Hades
Flashback
I didn’t waste time on useless talk. I wasn’t the kind of man who traded words when a fist said the same thing faster. Most of the time, I didn’t even need to get that far, once people found out who I was, their whole posture shifted. The arrogant turned submissive. Usually, I stayed calm, because most people were irrelevant. I never let them get a rise out of me.
But tonight I had to control every fibre of my being to stop myself from destroying everything around me.
My jaw tightened, my gaze dark, as I stood with my arms folded, watching her on the bed. She was pale, her breathing slow. The old doctor moved carefully around her, syringes and vials neatly arranged on the table. He injected something into her arm, and she winced. Then, without a word, he turned away and
