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

by Scarlett St. Clair

Persephone’s eyes grew brighter as she spoke, and she glared at Aphrodite and then Ariadne. Hades straightened, his slacks suddenly too tight. Fuck, his wife was hot.

baby focus we’re at war (she is so hot tho)

“You have already been targeted by Triad,” said Hephaestus. “If you host the games, you will only draw more attention to yourself, and you are powerless.” “The point is to force them to act publicly,” said Aphrodite. “They wanted my attention, and now they have it.” “You will not,” he said. “I will not let you.” “You will not let me?” Aphrodite repeated. “Since when have I required your permission for anything?” “This isn’t up for discussion,” he said.

KISSSSSS

“Why don’t you both just fuck and get it over with?” asked Hermes.

preach

“You do not know that Theseus sent him,” Phaedra argued.

sigh

“Please be safe,” she said, and he heard what she was really saying—please don’t leave me. He tilted her head back. “If you are here waiting for me, I will always come back.”

“Sure,” said Dionysus, taking the staircase on the right. “And I drink water.” “You and Hades have issues,” Hermes said as he followed.

“This is the pink room.” “The pink room?” “Yeah, I have a gold room and a red room and a—” Hermes marked them off on each finger. “Are they all bedrooms?” “Yeah.” “Why?” Hermes shrugged. “Why not?” Because it’s insane, Dionysus wanted to say but didn’t. “I never know what my mood will be,” Hermes explained, shuffling over the pink carpet as he made his way into the adjoining pink bathroom. “Some nights, I’m a gold. Some nights, I’m a green.”

i love whatever’s wrong with you

It was there as he bent with his hands on his knees that something struck him from behind, and he had the thought that his head was going to explode right before he lost consciousness. Again.

can’t have shit in this house

He sat opposite her and shuffled the cards before dealing two each. Persephone did not move to look, and Hades raised a brow. “Do you not wish to know your hand?” he asked. She smirked, holding his gaze as she replied. “Darling, I win either way.”

throwback

Goddess of Spring Accused of Matricide: Helios Tells All

helios i’m going to murder all of ur fucking cows

“I will love you through this,” he whispered. “I will love you beyond this.” And he would murder everyone responsible for her pain.

“Are you participating, Apollo?” “I am,” he said. “Single combat.” “As a mortal, right?” “No,” he said. His mouth was tight, as if the suggestion insulted him. “I am a god. I will fight as one.” “But, Apollo—”

i’m sure this will end super well

“You two are so gross,” said Hermes as he sauntered by, dressed in gold armor and wearing a gold circlet with wings. “What’s wrong, Hermes?” said Hades. “Do you want me to fuck you too?” The God of Trickery stumbled going up the steps and into the stands.

listen i’m NOT OPPOSED… au when

“You know this area is reserved for Olympians only,” said Ares. “How do you become an Olympian, Ares?” Persephone asked. “Is it when you defeat one in battle?”

GET EMMM

“Wrestling,” said Hermes, rubbing his hands together. She raised a brow. “Really?” “What?” Hermes asked. “I like the outfits.” “They’re naked, Hermes.” He grinned. “Exactly.”

“I will keep you safe,” he reminded her. Beside her, Hermes’s body seemed to convulse. “What was that?” Persephone asked. “It was a shiver, Persephone. A shiver,” he said. “Why?” “You mean you don’t shiver when Hades says things like that?”

“Seriously?” said Hermes. “No one likes me for me!”

i love you pookie

They shot from their seats, racing to the god—their friend and brother—as his body convulsed beneath the current.

i’m going to puke.

She went to her knees. Apollo was dead.

i’m fucking sick

THESEUS

DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE

Hera—she did not react. She was already dead.

oof

“Have you recovered my son?” Theseus asked. “He waits for you inside along with his mother,” said Damian. There was a pause. “And Ariadne?” Her name felt thick on his tongue. “She waits for you as well.”

erm

With her secured and spread before him, he cut away her clothes, and while she cried beneath him, he devoured her body.

:(

Instead, he found her sitting slumped on the floor at the end of her four-poster bed, a sheet wrapped tightly around her neck. She was dead.

jesus

“Oh, fucking Fates,” Hades grumbled. “How has that not ended?” “Jealous, Hades? I was thinking that when things calm down, Seph and I could go on a picnic.” “Good luck,” said Hades. “You have no magic to summon her.” “Then I guess I’ll have to do it the mortal way and knock on your door.” “I will throw you in Tartarus,” Hades shot back with a smirk, grateful for Apollo’s levity and the relief it seemed to be bringing Persephone.

