“Thank you, Death.”
“I’ll find you soon.” He gave me a sad smile before he and his two guards disappeared.
“I think he and I will be great friends.” Ezra smiled at me when I looked at him. “He’s a little rough around the edges, but I think I made quite the impression on him.”
“He almost murdered you.”
“But he didn’t; that is what is important.” Ezra looked me over for a moment. He had lost his damn mind. “What do you think he meant about them not getting mates? Aren’t all gods promised that?”
“I don’t know. Maybe not in the other realms.” I glanced around the dark woods. “We should go check in with Thea and Cassius.”
“Let’s go then.”
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Thea and Cassius stood up off the couch immediately when we arrived back at their home. I instantly became tense at their faces. They looked as if they had a hell of a day.
“What happened?” I asked.
“We found her in Akecia,” Cassius started. “She slaughtered a ton of men. Not just slaughtered, she made a public spectacle about it. Women would come to her and tell her of men that hurt them; Della would go hunt them down and bring them back fora very public display of execution. She is on a rampage to cleanse the realm.”
My entire body tensed. Why would she be doing something so specific?
“What the fuck? That is an oddly specific form of wrath,” I said.
“Did she see you two?” Ezra asked.
“Yes, she smiled when she saw us, like she recognized us, but then she announced to everyone that she had to go and fucking vanished.” Thea frowned. “Haden, her power pulsing from her is like nothing I have ever felt.”
“Great.” I rubbed my forehead. “My wife has gone completely fucking mad.”
“No, she hasn’t,” Ezra said. “Wrath is about vengeance, anger, and hatred. It is often misguided and doesn't always root itself with logic. Della’s targets are too specific for her to be out of control. Even at my castle, she did not hurt all of my slaves. She went to the room of the Hell-bound souls and killed the slaves there. She is being selective in who she is hurting.”
Ezra smiled at us like he'd solved everything.
“Don’t you see? Maybe she is partly in control of her wrath, even without her soul. Della is using this ‘evil’ power for good. But probably to help get some of the rage out and get better control of it. Della is still in there somewhere.”
I looked at Ezra.
“It’s like when I was void.” I looked at Thea and Cassius. “Maybe she is like that too, two sides. Maybe the bad side is in control, but Della is trapped in there. If that is true, then I need to get to her; I can make her nice side come out. Ezra is right; wrath does not care about the consequences. If she wanted to kill for fun, she’d kill everyone. And she smiled at you two, which means maybe she does remember some things.”
Hope filled my chest. Storm was still in there, but could I get to her in time before wrath took control of her completely? I sighed heavily because we didn’t know where she was.
“How can we find her?” I asked.
“We don’t know.” Cassius frowned. “Maybe we will get word that there is a woman slaughtering a fuck ton of men again.”
“What did the God of Death say?” Thea asked.
“He is going to help us the best he can, but it will be difficult for him to get to us immediately.”
Thea nodded before suddenly looking around the room and grabbing Cassius’ arm with worry. Her eyes scanned around us. “Do you all feel that?” she asked.
“No.” Cassius glanced around us. “What is it, my love?”
Thea looked over my shoulder and out of the windows. Her face paled.
“Della’s power is close by. I’m pretty sure she is in the woods watching us.” Thea swallowed hard. “Don’t look,” she said quickly.
