GEMMA
"An army of the dead?" George asked, his voice trailing off. It was unthinkable, I knew that.
"It's the only explanation— the sacrifices. I studied the pictures in the book before coming to meet the Queen. It was on my mind all through." I explained, taking turns to look at the both of them.
"I noticed that they're not just taking souls. They're exchanging them." I said.
"So they're making trades with Hades? Is that what you mean?" Nate asked. I nodded.
Hades was the ruler of death. The only way for them to be able to bring back someone who had been claimed by Hades was to give him another. It was a trade by barter.
"That's pure evil," George said.
The room had taken on a cold feeling and I knew that everyone was thinking about the implications of what this meant for us.
"Why
