Chapter 53
Hades Pov
The storm outside the fortress cracked once more, echoing like a war drum.
I stood in the silence left behind by Malrik's departure. The shattered glass at my feet, the blood dripping from my hand, and the chill in the air—all reminders that time was no longer my ally.
Raine needed to be... tamed.
But not broken—no, that would defeat the purpose.
She needed to be shaped. Molded into the weapon the world feared she could become… but one I could wield.
I turned sharply and left the chamber, the blood on my hand drying like rust. My guards straightened the moment I emerged. I didn't speak to them. I didn’t need to.
They scattered like rats at my pace, and within moments, I was at the steelwood doors of the room they’d locked her in.
Two warriors stood at attentio
