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Nothing.

“What’s wrong?” Connor asked.

“Well, aside from you being naked right now, that tea she gave me is still in my system. Manifesting us out of there used up my strength. I need to rest, to recuperate before we can move.”

Connor looked down at himself.

Agatha laughed uncomfortably. “I was trying not to bring attention to that. Though, you should be very proud of your… um… physique.”

I used what strength I had to step in front of him. “She’s not wrong,” I said. “Very,veryproud.”

“Woman.” He laughed.

“We have two choices here: You can either change back into a hound as we move out or I can give you my jeans.”

Connor stared at me incredulously.

“What? My shirt will cover my undies and the pants are stretchy.”

“Not that stretchy.”

“Then be a good boy and change for mama.”

I looked to Agatha. “I’m sorry to drag you into all this.”

“You didn’t. This is the universe’s plan for all of us.”

“Where will you go?” I asked.

“Don’t worry about me. I have places to lay low without you around to track.”

“Safe travels, Agatha,” I said.

“Safe travels, Simone.”

Connor gave Agatha a silent thank you, dropping his head right before he changed into his hound form. “Get on my back,” he said inside my head. I climbed on his back and with a wave to Agatha, we took off.

“Where are we going to go?” I asked him.

“Only one place I can think to go where you’ll be safe.”

In an instant, I knew it.

Hades.

Chapter

Ten

Connor ran through the night. A blur of animal running faster than any human eyes had the ability to focus on until we finally reached Raven, the cemetery, and finally, the mausoleum.

“What are we going to do for clothes?” I asked once he stopped. “You can’t go down there naked.”

“Since I don’t usually have the time to strip before I change, Luc keeps a special closet that’s always stocked for me.”

“Okay, but you won’t change back until you have something to dress in?”

He laughed in my head. It came out sounding like a gruff grumble in real life. “Doesn’t take much, does it?”

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