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I reach forward and grab them, arming myself. Ares flings open the door and I drive them down over my head, slicing at his arms.
He makes a startled sound, drawing back and looking at me like I’m somehow the crazy one. “Are ye serious, Persephone?”
“Stay back!” I shout, wielding the scissors again. “I’m serious, Ares!”
He just reaches in again, grabbing my ankle and pulling me slowly toward the door. I lash out, cutting him several times with the scissors. But he isn’t deterred at all.
A desperate thought flashes through my mind. It won’t be the first time I’ll be forced to lie through my teeth, but it will be the toughest to pull off.
I turn the scissors toward my belly, calling out again. “Get back! Otherwise I will hurt myself! Your brother’s child is right here. What do you think Hades will say when he’s found out that you let me kill myself and his heir all the same time?”
Ares goes still, looking at me like I’ve gone insane. “Ye wouldn’t dare!”
Tossing my head, I brandish the scissors again. I laugh a little, though I’m so fucking scared inside.
“Try me, Ares. I’d rather die than let you make life decisions that will affect not only me, but my child and Hades.”
He sneers at me. “Ye are the queen of the damned. Ye know that, right?”
I lift my chin, pressing the scissors against my belly. And Ares stares me down, unable to predict my next move.
Chapter5
Hades
As soon as I approach the ferry terminal, I see a familiar face. Ares is leaning over the opened back door of a taxi, his expression furious. He reels back, shouting at someone that I can’t see from the angle I’m approaching.
My heart seizes in my chest. I know exactly who he’s yelling at.
Persephone.
“Ares!” I bark.
He stiffens, looking over at me. For a split second, his expression is one of pure, unadulterated panic. Like the naughty house cat that has been caught playing with the sneaky little mouse.
Then Ares catches himself and his expression turns stony, showing nothing but a faint trace of annoyance. He crosses his arms and takes a step back, his posture already trying to defend the indefensible.
“Hades…” He licks his lips. “I was about to call you. I found Persephone?—"
I cut him off mid-sentence, shoving him out of the way. Penny sits up in the car, staring at me like I’ve just shocked her by growing two brand new heads.
Raven hair, satin skin, luscious lips…
She’s right here within my reach. And all god damned mine.
Her lips part. “Hades!”
She says my name like a prayer, like I am somehow sacred to her. I can’t breathe, my eyes traveling over every inch of her face.
I think until this moment I wasn’t letting myself hope to ever see her again.
“Lass,” I murmur. I hold out a hand to her, beckoning,
Penny scoots out of the back of the taxi, fleeing from Ares. I barely have time to notice that something is off about her body’s shape. She barrels right into my arms, distracting me. I give a soft woof as she hugs me so fiercely that I exhale the breath in my lungs.
“You found me,” she says, her voice quivering. She buries her head against my neck, her hot tears falling onto my skin.
“Aye…” I say.
