Hades chuckled, eying the girl. "That's fine. It will be welcome to have an extra pair of hands working around here."
Maria nervously followed the man, trying not to gawk at the ornate carvings in the marble palace. She just glimpsed the lord of the dead before she tightly shut her eyes, wincing at the snap of cold wind from his wings. As they continued out of the palace, she asked the question that had been tickling the back of her mind. "Lord Thanatos? How did you come to serve, here in the underworld, I mean?" She shivered, trying not to let her goosebumps--or her fear-- show to this strange god. "