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“Luckily, there was a burst of uncontrolled sex magick,” he continued.
I coughed loudly.
The others arrived one by one—Lust first, practically vibrating with the dramatic tension, followed by Gluttony who said nothing but nodded once to Hades. Sloth slouched in butstood straighter than usual. Envy muttered something under his breath that made Aggie grin. Greed, wisely, stayed quiet.
And Wrath...stepped in last.
Something changed then.
The air didn’t shift. It cracked.
When Wrath entered the room, Aggie turned—and for the first time since she arrived, her face changed. Not with recognition, but startled.Her witch senses touched the aura around Wrath and visibly jolted.
“You’re her,” Aggie said flatly.
Wrath raised an eyebrow. “I get that a lot lately. You’ll have to be more specific.”
“The anchor,” Aggie murmured. “The one the prophecies weren’t sure would ever manifest again. The hybrid. Wrath reborn.”
Wrath stiffened slightly beside me, but didn’t back down. “I prefer just Wrath now.”
Hades finally spoke, his voice quiet and firm. “Hecate wouldn’t shut up about you, so naturally Aggie had to come. My apologies for the intrusion.”
He sounded anything but.
“She’s stabilized a power none of the other Wraths could,” Aggie said, circling Wrath like a predator, but not with malice. “You’re not leaking emotion like a punctured vein. You’re channeling your magick well.”
Aggie whistled low under her breath. “Impressive. Dangerous.”
“Necessary,” G added.
Aggie turned back to Hades. “We need to tell them.”
I felt every Sin go still at once.
He nodded. “Hecate’s mirror is an important artifact we had thought was lost through time. It is a portal to the Underworld, and can drive mortals mad. When your burst of Wrath leveledthe cabin, it channeled it to me. I knew where you were and came for the mirror.”
“And found us,” Gluttony finished.
A silence fell—tense, charged, almost reverent.
Hades looked at him with faint disdain. “For now.”
Aggie gave Wrath a slow, assessing look. “We’ll train together. I know a bit about balancing witch powers with those from the gods and beyond.” Her eyes darted to the ground. “Plus, I was hoping for a new friend?”
She glanced up slightly at Wrath.
Wrath nodded excitedly. “When do we start?”
Hades’s answer was immediate. “Wait for the children to leave first,” he chastised.
No one argued.
Hades stepped back, adjusting his cuffs like this was a boardroom rather than the brink of divine war.
“Darling,” he said, voice cool as steel as he turned to Aggie. “I’ll leave you to it.”
She didn’t look at him, just waved a dismissive hand. “Bye, Daddy.”
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