Hades POV

Sealing the spell left him with a sense of emptiness somehow. 

He’d just achieved a lifelong goal, emphasis on long. Yet he experienced a colossal letdown.

“We did it,” Zillah said in the eerie echo of the Dark Goddess. “You’ve proven yourself worthy, my servant. Let’s go and properly greet our new servants.”

“As you command, Dark Mistress.”

He strode out from the shadows, breathing deeply to restore his energy. The spell had been ...