“Is that what you’re calling your interrogations?” she asked. “Do not act as if you disapprove,” he said. “Oh, I fully support persecution when it’s deserved,” she said. “This is deserved,” Hades said. “I have reason to believe this mortal has obtained a kind of relic that allows him to see the threads of the present and future.” “So what has he done to incur your wrath? Tell people when they will die?” “No,” Hades said mildly. “He’s offering outcomes—athletics, cards, racing.” Hades had to admit it was unusual. In the past when he had handled a mortal who’d come into possession of a relic
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