“I thought you might like to have a place to yourself—somewhere to practice your magic. A place that...

“I thought you might like to have a place to yourself—somewhere to practice your magic. A place that doesn’t…remind you of our beginning.”

He was referring to her garden in the Underworld and their bargain.

She reached for him, placing her palm against his cheek. “Hades, I love our beginning.”

He smiled faintly, but she could tell he didn’t believe her, and that was painful, too, so she explained, “It is true I haven’t always loved it, but I could never hate anything that brought me to you.”