" Scarlet jumped on top of her, straddling her and sending her skull cracking into the ground. Her aunt clawed blindly, and actually managed to rake a hand down Scarlet’s stitches, ripping every single one open. “My former mistress is such a…girl,” Cronus said, disappointed. “Where are the pounding fists?” “Well, my man ain’t got no skills,” Gideon replied proudly. He wanted to stand up and point to himself and shout that Scarlet was his. That she belonged to him. “Don’t you just wait and see.” A moment passed in silence, then Cronus shook his head and said, “How do the others stand you?” Gideon "

― Gena Showalter , The Darkest Lie (Lords of the Underworld, #6)