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By the time they landed in Chicago international, the online buzz for the new variety show was at an all time high. The show's directors even posted on their Facebook page to create more hype for the upcoming episodes.

[@High_Life: We are excited to announce that for the upcoming episodes, we will be invited to Black Bird Island, by a High Profile guest. We are hopeful that the Host will welcome us with open arms on their private island estate.]

[@Chris: I am looking forward to meeting the Host of Black Bird Island. I hope we can get along well.]

[@Ariana: I have never been to a private island estate before, I'm looking forward to the new episodes!]

After Chris and Ariana commented on the post, the other guests also commented.

[@Steven: As long as there is a supply of bug spray we should be fine.]

[@Monica: Is the climate going to be tropical? I'm not a fan of sweating to death. Lol!]

[@David: I believe an estate in tails air conditioning @Monica, you will live.]

[@Rebecca: Do we know who is the Host? I'm excited to meet a new couple on this show, I need new friends...]

[@High_Life: The Host is a couple, they are in the middle of planning their wedding. This couple is the elite of the elite. An Heiress set to inherit her family's media company and a top talent who works for that same company. This is all I can reveal for now. We will meet them this weekend on the island. All couples are to report to the airport for departure in a few days. I will DM you the departure time.]

Raven giggled at how quickly High Life turned the post into a media frenzy. "We will be on the island before the guests depart. I will send the helicopter to pick them up. They don't deserve to ride my jet." Hades spoke as he looked at the post over her shoulder.

"Hmm. Make sure that they don't know who is their host until they arrive on the island, I want them to be surprised to see me." Hades smiled then led her to the Hummer waiting for them on the tarmac. Perks of being stupid wealthy.

The drive to the Medici estate deep in the forest outside of Chicago was quiet and filled with the ambiguous warmth of a couple getting reacquainted with each other. The driver had the fore sight to put in his ear buds to ignore the sounds of them moaning in the back seat.

Hades couldn't keep his hands off of his Queen, no matter how hard he tried. He didn't go all the way, but he made sure Raven remembered who owned her body.

By the time they got to the Medici estate, Raven was relaxed and cuddled up in Hades' arms. Her clothes were back in place and she didn't look like someone who had just had a steamy session in the back of a car.

Nicklaus was waiting for them at the front door. "My little Bird! Papa has missed you!"

Raven smiled brightly and ran into her father's waiting arms. Hades walked slowly behind her, letting them have this moment together. Nicklaus looked up at his star talent. "Have Tobias send my Black Bird a new contract. She can control when and where she appears. Make it as open ended as possible. 60-40 split in her favor. Then have the company clear out the second to the top floor for her as a studio and office. All her work is to be handled by Tobias." Hades nodded in understanding. His Fiance would receive the best resources and have the full weight of Medici Media behind her.

"Hades found me a variety show. I am supposed to play the Host to three couples."

Nicklaus nodded in understanding. "Where is the filming taking place?"

Hades spoke next. "My private island estate. I will use this opportunity to slingshot her back to the top, then I have a few films for her to start in. One is the third female lead as a villainess with a villain counter part. The next one is as the second female lead as the mother." Nicklaus sneered. He knew his daughter had a wide range when it came to acting. Yet she preferred to play secondary roles and antagonists. Those roles played to her strengths as an ice cold Queen.

"Good. Use the Variety show to generate some buzz for her upcoming roles. Then get those contracts for her. I'll let her Uncles know which films she will be in so they can invest. They want to generate a fan base using her cold demeanor as bait to draw in fans."

Ravenna thought for a moment then spoke to Hades. "Have Tobias build me a new Facebook account, call it Ice Queen. Then, once the episode airs have photos of my recent movie posted on that account. My work will speak for itself."

Hades nodded then stepped away to begin the job of reviving her career as an actress.

Nicklaus took Raven inside and straight to the dining room for dinner. They talked about her new contract and the direction she wanted to take her career. Raven wanted to recreate her image, from a soft and warm actress into an ice cold villain who would take vengeance upon anyone that harmed her. Hades returned and took her phone from her to reset her Facebook account to the new one he made for her. So far the only one following her was Hades and her family. Nicklaus, Antoine, Matthias, and Rafael. Her father and Uncles. Soon her cousins, Rebecca and Monica, also followed her. Then Hades set up twitter and Instagram accounts using the same name Ice Queen and set the link for it in her bio.

"Once the first episode airs, I'll make them public for your fans to find. Just post photos of yourself and then couple shots of us on the island after the live stream ends. I'll get the production team to send me photos of us as we film so that the fans can get more than just selfies of us." Raven nodded in understanding then set her relationship status to engaged to @God_of_The_Underworld. Hades' Twitter and Instagram accounts.

Hades posted a response and several pictures of them together. A few of her sleeping on the plane and one hugging her father.

[@God_Of_The_Underworld: My Queen is beautiful no matter what she does @Ice_Queen.] The media went into a frenzy when they saw the post. Because Chris and Ariana were not friends with Hades, they never saw the post. Yet it got millions of views and likes. Some fans of his even searched for her on social media and began to follow her as fans. Raven took out the Black family ring and slipped it on her left hand. Then took a photo of it and posted it to her Instagram account tagging Hades in the post.

[@Ice_Queen: I think your ring looks good on me. <3]

The fans ate it up.

[OMG, she is wearing his ring!!! I have to know who she is!]

[Is she an actress??]

[Please spare us mortals God and tell us who she is!]

Raven laughed at the comments. "We should wait until the first episode to reveal anything. That will generate more of a buzz and make Chris and Ariana go mad."

Hades kissed her temple and stood. "Anything to make you happy, my Queen. I'll see you on Friday. We have to be on the island before the film crew shows up. I plan to set them up in the guest suites and you can do a piano performance as an introduction to the set. I'm thinking you can play a favorite of mine."

"Moonlight Sonata or Fur Elise?"

"The Sonata. You know Fur Elise is your favorite." Raven smiled and kissed his cheek before watching him leave. Nicklaus was happy that the relationship was still there. He was worried that Hades would be cold to his daughter after she left but it seemed as if she never left.