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She reached the door, and the drum stopped, the pipes faltering a moment later,...
She reached the door, and the drum stopped, the pipes faltering a moment later, their last notes shrill. Whispers, then silence. Then the shifting and uncoupling of half clothed bodies, and knees dropping to the floor. Persephone didn’t look at the heads bowed to her, her gaze fixed on the dais at the rear of the hall. Her bare feet padded against the tile as she approached. “Kokytos.”
The king descended the dais and bowed low to her before resuming his place on his throne. “Well! An unexpected pleasure, Queen Persephone. When I heard you had been seen about Thesprotia I’d hoped that our paths might cross. Delightful to finally—”
“Leave us.” Persephone said.
— The Good Counselor, Chapter 1
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The Good Counselor by Rachel AlexanderBook Three in the Hades and Persephone series, and the sequel to Receiver of Many and Destroyer of Light.
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