A Touch of Chaos (Hades x Persephone Saga, #4)

by Scarlett St. Clair

“Why did you sleep with me?” If she was going to insist, he might as well ask. She blinked, surprised, and closed her mouth before answering, “Because I wanted to. Why do you think I slept with you?” He didn’t answer. “Dionysus.” She spoke his name like a command. “You said you wanted to thank me.” “Because I am grateful for what you did,” she said. “I’m not sure I like when you say that,” he said. Her brows lowered. “What?” He averted his eyes. “I’m not sure I like when you kiss me or fuck me and tell me you’re grateful.” “You don’t like it…but you fucked me anyway?” Her tone set him on edge. It was full of rage, but that was okay, because he could match it. “I fucked you because I wanted you,” he said. “I fucked you because I like you. Because I’d like to fall in love with you, but I don’t fucking trust you, and it has nothing to do with Theseus and everything to do with the fact that you regret me every time you have me.” A strained silence followed his words. Now that they were out, he wasn’t sure why he had said them at all. Beside him, Ariadne was still. She wasn’t looking at him either. She’d turned her face away and was staring straight ahead. After a few seconds, she threw off the blankets and scrambled out of bed. “Ari—” Dionysus said, doing the same. She was at the door when she whirled to face him. “You think I regret you?” she asked. “You said so!” He inched toward her. “And even if you hadn’t, I would know.” “You would know? Can you read minds? Is that anothe...