A Touch of Malice (Hades X Persephone #3)

by Scarlett St. Clair

“I have never seen anything more beautiful than you,” he said.

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“You have a few minutes to yourselves until I return to collect you for the festivities,” Hecate said at the doors. “If I were you, I’d keep your clothes on.” She paused for a moment and added, “And your feet on the ground.”

As the door shut, Hades looked at Persephone. “That,” he said, “sounded like a challenge.”

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His eyes were still closed as he spoke. “Say it again. Call me your husband.”

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Hades opened his eyes. They had darkened from blue to black, burning with desire. He reached for her hips, bunching the silk of her dress into his hands. “As much as I want you now,” he said, “I have something else planned for us tonight.”

Hades reached for her hand and kissed the inside of her wrist. “And what is it you wish to try?”

“I am thinking of many things, wife,” he said. “Like?” The corners of his lips curled. “I am thinking of how happy I am,”

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“I wasn’t finished,” he said, tightening his hold and bending so that his cheek pressed against hers, his breath brushing her ear. “I am wondering if you are wet for me. If your stomach is wound tight with desire. If you’re fantasizing about tonight as much as I am—and are your thoughts just as vulgar?”

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“Always,” Hades repeated. He sat back on his heels, still straddling her, and loosened his tie, then his cuff links before making his way to the buttons of his shirt.

She narrowed her eyes. “Is there any chance you get to wear these?” Hades chuckled.

“What do you want, wife?”

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Hades chuckled and then pressed a kiss between her breasts.

Hades stared at her hungrily before hooking his arms beneath her hips, lifting her ass, and licking her slick folds. A low growl came from somewhere deep in his chest. “This. I love this.” He descended, tongue parting her

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He spread her wider so he could go deeper, and soon his fingers were inside her, curling.

Hades pulled away, his fingers still working inside her. “That’s it, darling. Tell me how it feels.”

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“Where are you going?” “Not far, wife,” Hades promised

“You feel so good,” Hades said through his teeth,

“So tight, so wet.

“Fuck!” His curse shivered through her,

“I will refrain from thinking you are laughing at my performance, wife,” Hades said. That made her laugh harder.

“You are my everything,” he said. “My first love, my wife, the first and last Queen of the Underworld.”

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“I want to watch you come,” Hades said,

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“That I will do anything to keep you,” he answered.

“Yes,” he said without hesitation, and then he tipped her head back so she would look into his eyes. “But you are mine and I intend to keep you forever.”

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Hades’s jaw scrape her cheek as his lips settled near her ear. “Angry, darling?”

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“Leave it, Zeus,” Hades said. “This will not end well for you.” “Your goddess is a threat to all Olympians,” Zeus responded. “She is a threat to you,” Hades said.

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“If you make war against them, you make war against me.” The words came from Apollo, whose golden bow materialized within his hands. “And me,” Hermes said, drawing his blade.

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“You would protect a goddess whose power might destroy you?” Hera asked. “With my life,” Hermes said. “Sephy is my friend.” “And mine,” said Apollo. “And mine,” said Aphrodite, who broke from the line and crossed to Persephone’s side. As she came to stand beside Apollo, she called Hephaestus’s name, and the God of Fire also appeared, filling the space beside her.

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War eliminates threats.” “So does peace,” said Hestia.

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“You are sure this is what you want, Apollo?” Artemis asked. “Seph gave me a chance when she shouldn’t have. I owe her.” “Is her chance worth your life?” “In my case?” he asked. “Yes.”

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“You wish to wear Hades’s helm,” she said. “And what? Steal the other weapons?” “I will not have to steal them. They will be given to me,” he said. She should have guessed. Poseidon was his father, keeper of the trident, and Hera would ensure he had Zeus’s lightning bolt.

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