“No, I will,” Kisa retorts, pushing past him.

“I have the sword—” Seokga tries to step in front of her, only for Kisa to nimbly trip him with one of her feet. He staggers to the side, irate.

“I’m the dead one,” she tells him over her shoulder, and before he can formulate an argument to that unfortunately logical statement, she opens the door.

And freezes. Her back stiffens and her shoulders rise as the red thread between them flares purple in her growing panic and alarm.

In a flash, Seokga scoops Hwanin up from the floor and staggers to stand behind Kisa’s shoulder, transforming his cane into a sword with a flick of his wrist.

When he sees what lies beyond Kisa’s slender shoulder, Seokga nearly drops both his brother and sword in shock.

A woman with skin the color of spring leaves and hair no less dark than the richest soil stands on their welcome mat, dressed in a simple brown hanbok. She’s yawning, as if having just awoken from a long slumber, stretching her arms out as her lips part. In her hands is a glossy magazine.

Sexy Seokga’s Sordid Tell-All! the bubbly pink headline reads, followed by a rather unflattering photo of the trickster god glowering down at a camera in a dimly lit broom closet.

“Mother?” whispers Seokga, hardly daring to believe it.

Her eyes, as green as Seokga’s own, crinkle warmly in the corners. “I don’t suppose,” says Mago, goddess of the Earth, rightful empress of Okhwang, and Seokga’s (no longer) slumbering mother, “that you’d like to tell me what this is all about, Seokga?”

SEXY SEOKGA’S
SORDID TELL-ALL!

THE SECRETIVE TRICKSTER GOD SPILLS THE BEANS

Godly Gossip’s EXCLUSIVE Spring Issue

by Suk Aeri, editor in chief

My, my, my! When an opportunity presents itself to you all wrapped up in a pretty bow, what choice do you have but to take it? That’s what we at Godly Gossip did this past autumn when a certain sexy trickster god played right into our hands. With a bit of blackmail, He was more than happy to answer the burning questions that we’ve puzzled over for years!

We at Godly Gossip are thrilled to finally present the answers to you in our extra-special spring issue! Be warned: The contents of the following interview are extremely hot! Please be advised to handle them with caution…Or don’t. Dive right in and find out what dirty little secrets Seokga (former not-god, longtime winner of Godly Gossip’s Hot-but-Not award, and everyone’s favorite green-eyed devil) has been hiding from us!

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