Cassian tenderly caressed her back and asked, "Do you know where the keys to Hades are?"
Maya was silent for a moment, then replied, "I told you it was just a story that mentioned where one of the keys to Hades was. I don't know if it's true or not."
"Will you tell me the story?"
Maya got out of bed, unselfconsciously showing her nudity. She went to a table where she had her travel bag, took out an old leather-bound book, returned to the bed, and told him, "My father gave me the book from which I got the story."
"And what does your father say? Is the story true or just a tale?"
"My father always says that all stories hold some truth."
Maya opened the book and leafed through its pages. Cassian could see her bare breasts, which stirred impure thoughts in him, so he covered her with the
