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

by Scarlett St. Clair

Lexa filled the empty space beside Persephone, and she turned to watch as Lexa pulled her knees to her chest, matching her pose. “Is everything okay?” Persephone asked after they had sat in silence for a few moments. Lexa’s dark brows lowered, and then she rested her head against her knees, angling her face toward Persephone. She still did not meet her gaze. “I think I have made Thanatos mad,” Lexa said. Persephone jerked her head back in surprise, which was probably an overreaction, but that was honestly the last thing she’d expected her to say. “Why would he be mad?” Persephone had only seen Thanatos angry a few times. She was not even sure she would call it angry so much as frustrated, but both times, it had been over Lexa. “Because I kissed him.” “You kissed Thanatos?” Persephone could not help her giddiness. It shot through her, warm and steady, a welcome distraction from the darkness of her thoughts. Despite Persephone’s excitement, Lexa was subdued. Clearly whatever had happened in the aftermath had made her feel uncertain. “I doubt that made him mad,” Persephone said gently. “He told me it shouldn’t have happened,” Lexa said. “Does that sound mad enough?” Persephone hesitated a moment, caught off guard by how much that last sentence sounded like something the old Lexa would say but also frustrated with Thanatos for being one of those idiots. Everyone who was anyone knew he cared for Lexa in a way that was different from other souls. From the day she arrived in the ...