A Touch of Darkness (Hades & Persephone, #1)

by Scarlett St. Clair

Respect could build an empire. Trust could make it unbreakable. Love could make it last forever.

Persephone cuddled next to Hades, and it was there, nestled against him, that she realized how weird her life had become since she met the God of the Underworld, and yet she had some of her happiest times with him. This was one. He was willing to try mortal things with her. He had wanted to do the things that made her happy and learn them.

“I have waited lifetimes for you,” he said as if it was an oath he was swearing upon every star in the sky, every drop of water in the ocean, every soul in the entire universe. “I know it.”