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CHAPTER NINETEEN

CHAPTER NINETEEN
PLANS FOR REVENGE

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FOR A SECOND, the whole world seemed to have come to a stop.

I stood frozen, staring at the spot where the hand had crashed the god of the Underworld, unsure of what I was supposed to do next. White noise started to fill my ears and my limbs seemed tight and too heavy to move as my hands grasped the stone-tiled bridge in an attempt to ground myself. In those moments of disbelief, I couldn't help but notice that there was no damage on the bridge itself, not even a single crack in sight.

Then, I snapped into action.

I didn't know why I did it at first; I could have just left Hades there and woken myself up like last time but for some reason, it felt... wrong. Like something was eating me alive from the inside just by the thought of leaving someone like that after they had just saved my life. I didn't think I would be able to live with myself if I did. Even if Hades was the enemy. Which was why when I finally regained my balance, I did the only thing I could think of to help.

I screamed.

Gaining the giant's attention, I watched as the hand got raised again but I didn't stick around to find out what would happen next. I started running, feeling the pressure of being followed on the back of my head. Putting as much effort as I could into my screams just so that I could keep its focus, I continued running, calling it to me as I did. Its limbs seemed to move lightning fast unlike what one would think based on movies. It was something I hadn't predicted - I blame Hollywood for that - because soon enough I had to run in a zigzag form in order to make sure that it wouldn't catch me and you know, crash me like Hades.

I had no idea if he was okay or not, I just kept luring it away from him just in case. I was hoping he would rise soon and help me because there was no way I would be able to fight this thing on my own. And I couldn't run forever; I needed a plan. I just couldn't seem to focus as my attention always shifted back to the giant hand keen on crashing me.

I needed to check on the god of the Underworld but at the same time, I needed to save myself. Because of my panic, I couldn't focus enough to wake myself up from Hades' spell and I wasn't sure if this place was just a figment of his imagination. I didn't know if he had just created this place in my head and had placed us here or if we were in the actual underworld but he had just called me here from my dreams. If the latter was true, then I wasn't the only one in trouble.

There was a whole city in danger.

And holy shit, I was running towards it.

I stopped on my heels, horrified of what could have almost happened because of me and abruptly turned right, making my way as far away from the gates as I could. In a way, I was trapped inside the palace with it. I didn't know if the gates were open or not, for me to escape towards the thick forest that surrounded the other side of the castle and I could run in circles for so long before my legs give up on me. I didn't think my persuasion magic would work in this situation; I hadn't learnt to use them while in panic mode yet and I wasn't sure the magic would even reach the giant.

I caught movement from the corner of my eye and I quickly ducked to the left as it tried to grab me again, hitting the floor on my side and shoulder causing pain to spike in those places. I closed my eyes trying to catch my breath and hold my scream at the same time.

Fuck me, this wasn't working.

I tried thinking of another plan; I could try running back to the bridge and look for Hades or maybe I could go inside the castle and find someone to help. If there was even someone in there. For all I knew, I just put myself in danger for an imaginary city that wasn't in any type of danger, to begin with. Ugh, this whole thing was so confusing and there wasn't anyone to give me concrete answers. And there wasn't time for them as well.