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

by Scarlett St. Clair

“Start from the beginning.” “I…don’t know how it began,” Lexa said. “Where were you when you kissed?” Persephone asked instead. “We were lying under a tree,” Lexa said. Well, that sounded intimate. “Sometimes we sit together at night, and Thanatos tells me about his day. Usually, conversation is easy, but last night, it wasn’t. I don’t even know why. Nothing happened. I was just frustrated.” “So you kissed him?” Persephone asked. “Yes,” Lexa said. Persephone tried not to smile, because Lexa was taking this so seriously. She wanted to tell her that it was likely she and Thanatos were suffering from sexual frustration, and being in each other’s presence just exasperated it. “And what did he do?” “He kissed me too.” Persephone paused and then leaned forward a little. “How?” “How?” “How did he kiss you? Did he use his tongue?” “Persephone!” “It’s a valid question!” She couldn’t help it; she was grinning. Before her death, Lexa would have demanded the same details from Persephone. That Lexa no longer existed. This one was new to these feelings. “You can tell me.” “He did,” Lexa finally said, bowing her head so her hair curtained her face. “Did you like it?” “Yes, of course,” she said, straightening her legs and then lying back in the grass. “But he must not have.” Persephone twisted her body so she could hold Lexa’s gaze. “I highly doubt that,” she said. “He is just afraid.” “That’s ridiculous. Why would he be afraid?” “I don’t know. Knowing Thanatos, he probably made up some r...