CHAPTER 19 AURORAWith my hands around the black balcony railing, I stared out into Hades’s kingdom the next morning. My mind was racing and reeling with thoughts about what could happen once we left this safe place. Every other time that we had ventured beyond these walls, we had been attacked or fought monsters. What if that was all we would be doing these next few days, weeks, months … years? While I needed to find Mars badly, we needed to end this war now. We couldn’t wait much longer. And with my newfound power of being able to lead the hounds, I knew now was the right time to leave. We needed this more than ever. And … Ares was getting a bit more possessive than he usually was, especially when Hades was around because Hades had always had a certain kind of charm to him, one that