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He kisses me, hard and quick, a possessive kiss if I’ve ever had one.
“I love ye, Persephone. Ye’re my heart. I’ll always come for ye, until the end of time. That I vow.”
“Oh god. I love you, too, Hades!” A sob bursts from my chest and I cling to him for several moments.
When Hades releases me, he takes my hand. As he leads me out of the basement, I try not to dissolve into a tearful mess when I climb the stairs.
He came for me.
Somehow. Some way.
He saved me. Saved our daughter.
His vow rings through my head.
I’ll always come for you, until the end of time.
I try to let that wash over me without breaking down as I go.
Chapter28
Hades
As we are getting into the back seat of our SUV and leaving Mississippi behind, Persephone crawls into my lap. I put my arms around her fragile, trembling body and urge her to rest her head against my chest.
She does, placing her face against my beating heart. Her eyes close and she looks like a fucking angel. An angel that has been through hell, with dark smudges under both of her eyes and obvious bruises on her upper arms and chest.
“I love ye,” I say into her hair. “I love ye, Persephone. And right this minute, I’m going to divest of the arms dealing business. I’m going to devote my life to ye and our daughter. I swear that to ye, Penny.”
Penny looks at me, a little shocked and definitely worn out. “I love you, too, Hades.”
She doesn’t comment on anything else that I said, just lays her head on my chest and burrows deep.
I’ll kill Constantine for this. For every fucking bruise that he dared to put on her body, I swear I’ll torture, maim, and eviscerate someone that he loves.
I’m so keyed up right now that I’m practically vibrating with the need to crush, to hurt, to kill. I brush wisps of Persephone’s long, dark hair from her angular cheekbones and expose her delicate forehead.
I need something from her. Something… emotional. But I have no idea what to even ask for, so I just simmer in my righteous, violent anger.
Persephone licks her lips and cracks open her eyes. She shivers, even though it’s still summer.
“I’m cold. And… and thirsty.”
She’s wearing a skimpy little two piece dress and she seems… skinnier than I remembered, somehow.
It’s hard to believe that she was only missing for four fucking days.
I notice a blueish cast to her lips, and I quickly curse aloud.
“Motherfucker.” I look up, alarmed.
Before I can even ask Ares for a blanket, he roots around in the front passenger seat and produces a blanket and a bottle of water. Handing them to me, he gets in the driver’s seat and pulls out following the SUV carrying the security team.
As the car starts moving, I unfold the blanket and tuck the ends securely around Persephone. She cuddles even closer into my chest, her entire body shaking. My heart wrenches in my chest.
“She all right?” Ares asks, looking in the rearview mirror.
“She’s definitely going into bloody shock,” I answer.
