Hades
They both stiffened as the word left my lips, colour draining instantly. For a moment, none of them spoke, and I was left to watch as the people still gathered grew anxious, murmurs swelling like a tide. Maera simply observed, her gaze unreadable, as though waiting for the inevitable.
Kael swallowed thickly, speaking first, a slight tremor lacing every syllable.
"It's that thing you shifted into when Eve tried to escape, right? The creature that took the hit from Montegue's weapon and healed immediately?" His eyes widened with every word, fear dripping into each question as if he was bracing for the answer. "The same one with wings strong enough to strangle a full-grown man."
His green eyes were haunted. Like he was back in the lab, my fingers wrapped around his throat.
