The Titan War God Returns

In Danger

Iron was restless. He tried to get some answers out of Jane, but after her last statement, nothing was working.

“Where is Hades?” He asked Eric.

“He hasn’t returned,” Eric answered.

“I need someone to get him for me here and now,” Iron demanded.

“Yes, Lord Dante,” Eric said and walked off in a haste.

With how restless Iron was, he knew that he had to handle things right away. He would be damned if he put aside his instincts or neglected warnings. Iron of all people knew the consequences of that. 

Also, he was still expecting news from the other Titans that he sent to ambush Helheim. They were supposed to have returned, or even sent a signal as was done before, but he had received nothing from them so far, and it worried him.

Being back was one thing, but getting back control like it was before was a different ball game. Iron couldn’t say this to anyone, but a tiny part of him was feeling like he had missed out too much of everything.

However, he was still the king of the Titans, and he was determined to get them all back to how they used to be.

Hades eventually arrived when Iron’s patience was almost running thin.

“Where have you been?” Iron asked.

“To take care of a few things,” Hades answered.

“Leave us,” Iron told Eric who left almost immediately.

Iron wasn’t concerned about Hade’s movements. He trusted Hades with everything he had because they had been together for decades now. Also, while he was away, Hades had ensured that his throne remained vacant for whenever he would return. His only worry was how careful they needed to be out there.

Sometimes, it was easy to forget that they weren’t like the mortals, just like what Athena did at that bar. Even that, Iron hadn’t resolved.

“Is anything the matter?” Hades asked with concern.

“Vince Loreson,” Iron stated and Hades almost rolled his eyes.

“I thought we already settled that,” Hades said tiredly. “He is dead, even though he was the wrong target, and someone else has been apprehended for that,” he added.

“Yes, that,” Iron said, snapping his fingers as though he could physically pin down Hades’ words.

“What?” Hades asked.

“Who was arrested?” Iron asked.

He knew that he already ruled it off from his mind as one failed mission, and as soon as Hades was safe, he didn’t have to bother about it.

While he played house husband for Nesse, he had secretly kept watch. There was some group of species named the Sect that roamed around as though they were humans as well. Iron got to find out that they were not just dangerous, but also a threat to the Titans.

Worse, they were somehow linked to the Valhallahs. 

One of them that Iron had had his eyes on was Vince. He hadn’t gotten the bastard’s last name, and so the moment he heard about Vince Loreson, he had concluded that he was part of the enemy. If Iron had done a proper research, they wouldn’t have killed someone else.

But Iron couldn’t dwell on that right now.

It was quite unfortunate that another man had to take the fall for someone else, but that was what the game entailed most times. Besides, Hera didn’t deserve to die as well, but she was gruesomely killed without mercy.

Iron didn’t even have the heart or emotions to feel anything about this mistake right now. He was only concerned about the words that Jane had spoken about.

“I didn’t find out,” Hades responded. “Why are we having this conversation again?” Hades asked.

Just like Iron, Hades didn’t really like revisiting old topics. They had talked about it, Iron had declared it a closed case, and that should have been it.

“What happened at the party before you killed him?” Iron asked.

“You haven’t told me what this is about,” Hades stated.

“Something has come up, and I need to figure it out,” Iron said. “Now, tell me,” he demanded.

“Nothing out of the ordinary, except that it is the usual boring party that these wealthy mortals throw regularly,” he answered flippantly.

“Just that?” Iron asked.

“Yes,” Hades responded.

“Nothing else happened?” Iron prodded.

He would have been pissed if he was the one being asked questions like this, but right now, he could care less. The most important thing was that Iron wasn’t making another mistake that would haunt him for the rest of his life.

One was enough to last Iron a lifetime.

“Nothing…” Hades started to respond again when he recalled something. “Oh, except that I did run into Nesse,” he said, his tone softening when he mentioned her name.

“You saw Nesse at the party?” Iron asked and Hades nodded.

Wasn’t it too soon for her to be partying? They just got divorced, didn’t they?

Anyway, he couldn’t really blame her, and quite frankly, he wasn’t even jealous. Besides, it was nothing but a contract, and also, he had gone back to his life, so she was very much free to return to hers.

“Yes, I did,” Hades said. “I asked her where Vince was but she wasn’t interested in the question, so I moved to someone else,” he explained.

“Why didn’t you tell me this?” Iron asked.

“Because I didn’t think that you would need the information,” Hades responded, shrugging. 

Right there and then, it clicked!

“Nesse has been accused of Vince’s murder and arrested,” Iron declared.

Now, the sensory spot in his head had connected instantly to the words of Jane. It was something that worked in ways that could not be explained, but he got the message now, and it was very clear.

“How do you know this?” Hades said.

“The same way you know that someone has been arrested for his death,” Iron responded with a sneer.

He didn’t want to say that it was Jane who helped him with that, but aside from that, he could feel the danger looming. Jane’s words were nothing but the truth.

One thing about gut instincts for the Titans was that they never lied.

“Nesse is in danger,” Iron declared dreadfully.