"How pathetic," Persephone says disgust lacing her tone.

"Leave!" I grow to her the building shaking in anger.

She doesn't seem phased and gives me sickly smile," I came here to prove to you how wrong this creature is for you. She is human. She will die. And if not naturally it will have to be by my hands."

I stand up and put a still sobbing Lela behind me,"You touch her. You die. You tell my brothers that if they want to get to Lela they will have to get through me first and I think we all know who would win."

She scoffs,"I couldn't care less about your brothers. I want you Hades. Think about how good we could be together."

I just look at her with apathy," Leave. I don't want you."

Anger shows on her face," She's cast some spell upon you. The only way to get rid of it is to take her life."

She vanishes before reappearing behind me and grabbing Lela by her hair and tossing her to the ground. I go intervene but a sharp knife to Lela's throat stops me.

"Persephone." I say cautiously,"This is a very human thing to do, so unlike you."

She gives me a small smile,"These humans, so useless and unnecessary but sometimes they know how to get things done a lot faster. Violence is the answer." She pressed the knife more into her throat before looking at me,"It's time to say goodbye."

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So many emotions bounced around in me at the same time. I was angry, confused, and scared all at once. My heart was torn in pieces. I think I loved him and yet all I was to him was a toy to satisfy his boredom and human fetish.

If this woman slits my throat right now I don't think he would even care. He would be angry because she stole his property but he wouldn't care that my life was taken. I slowly close my eyes and accept my death.

"...It's time to say goodbye."

A surge of energy flows through me and she's thrown off of me and I look up to see Hades eyes lit with fire. The whole room around us starts to shake violently and the walls start to crumble.

"No..." She whispers,"You can't."

"Yes I can," He says his voice deeper than I've ever heard it before.

"What's happening?" I question as I feel myself become stronger.

She shoots me an angry glare,"He's protecting you."

A white circle of light surrounds me and Hades falls to the ground, his body weak.

"Hades!" I scream starting to step out of the circle.

"No." He growls lowly," She can't hurt you if you stay inside."

"I knew this girl had made you weak, Hades." She snarls standing up and walking over to him," Look at you. On your knees like a common servant. You're supposed to be Hades god of the underworld yet you've made yourself vulnerable because of one measly human. You don't deserve to rule."

He chuckles,"You can't hurt her anymore. It's time for you to go, and you should get far away before I hurt you."

"You can't hurt me in this state." She laughs," You used up all your strength and power to protect her." Then her gaze turns to me," You see, my dear even gods have their limits. And if I can't have him...then neither can you."

"No!" I yell.

"A very human thing to say, Persephone." Hades says unphased at the knife that's about to take his life," I would say that you're the one spending too much time in their world."

"Like I said, my dear." She says holding up the knife," Sometimes they have the answer."

Everything goes in slow motion. She raises the knife and I don't even hesitate to run out of the circle. The knife comes down and her eyes widen in surprise as it slices through my heart instead of Hades'.

"Sentiment." She says backing up,"Makes you foolish."

"No..." Hades says and starts to shake my shoulders,"Why would you do such a stupid thing!"

My vision starts to blot out and I place a hand on his face.

"I love you."

I look up at Persephone with anger I've never felt before in my life and for the first time, I see something that represents fear cross her features.

"Hades I..." She says backing up.

I hold a lifeless Lela in my arms,"What have you done?"

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Hey guys,

So only one or two more chapters to go until this book comes to an end. I want to thank you guys for sticking with me through the long wait for chapters. I almost gave up on this book but you guys convinced me not to.

Until next time

~June.