'What test and what ceremony? Can you not answer anything properly?' Hades clenched his jaw. 'I can't see the benefit of telling you.' 'How about because I fucking asked?' I said, the pent-up energy and tension inside me slipping quickly to anger. The corner of Hades’ mouth quirked up into a smile again and I bared my teeth. 'Do I amuse you?' 'You just... Nobody other than you has ever spoken to me like that.' 'I don't care, just tell me about this ceremony.' 'No. Not unless you ask me nicely.' My mouth fell open. Hades, the King of the Underworld, was teasing me. Well, two could play at that
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