Persephone had no difficulty convincing Lexa to have Hades over for an evening of food, baking, and movies. In fact, she screamed when Persephone brought it up, which summoned Jaison from her room armed with a lamp, his blue-gray eyes wide and his dark brown curls wild. He looked ready for a fight, and when the girls saw him, they laughed. Jaison lowered the lamp. “I heard someone scream.” “And you were going to save me with a lamp?” Lexa asked. “It was the heaviest thing I could find,” he said defensively.
