“I would like a weekend,” she said at last. “Alone. With you.” “You are wagering for something I would gladly give—and have, many times.” “Not a weekend sequestered to your bedchamber,” she said, and Hades felt as defensive as she sounded. “A weekend…on an island or in the mountains or in a cabin. A…vacation.” He liked that. “You aren’t giving me a very good reason to win,” he joked. “And you? What do you wish for?” “A fantasy,” he said. “Fulfilled.” He did not hesitate because he had been thinking about this for a while. “A…fantasy?” Persephone asked, confused at first, so he clarified. “A
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