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CHAPTERFIVE
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.
I inhale her delicate scent, my hands tightening as I grip her. I missed her so damn much that it’s almost too much to admit my feelings out loud. I choose my words carefully, mindful that my brother in only a few feet away.
“Fuck, Persephone. I thought you were lost to me forever.”
She is fully weeping as she pulls me against her body and hugs me harder. “Almost.”
I feel her stomach between our bodies, pushing tightly against me. Pushing her back a half step, I rake my gaze over her body from head to toe.
When I realize that my sweet little Penny is heavy with child, my mouth opens. I blink.
Could that…
Could it be mine?
The idea that it might be honestly shocks me more than anything else.
“Fucking hell.” My gaze is riveted on her black clad stomach. “Is that… what is that?”
Persephone’s hands fly to her mouth. Her tears roll down her face and she takes a quick, deep inhale. Before she can say anything, Ares cuts in.
“She claims that it’s yers,” he grates out. “She also just threatened to kill the babe a few minutes ago.”
My heart starts racing. I swing my gaze to her, still reeling.
