For several seconds, nobody moved. Hades was staring at Elke as though he could kill her with nothing but his eyes.
"You gave him everything," he said. Elke swallowed.
"I had no choice."
"You always have a choice." His voice was terrifyingly quiet.
"You chose betrayal." Elke's eyes flickered toward me.
"No." She shook her head. "I chose survival."
"By handing Iris to Samael?" Her jaw tightened.
"You don't understand."
"I understand enough."
Hades stepped toward her. Elke immediately stepped backward.
"You think I wanted this?" she snapped. "You think I wanted the King to come after you?"
"You helped him."
"I helped him because he promised me something you never could." Hades's expression didn't change.
"What?"
"The truth." She looked directly at me.
"The truth about who you are." My heart stopped.
"What are you talking about?" I asked in a very quiet voice. Elke smiled faintly.
"You really don't know?" I shook my head.
"No."
