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“I think you should stop drinking,” he said.
“You are bossy.”
“I am not bossy. I’m…advising.”
“Isn’t someone supposed to ask for your advice before you offer it?” she asked as she turned and leaned against his desk.
“The same could be said for your opinion.”
She glared at him.
“Why did you bring me here?”
Hades came out from behind the bar and approached.
“Because I wanted you safe.” He took the glass from her and held her gaze as he downed the remainder before setting it aside.
“I don’t think I’m safe with you,” she whispered when he looked at her again.
Hades did not know what those words meant, but he felt compelled to say,“I would never hurt you.”
“You don’t know that.”
They stared at one another, before he lifted his hand.“Come.”
He led her toward the wall behind his desk, and he noted her hesitation in the way she pulled away from his touch.
“Why don’t we just teleport?”
“It makes you dizzy,” he said.“And I’d rather not contribute to that given your…state.”
Persephone’s eyes narrowed, and her lips pressed flat.“I’m not in astate.”
He sighed inwardly and tugged on her hand, and she followed him through the wall, which was really a portal, or gate, into the Underworld. Those who entered here would find themselves in a cavernous entrance called Cape Tenaron. There, they would be met by the River Styx, a body of water they would likely not survive.
Hades could use this entrance to go anywhere in the Underworld he wished, and when they stepped through, they found themselves in his chambers.
He indicated the bed.“Rest. When you wake, we will talk.”
He had questions, about Adonis and about her article inNew Athens News.
“I don’t want to rest,” she said.
Hades just stared at her.
“Ask me what I want, Hades.”
He wanted to groan. This was torture, and worse, he indulged her.
“What do you want?”
“To finish what we started in the limo.”
It was significant to him that she had not responded with‘you.’And only solidified his wish to ensure they go no further than they had.
“No, Persephone.”
She scowled.“You want me.”
