A Game of Gods (Hades Saga, #3)

by Scarlett St. Clair

He would marry Persephone no matter the consequences, because in the end, a life without her was not a life at all.

This…it went beyond love. It was devotion. It was worship. It was the power that began and ended worlds, and if he had to, he would do so in her name. He knew those words were true because he felt them so deeply, it hurt.

“No one is deserving of my presence,” she said. “I am a plague upon men.”

Hermes grinned. “See you soon, Daddy Death!” He vanished, and when he was gone, Hades looked at Thanatos, who asked in a very serious tone, “Which one of us do you think he was calling Daddy Death?”

“Be sure your words sow the seeds of war…Helen.”