Fifty-six:
Fiona Fallon
When Hades left the room, I was alone with Adrianus. “Your nose is bleeding,” I said, “come on. Let’s get you cleaned.” I grabbed him by the hand and dragged him off to the bathroom in Hades’s bedroom. I took some of the toilet paper towel and put it towards his nose. He looked at me apprehensively.
“I’m sorry,” he apologized, “I got us into a mess, didn’t I?”
“Yes,” I said, “this is what comes of not asking women of their mind.”
He took the bit of toilet paper from me that I was using to wipe his nose. “Declan didn’t listen to you, did he?”
I shook my head. “No. But it wasn’t his fault. My Nan….she told me to always do as the royals told me. I thought that meant everythin’.”
“I’m sorry,” he said, “I could understand how that wo
