Eve
"What do you mean by a contract?" Hades' voice was a low rumble that vibrated through everyone in the room. "What contract?"
"It will profit your side as well, I assure you."
"Your assurance is worth less than shit, Your Majesty." Hades was quick to reply.
"No offense," Kael quipped in where he sat.
James glanced at him, his eye twitching before facing Hades and me again. "It's just a simple guarantee that the meeting will not be interrupted no matter what. You will not be allowed to open the door until the thirty minutes are up. Then, the princess will come out, I promise, in one piece."
The temperature of Hades' body increased, raising the heat in the air-conditioned room. His grip on me was almost painful, but I knew it was instinctual, and he was not doing so on purpose.
After my second nosebleed, he had been on edge, unable to leave my side. And to be honest, I needed it because the visions that attacked me the previous night were as fresh and bloody as a stab.
