CHAPTER 20
ARESAs Hades had promised, the road to Tartarus—the place halfway between Hades’s and Erebus’s kingdoms, where Hella and Nyx supposedly resided—was filled with monsters and hounds. After defeating some minotaurs and other bird creatures, the hounds began attacking us from behind.
A hound sprinted toward me, his canines drawn and dripping with blood. I leaped out of the way, my hands curling around Aurora’s waist and pulling her behind me. Aurora might’ve had all the strength in the world, but she was still mine. I would do whatever it took to protect her and keep her alive to see Mars again and our daughter.
The hound sank his claws into my thigh and his teeth into my abdomen, pulling out a huge chunk of my flesh. A loud roar escaped my throat, and I tossed him off of me with
