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October 30 - November 2, 2025
As she passed Hades, she added, “Lord Hades, you are most unwelcome.” He rolled his eyes but fell into step beside Persephone.
He shifted his arm, cradling her head in the bend of his elbow while the other went to her face.
“Whatever you’re about to do, stop,” Hecate said, appearing in the room, her hand covering her eyes.
“Come. We don’t have much time to get you ready.” “And me?” Hades said. “What shall I wear to this party?” Hecate looked over her shoulder. “You only have two outfits, Hades. Choose one.”
“This darkness is not the same. This darkness is toil and trauma, grief and loss. It is the darkness that will make you Queen of the Underworld.” Then Hecate leaned forward, holding Persephone’s lithe shoulders between her hands, settling her chin upon her shoulder. “Look long at yourself, my love, but do not fear the change.”
“I thought of it because you like picnics,” Yuri said, and beside her, Hecate snorted. Persephone arched a brow at the goddess. “What? I do like picnics.” “You like picnics alone. With Hades. You like Hades,” Hecate said.
“What did you trade for your ability to have children?”
“Do you know the difference?” he asked. “Between my touch and his?” She swallowed and answered honestly. “When I am awake.” He paused a long moment before asking, “Can I touch you now?” “You don’t have to ask,” she answered, and Hades’s jaw tightened. “I wish to,” he said. “In case you aren’t ready.”
“How could I forget?” Hermes asked. “When there’s a raging ice storm outside to remind me?” Sybil elbowed the god. “Ouch!” He glared at her. “Watch it, oracle.”
“Excuse me—” A man approached their table, cellphone in hand. He was middle-aged and wore gray slacks and a white shirt. Hermes whipped his head around. “No,” he said, and the mortal’s mouth snapped close. “Leave.”
Hermes left them outside Ambrosia & Nectar, giving each of them a peck on the cheek, even Zofie, who was too shocked to react at first, then she tried to shank him.
“Well, I’m off,” he said. “I have a date with a goat man. Let’s go out soon.” Once he vanished, Persephone, Sybil, and Zofie exchanged a look. “Goat man?” they all asked in unison.
In the silence, Hades turned to her. “Let me make love to you.”
“I’m furious,” he hissed as his hand dug into the base of her skull
His lips moved to her jaw and then her ear as he breathed, “And you haven’t said no.”
“Always,” he repeated. “Even at the sight of me?” She nodded and Hades licked his lips. “Do you want to know how I feel when I see you?” he asked,
Persephone wrapped her hand around Hades’s cock, licked him once, and then took him into her mouth. His hand tightened into her hair, and he hissed,
He guided her to her back, moving to grasp his cock as he pressed it into her slick folds, teasing her entrance and her clit.
“Twice,” Hades emphasized. Hypnos glanced
“You should be practicing on fucking…flowers. Not yourself. What did she have you do?”
Then he stood, loosening his tie and cuff links.

