Dread pooled in Persephone’s chest as she made her way to Hades’s office. There was a part of her that hoped she would find him waiting, sitting behind his desk or standing near the fire, but when she opened the door, she found her friends—Hermes and Ilias, Charon and Thanatos, and Apollo and Hecate. As much as she loved them, they were not Hades. “Tell me of those who escaped,” she said, the dread in her chest thickening. There was a moment of heavy silence. “There were few, my lady,” said Thanatos. “But among them, Cronos.” Cronos was the God of Time, but specifically he had influence over
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