Raito thought a lot about death, dreaming that this, undoubtedly, a great gift will give him a beloved woman. The dream remained a dream because love betrayed him and he was locked up in a dungeon for many years.
Honestly, when the true state of affairs came to him, his chest became empty, and the world lost the paint that had previously lured and captivated Raito. Thoughts of death began to come into his head, and the time was lost.
And the vampire himself, going mad in pain and laughing, called Death. And she came.
To Sakamaki's surprise, there was no braid, no creepy black coat, or kimono. It was a modern girl who looked like an English lady of the seventeenth century. Only black hair was loose and replaced by a cape.
The look of obsidian eyes was indifferent, devoid of minimal human warmth and understanding. That before Raito Death, or her messenger, he understood at once. His chest was no longer under pressure, and his head was unusually easy.
- Charlotte, - the opposite figure in all Death came out of the shadows. The eyes, the colors of the melted sugar, the hair, the color of the ears of wheat. This girl embodied the life hated by Raito in his eyes. - We have to go. We'll be noticed," the voice said, "and there's anxiety. She had something to fear. Raito knew this and looked forward to his bloody feast...
And Charlotte didn't move, clinginging to the grid and looking the vampire in the eye. If only Jonah and Alex knew what Aida's daughter was up to, they wouldn't have turned into this part of the Maze.
- Will you come with me?
This is the question travelers ask to those who have lost their way and agree to help bring home; this is the question Charlotte asked twice in her life, and the third time she asked... The monster.
To the creation of the night.
A monster that Luca Castellan can use to gain power. A monster that is too weak to resist Cronus.
This battle is not for the Japanese gods and their children, but since the Labyrinth made Charlotte, Jonah and Alex come here, it is a sign and a clue.
For the first time in her life, Raito smiles. Weak. Tired. And watches carefully when a tall and broad-shouldered guy comes in from behind the backs of two girls, who breaks the lock with one blow of his foot and snorts something about the stupidity of Aida's children.
Seriously.
Bianca became a hunter, left her brother, and then died.
Nico almost killed Percy, but to this day hates Charlotte, when in fact he is afraid to admit to himself - they are similar in everything except curses. Nico just wears the mark "son of Hades", and Charlotte and not only the mark...
Charlotte's always doing something like that, so you think,
- Why did you get involved, huh? She is horrible like her father, but somewhere in the genes of the spirit of adventure and titanic stubbornness.
And Alex looks at the vampire, hiding Jonah behind his back. Ares' son warns what the monster is going to do and who can't be touched by the word "at all".
- Let's go, - Charlotte turns abruptly on her heels and leaves first, noticing that the vampire goes near him like a shadow and that his hair is red and his eyes are green. You won't notice it in prison.
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Raito dreamed of dying, but never thought he'd be the guardian of Aida's daughter. It's scary, and funny at the same time.
Persephone presses her lips, but puts a silver laurel wreath on her stepdaughter's head. Hades stands beside his wife and daughter. From the outside - a beautiful family. In fact, instead of going farther away?
And one thing Raito understood for sure: there is no love in death, there is only affection for one demigoddess, who really led him all over Tartar ...
