The Return of the Hades

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Darien crumpled the mocking note in his fist, his anger boiling over. How dare Gangatsu toy with him like this? He was seething as he pulled out his phone with trembling hands and called Lavinia.

She picked up after the first ring. "Darien? What happened? Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," he growled through gritted teeth. "But Gangatsu got the slip on me. He gassed me and left me here as some sort of twisted game."

Lavinia sighed in exasperation. "I tried to warn you it could be a trap. What did that note say?"

Darien recounted Gangatsu's taunting words, his jaw clenching tighter with each mocking sentence. Lavinia made a sound of disgust. "Ugh, what an arrogant fool. He really thinks he's got you beaten, doesn't he?"

"Not for long," Darien seethed, balling his free hand into a fist. "I won't let him get away with this."

"Calm down, we'll figure something out," Lavinia soothed. "Where are you now?"

Darien took a deep breath to steady his frazzled nerves. "Still at the mill. Mee