“Let me please you,” she whispered, and kissed him again. His hands landed on her sides, and he rolled, pinning her beneath him. He took her wrists and guided them over her head. “You please me,” he said, kissing her swollen lips a final time, reveling in the way her body arched against his, warmed with need. It was a reminder of why he had to stop this. “Sleep.” The command came with a rush of magic that instantly sent Persephone into a deep slumber. Hades paused there a moment, suspended over her, before rolling off onto his back. He sighed, full of frustration and rage, and growled.
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