A Touch of Ruin (Hades X Persephone #2)

by Scarlett St. Clair

Hades sighed and brushed his finger along her cheek. “Darling, I would burn this world for you.”

“You are my weakness, losing you is my greatest fear, and your love is my most treasured possession.”

“You amaze me,” he said. She giggled. “I am not amazing. I wanted to punish her at first.” “But you didn’t,” he said. “There are no other gods like you.” “I haven’t lived long enough to be jaded like the rest of you,” she said. “Perhaps I’ll end up like the others before long.” “Or perhaps you will change the rest of us.”

“Create the life you want, Persephone, and stop listening to everyone else.”

and stop being a child while you are at it.

“I love you. Even if the Fates unraveled our destiny, I would find a way back to you,” Hades said.