She swallowed and looked away from him again. “Do you love me, Aidoneus?” “Yes,” he said without hesitation. “Why?” “I could give you a hundred answers about your beauty, your wit and curiosity, your strength, and any number of other things, Persephone, but the simplest one I have is that you make me feel alive. And as I’m sure you can guess from seeing the realm I’ve called my home all these aeons… that’s not an easy thing to do.”
