Page 4 of Hades' Shadow
Raven reaches a hand up, smacking him in the back of the head. “That’s not all it was and you know it.”
“Gods, quit hurting me. I’m already in enough pain,” he grumbles.
“Then stop being an ass.” She tugs on his arm, nearly making us all go down.
“Raven, seriously, you need to remember your strength,” I growl as I right myself.
We break through the trees into the grassy quad. Students are all over the place and a few turn and stare, whispering to each other as we pass.
Jayden sits on a stone step off to the side with Draven, the Hermes student who got himself captured a few weeks ago just to protect his siblings. He waves to us, but Jayden turns away, talking to Mia as we pass.
I should see it coming, I really should. She’s hanging on his every word just like always. I turn my head, not even bothering to acknowledge the fact that as soon as he’s pissed at me about something, he gives her all his scraps of attention again.
It’s like we are in this constant state of tug-of-war. It’s just fucking sad that she keeps going after him when he’s obviously just using her.
“She truly is pathetic,” Raven says, catching sight of what has me moving faster through the quad.
We make it to the main administration building and climb the steps to the large double doors. I sigh as we head inside, and Jayden is no longer visible. He’s being an ass and I am just so over his bullshit.
“She is and you would think that her mom being the goddess of love would actually give her a backbone,” I grumble.
I can’t fucking stand her, but what Jayden is doing is wrong on so many levels.
Dax groans and starts tipping as I let go of his elbow to open the door to the infirmary.
“What is wrong with you? He got your wrists, not your feet.” I quickly place my hand back on his arm.
“Something tripped me out there and my ankle is a little weak.” He stumbles again.
“You should have gone down, and then you wouldn’t have your skin melting off you.” I trudge through the healer’s office, searching for the healer who helped me with the Chimera burns before our mission a few weeks ago.
I spot him in the back and wave him over. He lifts a brow at me as he races over. “Beth, what kind of trouble have you gotten yourself into this time?”
“Not me this time, Doc.” I grin, pointing over to Dax. “This idiot brought an ax to a hellfire fight.”
“Do we have to keep calling me names?” Dax grumbles.
The healer waves a hand to a cubicle with a cot that is way too small for Dax.
Raven chuckles as he lays his big body on the cot and his legs hang off the end. “We do when you are continuously being an idiot.”
“Okay, ladies,” the healer says. “Let me check the burns. It was hellfire you say?”
“Well, underworld fire, I guess?” Raven shrugs. “We have just been calling it hellfire since Jayden manifested the new ability.”
“The son of Hades did this to you?” the healer asks, aghast. “I’ll have to report this to the headmistress. We should not be using powers like this on fellow students.”
Raven shoots me a wide-eyed look, but I shrug. Jayden knows good and well that he shouldn’t be using his hellfire on people no matter how angry he was at Dax.
“Are we sure that’s necessary, Doc?” Dax asks softly. “I started the fight. He just finished it.”
My eyebrows rise to my hairline at his words. Why does he care if Jayden gets into trouble? Jayden should have used his shadows to subdue him, not his fire. That’s just fucking stupid when we are all on the same side.
“These burns are very serious. I’m not even sure if I can heal them without speaking to the god of the underworld.” He shakes his head as he picks up Dax’s arm to examine it.
“Should we get Jayden to see if he has any clue what to do?” Raven chews her lip nervously.
Dax winces in discomfort as the healer pokes at the charred flesh.
