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haven’t smacked you for that remark.”

“Let’s get down to that secret passage before anyone gets down here and tries to stop us.”

Hades said my other half enjoyed things like this. I was getting really fucking curious about what it was because I was enjoying myself just the tiniest bit.

Chapter 26

Kimon

M

y minotaur didn’t like this. Why couldn’t she just stay put and let me go down there instead? If I didn’t know any better, I’d say she was having fun at the prospect of going down a hidden passage with who knows what in it. Cerberus said there was nothing down there, but that could have changed. Hades or even Demeter could have snuck anything in there.

And she wanted to go first too! Not on my watch. Cerberus wasn’t having it either. He refused to tell her how to open the secret passage and yanked her out of the apartment by her trouser leg until she agreed to see reason. Now, she was pouting, and fuck was she adorable when she pouted. I wanted to nibble that lower lip and kiss her until she felt better.

Cerberus was blocking one particular bookcase, and I just knew that was where it was. I had no idea if he would tell her, and she was just going to charge ahead or if she would behave. My baby bird set a God’s pants on fire and was a little unpredictable. That was what I loved about her.

“Well, since none of you will let me, get at it, Kimon.”

“Right above the top shelf is a burned knot in the wall. Press it, and the bookcase would swing open,” Cerberus said.

She wouldn’t have been able to reach it, anyway. Only a monster or someone standing on a table could have reached the knot on the shelf. I knew I might have to grab her, but I also really enjoyed touching her.

“How about it, baby bird? Want a boost to do the honors?”

It warmed my heart to see her entire face light up. She came and stood in front of me, and she just smelled so good. I lifted her up and placed her on my shoulder. I let out a little rumble, and my cock got hard when she grabbed my horns to steady herself. Best nip this in the bud before I took her to the bed and ripped all her clothes off.

I walked her over to the bookcase so she could press the knot. If she was on my shoulder, she couldn’t go running down the passage and into danger. She clapped her hands and let out a delighted laugh when the bookcase swung open to reveal a dark passage.

“Are there lights down there?”

“No. This part of the prison never got an upgrade.”

“You have a phoenix on the way down, but you’re on your own on the way back up.”

Demos lit up and went first. I liked the way she felt on my shoulder and wouldn’t have minded taking the entire passage like that. But she tapped my shoulder.

“Um, Kimon. You will have to let me down.”

“Only if you go behind me, baby bird.”

“And I go behind you, River,” Cerberus said.

At least we had a lineup. This wasn’t a labyrinth like the maze they trapped me in. It was a straight shot, and aside from some rats, we were able to get to the keypad with no issues. It was a good thing I came. It was clear the former jailer of this prison was either a monster or a demigod daddy didn’t allow into Olympus. The keypad was way above her head, and I couldn’t wait to touch her again.

“Want another shoulder ride, baby bird?”

She let out this little giggle and bat her eyelashes at me. Was she flirting with me? While I was stuck like this? Wait until she saw me in my human form!

“I wasn’t expecting your horns to be so smooth.”

Way to go straight to a minotaur’s heart. Our horns were a source of pride. You never wanted tiny horns. It was an excellent way to get picked on. And mine were massive. I’d killed countless men and monsters with those horns. But I’d never hurt her with them. It was also hugely erotic when she touched them.

I boosted her up again, and it went straight to my cock when she grabbed my horns again. She didn’t just grab them this time. She started stroking them like they weren’t a deadly weapon. She might as well be stroking my cock. I