XENIA
Despite Hades’ angry demand, Claudia made no move to defend herself.
Instead, she remained strangely quiet, her eyes seeming blank and disturbingly empty as she stared through me like I was a ghost.
That reaction greatly unsettled me, making my stomach churn uncomfortably and my throat bitter as I wondered if there could be any truth to Hades’ accusation based on her actions. It didn’t help matters that students walking by were shooting us odd looks, probably wondering why three of the most popular students in the school were standing quietly in a corner with two common humans.
I was just about to nudge Claudia to speak when she started to act even weirder.
Her eyes seemed to be slowly crossing as she started to mutter unintelligible words to herself, like she was voicing out th
