Chapter 86 Betrayal Runs Deep

• Aphrodite's Point of View
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• The cold air hit me as we stepped out of the dungeon, the echoes of Hades's tortured groans still ringing in my ears. I couldn’t shake the image of his smug face as he taunted us, his cruel words sinking into my heart like sharp daggers. I felt like I was drowning in a sea of anger and confusion. The last words Hades had spoken—the ones about Ares not recognizing me, about what he’d done to him—kept swirling in my mind, a never-ending loop of torment.