“You never tell the truth,” she said. His expression darkened. His anger slammed into her, a quick and violent thing. “I haven’t lied to you,” he said. “You don’t have to lie to not tell the truth,” she said and then shook her head. She almost felt unable to communicate how this had made her feel, but she needed to say it all the same. “I recognized it when I found out about Theseus’s favor,” she said, noting how Hades’s body seemed to grow rigid. “And in the moment, it was shocking but nothing compared to what followed, so I didn’t think long on it. But then there was Zofie and the belt.
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