“Why wouldn’t you tell me? If there is a chance we cannot be together, I have the right to know.” His chest hurt knowing how much this scared her. She’d had to face the guilt of loving him despite her mother’s wishes, only to be faced with the fact that Zeus might ruin it all. He rose onto his elbow so that he could look at her, silent tears gliding down her face. He brushed them away. “Persephone,” he said. “No one will keep us apart—not the Fates, not your mother, and not Zeus.” She swallowed and shook her head. “You are so certain, but even you will not challenge the Fates.” “Oh, darling,
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