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The desire to not make a fool of myself in front of hi so attracted to him If Persephone was half as shallow as Ava, at least now I understood why she’d left Henry

I touched the f lowers inlike her

"Who are you?" she dee to her voice that forced my attention back on her, but what could she do? Attack oddess any my hands up as I took another step forward "Kate Winters"

Her expression didn’t soften If our mother had visited her, it either hadn’t been in the past twenty years or she’d never mentioned that Persephone had a sister It seemed fair

She’d never told me I had a sister, either

I heard footsteps behind me as Ava and James came closer

Even if Persephone had no idea who I ith the way her mouth dropped open, it was obvious she remembered them

"Hermes?" she said, stunned, and then her eyes narrowed as she added, "And Aphrodite Luckyon?"

James stepped beside ered behind us, and I didn’t blame her Whatever bad blood there was between the two of theotten it, either

"Persephone," said Ja enough," she said, and she took Adonis’s hand, her knuckles turning white fro much Just for her to leave her perfect boyfriend and afterlife behind to help the three of us f ind thein the universe Possibly free him as well, if she didn’t mind too ot there f irst

"Cronus woke up"

Persephone paled "How?"

"Hera," said Ja story We need your help"

Persephone eyed us cautiously, and her gaze lingered on er than the others "How could I possibly help you?

I’hed "Can we coed her protectively, envy snaked through me What would it be like to have those ars weren’t going so well, but he was hteninto the room? I didn’t need Adonis

But part of ht," he said, nuzzling the crook of her neck