, but when I balled my fists and dug my claws into the flesh of my palm, I knew this was real. This was unusual. As much as Hades was my deity, he never revealed his presence in this manner.

I watched the cloud sweep over to one side of the room into a human-like form, although there was nothing else to it, it was just shadows. "You refused to heed my warnings." Hades's voice rang out in the room.

I frowned, sitting up "I don't understand."

"Eden." He snapped. "She's gone."

I frowned, finding it a little difficult to understand. My eyes widened suddenly, and I whipped my head to the side to check the bed for Eden.

felt missing. Instinctively, my hand reached for the pendant

Empty.

Eden stole the antidote.

was after the antidote, that would mean she knew

but Hades growled loudly that

bowed quickly, and scurried to track Eden with

myself believe that Eden could be bought with a taste of power. I had

clenched my jaw in fury. I was going to teach her a terrible lesson she would never forget. Then I mindlinked my

is missing. Find her and

your highness." They

room in haste, walking as fast as I could in the direction of her scent. It led me to the dungeon. fought hard

kill Eden on

disgust. The area reeked of

from the rogue guarding the entrance to the

be on guard

to see Eden

"Stop!" I bellowed.

me in shock, obviously not expecting to

my voice deep and menacing. Despite that, Eden didn't

perturbed as I knew the antidote would have a

female that were caged together seemed to be healing, and I knew

recognized them as Eden's friends, the

from him or I'll kill your

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