“A picnic sounds nice, Apollo,” Persephone said, wiping the tears from her face and beaming at the god. He grinned. “Did you hear that, Hades? It’s a date!”

They looked to see Apollo and Hyacinth surrounded by souls, locked in each other’s arms, mouths pressed together in a passionate kiss.

🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

“It is time for his soul to reincarnate.”

bro. we literally cannot have shit in this house.

“Perhaps he will change his mind now that Apollo has arrived.” But Hades knew not even she believed those words.

he does bc i say so and apollo deserves this

Hades manifested in the shadows of Nevernight with Persephone, Ilias, and Hermes.

aren’t they no longer able to teleport bc it’s poseidons territory

“What?” the mortal asked. “Does no one else find this ironic? The God of the Dead worrying over life?” “If you knew him, you wouldn’t find it ironic,” Persephone snapped.

get em

“Where are you?” he asked, brushing damp strands of her hair from her face. She held his gaze, and he bent to kiss her, whispering against her lips. “Live in this moment with me.” “Don’t say that,” she said. Her chest ached. “It is what you said when you weren’t real.” “I am real now,” he said. “I am here now.”

It was then that Persephone understood where Hecate had gone. She had torn Helios from the sky.

queen shit

“We have to get you to the Underworld,” she said, gripping his shoulders, as if by some miracle, she might be able to lift him. “The Golden Fleece—” “I can’t, Persephone,” he said. “What do you mean you can’t?” she said, hysteria rising inside her. “Hades, please.” He took her hand and squeezed. When she looked down, she saw the black threads of the demigod’s soul marring her skin. “A soul for a soul, Persephone.”

okay so.

Hades manifested before her, and she rose to her feet, flinging her arms around him, a sob escaping her mouth. “I’m here,” he said, and then they vanished.

jesus

THESEUS

NOBODY CARES THESEUS

“Do you not know?” she asked. “If Zeus dies, so does his magic.”

ate

She smirked. “Then murder me,” she said. “But know that I will cling to you, even in death. You will never know peace, not in your waking hours or in sleep.”

i need her biblically

His words were followed by deafening cheers and a chant that dissolved his doubt. “All hail Theseus, King of the Gods.”

get fucked

“They’re saying Hades has made Nevernight into a refuge. I will take you there.”

yes be useful for once

“Fight this, and I will murder my son in front of you.” “You wouldn’t,” she wheezed, her eyes watering. “He is your blood.” “Try me,” he said. “I can have many sons.” He let his gaze fall to her stomach before he met her gaze again. “Perhaps there is already a replacement on the way.” He smiled at the look in her eyes, a mix of devastation and disgust, but she did not fight him as he pushed her knees apart and took her on the bed from which her sister still hung.

i need her to rip his skin apart like she did to poseidon

“Everyone, keep Hecate away from my dead body.” “Don’t worry, Hermes. I would never think of it,” she said. “Well, that’s comforting—” “I only harvest quality organs.” “Hey!” Hermes put his hands on his hips. “I’m quality!” The Goddess of Witchcraft looked him up and down and then shrugged. “Eh.”

“Are you really going to rest?” Hermes asked, suspicious. “Or are you just saying that so you can sneak away and fuck?” “Do you ever just…not say exactly what you are thinking?” Persephone asked. “Curious minds want to know,” the god argued.

“Well, if you’re so smart,” said Hermes, “what should we do then?”

hey if hermes has magic now, can we go get dionysus

“Victory,” she said. “What is victory, Hades?” “Victory is winning,” he said. “Very good,” she said, and though Hades glared, she continued. “And what can you win?” “A battle,” Hades said. “A war.” It was the obvious first choice. “You are almost there,” she said. He stared at her for a moment and then answered, “A game.” “And there it is,” she said.

gentle parenting the god of the dead

“He has Ariadne, Dionysus,” she wailed. “He took her and her sister and the baby. There was nothing we could do.” “Shh,” Dionysus soothed. “You did everything you could, Naia. Everything.”

:(

“That is why I have chosen a new day of birth for you,” she said. “Oh? And what day is that?” “November first,” she said. He stared down at her, curious. “What made you think of this?” “Other than you, it was the only good thing that came out of the labyrinth.”

am i insane or is this the day they met

“Oh, well, that will never happen,” said Theseus. “I am afraid she is being fed to her followers at this very moment. Cronos is quite vengeful when it comes to the Olympians.”

ugh

Best out of four?”

pretty sure it’s 3 or 5

He dropped the knife, and his hands went to his stomach as he doubled over and vomited blood at Hades’s feet. When he met his gaze, his eyes were red and watery.

yuuuuppppp