Page 8 (1/2)

No way Not going there

Torin was forever off-limits, no matter how desperate she happened to be He was pretty, there was no denying that, but she had to keep things in perspective Look at Hades A few inches taller than Torin, with a strength she’d never seen on another His black hair was never not sexily ht eyes always proence he was perfectly equipped to deliver And yet Hades was just as likely to peel the skin fro

Keeley, the queen who had never known affection, had been helpless against his appeal She’d fallen for hi centuries

"You are so powerful, pet," he’d announced one day "But that power is unstable You could accidentally hurt meunless ard you and mute the worst of your abilities Only then will I be safe from you And I want to be safe I want to spend my eternity with you Don’t you want that, too?"

She had loved hireed with his happened every tiotten the better of her--whatever the season, the weather had responded in kind Tsunamis Hurricanes Polar vortexes Tornados Wildfires If ever she’d harmed the male she was to wed, she would have wanted to die

When she’d pointed out he could be safe fro her power over him specifically, he’d pointed out that his people would never be safe, and she couldn’t expect everyone under his coths, now could she?

So reasonable

Such a manipulator

Hades, the fiercest warrior in existence, the male with hundreds of demon armies at his command and quite literally the ex froreater than his own, nothingless He simply hadn’t been able to bear it

But the scars weren’t even the worst of his crimes After he’d weakened her, he’d sold her to Cronus--for a barrel of whiskey

There are two things I’ll never forget The cri to pay so hard She planned to cut off his head and scoop out his brain I’ pumpkin innards at Halloween She would set up a booth in the lowest level of the skies and allow everyone he’d ever wronged to coical

Keeley hissed as the shiv came out the other side of her arm Unsteady, she set the weapon aside and lifted the newly shaved hunk of branded skin As blood leaked to the floor, she studied her arht Would this last scar return?

She waited, one ether--without scarring! She’ddone it? Succeeded?