“It’s not kidnapping if we offer them work as our staff,” he said entirely seriously. “We could fly over the area and pick something nice. I was thinking that I could build it into a sheer cliff to limit unwanted visitors. I want something near a pure water lake... but I don’t want it to be too cold for little Azeyma.”

Hades didn’t mind his little, sharp claws. “Aw... is he teething?” Hades made no move to stop him from chewing his hair. “Do you even remember being this young, as a dragon?”