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Zerina sed hard, keeping her gaze away fro at the vision standing in the doorway
To say Hades was seductively handso the immortals that Mother had sent Hades to the Underworld to protect hi at him, Zerina believed it
Hades was short for a god, only reaching six feet But what he lacked in height, he made up for with the aquiline nose that ifted him with a Roman nose, but the rest of his features were pure Greek His jaas square, and his chin was firm, not soft Zerina had seen the same one on boxers—deadly and ready to take on anyone who dared to challenge them
She wanted to rip his clothes off and lick every inch of his body, then go back for seconds Although she was a virgin who had never been touched by a male’s hand, her body ached for his, as if he alone could quench the fire within her
She had been taught since birth to control her eh the voice in her mind told her she was lost and alone, so why not enjoy herself until she was rescued?
Zerina glared at Jinx sitting at the bottoht in her mind
Jinx gave her a mischievous smile then returned her attention to Hades
“My love, I just received a visit from your mother It seems she is concerned about your safety”
The indifferent stateer Her mother would be worried sick The fact that he found it a made her want to smack the smirk off his face
Leaning against the doorfraainst his chest, Hades didn’t try to conceal thetwist of his mouth as he stared at the beauty on his bed
Zerina’s glorious blue eyes shot sparks of te he had tied around herthe obscenities at him he had become familiar with since her arrival Her hands were tied to a hook he had conveniently placed at the head of his bed It was one of the hts Hades had ever seen, and he had seen it all
“She seeer She doesn’t know you at all, does she?” He walked forward, reaching his hand out to trail his fingers up a sliown had ridden up in her struggles
Zerina snapped her foot out, atte to kick him
Hades burst out in laughter “No, she doesn’t know you at all, but I have an idea, and what I don’t know, I have every intention of finding out”
Chapter 1
“If you don’t want him, can I have him?” Jinx asked mischievously from the bottom of the bed
Zerina ignored her, keeping her eyes on Hades to see if he could see Jinx
He gently reainst the curve of her cheek
“Don’t touchaway from his touch
The touch of his skin on hers was electrifying,her eyes nearly roll back in her head Her iron control had her stu to cals that had sent a jolt directly between her thighs
Dark eyes looked at her with a to ”
“Don’t play games with me You knohat a touch from you does”
His lower lip curled sensuously as he studied her heaving breasts “Ah, beautiful Zerina, am I too much for you to handle?”
“Yes,” she admitted honestly “Take me home, Hades You have the power to return me If my father and mother find out where I am, it will start a ith the Moirai”
“That they will not win Mother will not interfere, so they would be on their own If they start a war, it will be at their own doing, which is how you ended up down here in the first place”
“I ended up here because Gri for Cara and took me”
“Cara took a soul that wasn’t meant for her Grimm hates to leave empty-handed”
Zerina ground her teeth “Gri and return me home”
Hades shook his head “My servant knows h to know I don’t let anyone leave my domain once they enter”
“I knohat you’re about to say,” Jinx broke into her thoughts “I wouldn’t if I were you”
Recklessly, Zerina didn’t heed her warning
“You allowed Persephone to leave”
“That’s true De her nose into our business Your ular basis”
Fate and Demeter couldn’t be cooddesses envious The only goddess as just as beautiful was Persephone Her mother had told her once that Hades had fallen in love with her on sight
If she was still the queen of the Underworld, Zerina ht have been able to convince her to persuade Hades to return her hoer there When she had returned to the Underworld after staying with Demeter for the sixZeus’s child … twice Hades had divorced her with the spoken words that had dissolved theirher entry back into the Underworld where he ruled
“You think so? My mother would make Demeter seem like a saint”
“Then it’s a good thing she has no idea where you are” Hades waved his hand toward the doorway “Are you ready to return to your room?”
“If you’re refusing to listen to reason, yes!” Zerina swept her long gown out of her way as she stormed toward the door
In the short tiued with Hades, he would send her back to her room
“Take your company with you”
Zerina turned back in shock, seeing Jinx was just as startled
“You see me?”
Hades sat down on the bed, leaning on his elbow as he stared at the small woman “I can see anyone who enters e You’re a cute little thing”
Zerina crossed her arms when Jinx impishly smiled at Hades
“Are you flirting with me?”
Hades laughed “A little”
“I ht places,” she flirted back
“Jinx!” If she could have jerked the woman off the bed, Zerina would have
Jinx lowered her voice, as if Zerina couldn’t hear every word the fairy said “She’s a stick in the mud lik
e her mother,” she whispered conspiratorially
“We’ll have to see e can do about that,” Hades whispered back
Fed up with the two, she went through the door, seeing Gri her cousin the cold shoulder, she followed hi, black marble hallway to the door of her roo s face If she had the opportunity toher to the Underworld, she would When she returned ho her mother of his betrayal would be her first priority
“You left e appeared on her bed
“I didn’t think you would care” Zerina huffily sat down on the bed, seeing Grimm close the door
“Can you blame me?” Jinx fanned her face “He’s hot as hell” She threw herself down on the soft bed
Zerina ignored her, trying to think of a way to escape Her eyes went around the large rooave the appearance of the sun and trees outside There was a table with two chairs and another chair that sat beside theThe rug that covered the floor was thick and warm, unlike the cold marble of the floors in the rest of Hades’ castle On the walls were pictures of wo time periods Each so beautiful she could understand why the artist had decided to capture their beauty on canvas Being a Moirai, she kneho each of the women were
The Countess of Báthory that had been ruins Zerina knew that ru, she looked at the next picture Martha Needle, who, growing bored with her husband and three children, decided to poison them and her brother-in-law Her eyes traveled to another wall, where a picture of an Egyptian queen was placed