Nyx walked quietly through the halls of Hades’ palace, passing the throne room and continuing down to the Hall of Judgment. Her gaze flicked toward the long lines of damned souls waiting for their punishment.
A soft smile touched her lips as she remembered how Zagreus used to race through these halls when he was still young. Then her eyes caught sight of the most feared god in existence—the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea.
Hades.
Every soul bowed as he passed through the hall and took his place upon the throne to oversee the judgment of the damned. Hades had earned the respect of gods and goddesses alike. Mortals spoke of him as weak, as though he had been cast into the deepest reaches of the Underworld against his will.
But those were only stories.
Hades ruled the Underworld because no
