“So, how do we prove it?” I asked.
“I think that may be where your God Squad will come in handy.” Re smirked. “Finish gathering your spell components; we can talk to Thor about this when I take you back to Bilskinir.”
“All right.” I went back to gathering my tools.
This is our last shot, Vervain,Alaric said grimly.If you don't kill Aion before this timeline settles itself, there will be no way to right this. And if Aion goes back further and changes history again, your memories will be lost forever.
Part of me wondered if that would be a bad thing. I looked at Re and knew that I could be happy with him. Only him. What would I do with multiple husbands? Frankly, it sounded like a lot of head and heartaches.
You say that now, but your tune will change when you meet them. Re was one of the last lovers you took; your husbands have a far stronger connection to you.
Stronger than this?I glanced over at Re.
V, you ain't seen nothing yet.
Now, I'm really scared.
Chapter Thirty-Two
“You want me to believe that the reason you know so much about the Gods is that you were friends with us in another life?” Thor asked with a raised brow.
“Another time,” I corrected.
“You have to admit that her knowledge of us is uncanny,” Re said. “Look at this painting she did of you.” Re pulled up a picture he'd taken of the Thor painting on his phone. “She even painted that piece of stone embedded in your forehead, Thor.” Re magnified the picture and handed the phone to Thor.
Thor's expression went from skeptical to amazed. “How did you...?” He slid his fingers beneath the fall of hair on his forehead. “You could have read about that in theProse Edda.”
Tell him that he got it in a bar brawl when he was dressed as a woman,Al urged.
I gaped at Thor and then chuckled. “How did dressing in drag end with you having a chunk of rock in your head?”
Thor's eyes went wide as Re laughed.
“See? This being—Alaric— knows about us,” Re said.
“That doesn't mean we can trust him,” Thor grumbled. “And it was a joke, by the way; the drag thing. I'm very funny.”
“I'm sure you are,” I said. “But that's why Alaric gave us the information on Persephone's murderer; he wants to prove that we can trust him.”
“What does he expect us to do; walk into Tartarus and ask Nyx is she killed Persephone?” Thor huffed.
“That's not half bad,” Re mused. “We confront Nyx to her face, and then we can judge her reaction.”
“And what if she has no reaction?” Thor asked. “Nyx could claim innocence and still be guilty; Gods are good at dissembling.”
Tell him that I will supply you with information that will startle Nyx if she doesn't reveal her guilt immediately.
“Alaric says that he can give us more information; things that will get a reaction from her,” I offered.
“I don't know if we should tell Hades about this or just confront Nyx alone,” Thor mused.
“As I said to Vervain; I believe it would be better if we went to Hades with proof and not just accusations,” Re said.
“My thoughts exactly, but we have to go through Hades' territory to get to Nyx; she lives in Tartarus,” Thor said.
“And you're friends with Hades; you have the ward chant, right?” Re pointed out. “We don't have to tell Hades that we're there; the Underworld is a big place.”
“And have you ever walked through Tartarus?” Thor shot back. “It's not a pleasant stroll.”
