NESSE’S POVMy convoy was already waiting for me, so as soon as I stepped out of my house, I entered into the car that was already open for me.“Slow down for a second,” I commanded when we got to the gate.“Yes, ma’am,” my driver responded.And he did as he was instructed.I beckoned on my security and he came to me.“I have fired the chef, and I need her out of this environment completely in three minutes,” I declared.“Will do, Ms. Nesse,” he responded dutifully.“If it is later than three minutes, you are going with her,” I warned him sternly.“Got it, ma’am,” he said.After that, we drove out of my house, but almost immediately, and because I was still thinking about Iron and my encounter with him yesterday, I recalled that before my driver came into the car to drive me out of there, Iron had spoken to him for a few minutes.Actually, from my point of view, it had seemed like a threat or something.Fortunately, he was the one driving the car I was in right now.“About yesterday,”

Chase’s POVBenjamin had told me earlier that he would be going to visit Tyler in cell.“Can I come along?” I had asked without even thinking about it.“I think you can,” Benjamin had responded.That was a few hours ago at the gym where Benjamin and I had talked and worked out, and just as I had hoped, it had distracted me from the troubling thought that I was having.And so, when he had mentioned going to the station to visit Tyler, I had jumped on it without considering it.Now, staring at my reflection in the mirror, I began to question my intention.“Is this even the right thing to do?” I asked myself.I didn’t find the question before Benjamin showed up.“Ready?” He asked.“Yeah, I am,” I answered.“You don’t mind driving in my car, right?” Benjamin asked me.“Of course not,” I answered.I didn’t understand why Benjamin would think that I wouldn’t want to drive in his car. His car was also expensive and fanciful, and it wasn’t like he wasn’t wealthy as well. Anyway, I decided not

IRON’S POV“The Titans are ready, Lord Dante,” Blake said with a bow as he walked into my chamber.He had advised that I spoke to the Titans and informed them about what we recently found out.“I know this isn’t how you used to rule before the war, but I strongly believe that it will endear the Titans to you, that is, if you intend to bring them to your leadership and make them loyal again,” he had said.I had thought about it deeply and decided to give it a try.“But I am not going to make them know about Athena’s role in this,” I had told Blake. “I don’t want them to begin to detest her,” I had added.“Fair enough,” Blake had agreed easily.Then he had gone ahead to summon them all for a meeting, and a while later, he was here now to tell me that they were ready.“Alright,” I said, rising to my feet. “But we do have a lot to talk about when I am done,” I added.“At your service, Lord Dante,” he responded.Blake and I went to where the Titans were gathered, and it broke my heart to s

JULES’S POV“Nesse has collapsed again,” I said out loud.I knew that Arthur had already seen the news as well, but somehow, I just felt the need to say it out loud.The news was devastating, but it was also worrying.I might be embittered with Nesse for what she had been doing to me, but that didn’t mean that I wanted her to be hurt.I was still her mother, and no matter what, I would continue to have that compassion for her. If only she would just give in and let me have my own share of the wealth. If only she would just stop being as obstinate as her dead father.“She is in the hospital as we speak,” I said. “The cops were right there when it happened, and she might be badly hurt,” I added.“Unfortunately, the incompetent cops have no idea what went wrong with her,” Arthur said with a snarl. “They just accompanied her there and left as soon as her bloody doctor said he couldn’t divulge anything to them,” he added bitterly.It dawned on me that he was talking from a place of a desir

HADESGivan remained scared and confused.He glanced at the other two sleeping Titans, but those ones were so dead into sleep that they didn’t even stir.I shook my head at them.“How…how…how did you find us?” He managed to ask, stuttering.“You forget who I am easily, Givan,” I said.Givan was the leader of the gang; I knew this when I eavesdropped on them twice in the Organization plotting to rebel.It was a good thing that he was the one awake because it would make whatever I wanted to achieve easier.“I am sorry, Hades,” he apologized profusely.“After plotting to rebel for a while, it’s hard to believe, or rather disappointing, that this is what becomes of all of you,” I said.His eyes widened in shock. He probably didn’t realize that I knew what they had been planning.“How did you find out?” He managed to ask again.I chuckled deeply.“You weren’t discreet enough,” I responded.Then he tried to look over my shoulders, more worried and afraid that someone was with me, most likel