Episode 32

"We need to stick together."

Hades leaned heavily against the wall as he spoke to Guru outside of the adjoining rooms in the no-tell motel he'd driven them three hours south to find. He still had a few safe houses no one had burned and whatever enemies were on their tails, he was hoping they wouldn’t guess he was hiding everyone just twenty minutes from the city he called home.

Hades was banking on that because they needed time. Jinx was out of commission until the six-hour hex wore off. They'd set him up in an armchair and once the glaring had stopped the Orangelo had dozed off. Lexi was laid out on the bed shivering. Hades's heart twisted. He was at a loss. Taking the demon to the underworld was insanity. It was a very likely possibility assassins would be waiting the moment they crossed and there was no room for further injury.

Lexi wouldn't die, exactly. Like all demons, he was immortal. No, death wasn't what assassination meant t