A Game of Gods (Hades Saga, #3)

by Scarlett St. Clair

“I don’t understand,” she said. “You use your magic to conduct orgies in this square, and yet outside this, you—” Dionysus gave her a harsh look, warning her not to finish that sentence. All he needed was this mouthy detective to ruin everything he’d worked hard to establish here. “Why?” “Consensual sex is not unwilling. You of all people should know that. Those who come to this square, they want to fuck, and they don’t care with who.” “I do not come here to fuck,” she said. “Perhaps you should,” he said. “You might be a little more bearable.” She glared at him, her mouth tightening, but her silence did not last long. “Do you participate?” she asked. Dionysus looked at her. “Why?” “I just wondered,” she said, looking away quickly. “I suppose that depends on your definition of participate.” “What other definition is there?” “In reference to the festival, you could be asking me anything. Do I dance? Do I sing? Do I—” “Do you fuck strangers, Dionysus?” Ariadne snapped, clearly fed up with him. He smirked in triumph, but it only lasted a moment, because he soon realized just how frustrated she was. “No,” he said finally. “Or at least…not in a long time.”