CHAPTER NINE
The last time Thanos had arrived in Haylon, he’d come seeking Ceres, and he’d found himself turned away. Now, he’d found her, he had her close, and soon he would marry her, but he still didn’t know what kind of welcome he would find on the island. They were supposed to be allies, but he was the man who’d convinced Akila and the others to come to Delos.
He was the one who’d led them to their deaths.
“What are you worrying over?” Jeva asked, walking up beside him. The Bone Folk woman hadn’t been far away ever since they’d rescued her. It was as if she’d decided that Thanos was the only one responsible for it, and was determined to repay it. “You look the way a child looks before stripping the flesh off its first ribcage.”
That was an image Thanos didn’t need.
“Just that we
