XENIA I woke up feeling groggy, only to find a cup of steaming ginger tea beside me that my mom must’ve left before she went to work. One day, I’d be able to provide for us both so she wouldn’t have to work on Sunday mornings, but I knew that worrying about her work schedule was something she’d repeatedly warned me against doing so I shook it off as quickly as it had come. With a satisfied smile, I picked it up and took a cautious sip, pleased at how refreshed and energized I felt afterwards. I quickly reached for my phone to send her a thank you text, and just as I hit send, two texts from Hades popped up and caught my eye. Hades: Good Morning beautiful, I saw how curious and worried you seemed about the blood sucking creatures, so I did a little more research. Hades: I’m a few bloc

