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“You are aware that my hellhound, Garm, will devour your father, Tyr, when Ragnarok is unleashed?鈥�
I nodded.
鈥淎s Tyr鈥檚 spawn, you have his blood in your veins.鈥�
I nodded again, wondering where this was going.
鈥淲ell. Garm has run off,鈥� she told me. 鈥淵ou, son of Tyr, are the only one who can find him. Or rather鈥濃€攕he treated me to a ghastly smile鈥斺€渉e will find you.鈥�
鈥淚 don鈥檛 follow.鈥�
鈥淲hy, it鈥檚 very simple. My hellhound will smell the blood of Tyr and come running.鈥�
I clutched my rifle more tightly. 鈥淪o basically, you鈥檙e using me as bait.鈥�
鈥淢ore like a moving target,鈥� Hel amended.
鈥淲hy me?鈥� I dared to ask. 鈥淲hy not just, I don鈥檛 know, poof Garm back to his cave yourself? Or send your demons to retrieve him?鈥�
鈥淕arm can be . . . elusive,鈥� she said evasively. 鈥淗e鈥檚 run off before, and past attempts to bring him home with magic and demons have failed.鈥�
I was going to suggest she use a hellhound whistle, but I thought better of it. 鈥淚f you don鈥檛 mind my asking, why not just let him stay lost?鈥�
Hel鈥檚 expression darkened. 鈥淎nd risk word getting out that my dog is beyond my control? No. There is only one solution. You must lure him back to his cave.鈥�
I scowled. 鈥淟et me guess. If I refuse, you torture my mother. If I tell anyone Garm didn鈥檛 come when you called, you torture my mother.鈥�
鈥淥h yes. And Thomas . . . T.J. . . . if you think killing Garm will stop the hound from killing your father, think again. You cannot stop destiny. Now, away you go!”
― Rick Riordan, 9 From the Nine Worlds