Sera's challenge lingered uneasily in the hall long after she'd been drawn away.
The formal dispute hung in the air, and Tohu wanted that residue managed under his direction. Jehovah wanted it contained and reviewed. Sera wanted her claim acknowledged before either of them could rework the board around her. Throughout the entire exchange, the nine remained in their sealed place, alive and unrestrained, listening to higher beings discuss the roads opened during the death of their world.
Hades had heard enough.
He waited until the attendants had withdrawn and the immediate political noise thinned before he strode directly toward Jehovah and Tohu without asking permission from Zeus or anyone else. Green light pulsed slowly and firmly under his skin. The others felt the change and followed, if not to stop him, more that whatever he was about to force into the open was for all of them.
