CHAPTER TWENTY ONE

—JASMINE

If anyone had told me I would be standing in the face of disaster without realizing, I would have laughed it off.

Because now.

Here and now. This is more than a disaster.

Hades is insane!

My voice comes out as a scream as I turn to Hades.

“You’re going to have my baby aborted?”

“That’s the only way to stop anything blasphemous from happening!” He seethes, his gaze still single-handedly focused on the road ahead.

“You’re not stopping anything.” I scream,

I feel like crying, but my body has gone dry, devoid of tears. It's as if all the liquid has been sucked out of me, leaving me feeling empty and hollow. My heart races with panic, pounding in my chest like a drum. Every hair on my body stands on end, leaving me covered in goosebumps.

I feel like I’m about to go insane.

"But you have no authority to dictate the fate of any member of this wolf pack. You have no right to decide who lives or dies. It's not only morally wrong, but also illegal.”

I say, my voice ridde