“You once wished me happiness,” Hades said. “I did,” Zeus said. “But as I recall it, you also never told me who it was that had gained your affection.” “That never bothered you,” Hades countered. “You know what the Fates have said.” “The Fates have given you a lover, not a wife,” Zeus replied. Hades’s hands fisted, and he hated the truth of those words. “Now, my dear, do not be so hard on Hades,” Hera said and bent so her head was near his. Hades wondered if she could only stand to be beside him now because he was a eunuch. “He is very much in love with the daughter of Demeter.” Hades seethed.
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