“Theseus has my ring,” Persephone said. “Can you track it?” “I will try,” Hecate said. Do more than try, Persephone wanted to say, but she knew Hecate was just being cautious. The goddess did not want to overpromise given that she already could not sense Hades’s magic. Persephone looked at the others. “In the meantime, I want Theseus’s men,” she said. “I’ll torture my way through them until one of them tells us where Hades is.” “We’re on it, Seph,” said Apollo. “We will bring him home, my lady,” said Ilias. She swallowed hard, her eyes watering. “Promise me,” she said, her voice trembling.
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