Chapter 2170

Azrael was really was an idiot for showing up at the worst possible time. As Melinda wiped her eyes while making her way down the mountain, Azrael sidled up to Perseus and whispered, "Perseus, why were you two hugging?" Perseus rolled his eyes. If Azrael had already seen them hugging, couldn't he have just pretended he hadn't? Would it have killed him to mind his own business? Lighting a cigarette, Perseus took a slow drag before asking, "Let me ask you something. Did Judith get bullied in Ysle Springs?" He needed to know the full story—he didn't want to risk stirring up Melinda's past wounds by accident. Setting aside the fact that they had spent the night together, Perseus also had another reason for keeping Melinda close. She was the only one who truly understood phago-ectoplasms. Unless the Master of Voodoo suddenly emerged from obscurity, she was his best—and possibly only—source of knowledge. The only problem was that he had no idea who the Master of Voodoo even was. No nam