Chapter 44

CAELUM

The dome disappeared.

The damp soil was

replaced by gleaming granites as the smell of death, moss and rotting flowers

infiltrated my lungs. “I’m glad you called. I was hoping for a much earlier

meeting but it seems that you are kept busy by that charming little cupid,” His

voice eerily echoed and I look around noticing his dark form that is drawing

close.

Hades pulls off his coat

and his luminous blue hair floated, licking the top of his head. Curiously, I

observed how each strand of his hair drifted as though the wind is blowing at

it.

“Staring is rude, you know,”

“I know –...