Hades's phone binged. "Medusa is offering two million drachmae for her." Asterion glared at the Serpent Queen's cameras above him and lifted his middle finger. "Not for sale, you red-haired witch," he said. He knew Medusa would've been roaring with laughter, but it didn't matter. He wasn't going to let them haggle over Ariadne like she was a slab of meat.

