Violet I didn’t understand what was going on, but if Sierra was the way to some of the answers I’d been desperately searching for, then I was going to take it. She looked at me like I was already caught in her mousetrap, a little toy trapped in her cage, and she intended to have all the fun she wanted before letting me out. Her smile was wicked, and it made my palms damp. I swallowed hard. “You said you and Hades were cousins, but then you said it was complicated.” For a moment, her expression froze, then melted into a grin. “Ah. That was not what I expected as your first question,” she murmured, amused, “but still not bad.” She crossed her arms, shifting her weight in a way that made her look both intimidating and effortlessly beautiful. “To answer your question, I am his cousin but

