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comes out. Later that day Persephone gets fruit basket full of pomegranates, sees raven above her. Card say something to remember him by. I bawled my eyes out at the ending of this, of them having to separate.

plan, didn’t want him leave. She see he hated it too. Tells her enjoy sun, flowers & he’ll b back get her in 6 months. She didn’t want lose safety & peace he gave her. He’d awakened things in her she want keep. Silver collar still around her neck, she ask if she still his? always. He’ll think of plenty of things for them do & have lots parties when she returns. He kiss her forehead & walks away. The sun

still doesn’t understand why he can’t live w/her in mortal world. He knows she only understand w/demonstration. Tells her close eyes, spread her power out. Open eyes, blooms of flowers, plants, trees all around. He gets up & as he goes by each living thing, it shrivels & dies. He take her back to flower shop, kiss. This how it had be. She’d live 1/2 yr in world she loved & 1/2 yr w/man she loved. She hated this

Zeus arrive, say what did monster (Hades) do to her. She get closer to Hades, say he didn’t take her powers or hide her identity, endlessly lie. She tell them she not object they fight over, she queen of underworld. Do they know what she want? Zeus say she wants b free of Hades. She want go home to NY, apartment, friends, work. They agree she’ll spend 1/2 yr in mortal world, 1/2 yr in underworld. Zeus leave, she

powers back, she has responsibilities. She will always belong to him, just can’t b in underworld all the time. He knows, he think he’s always known. Hades can’t believe Persephone forgave him. The personal things he never wanted her know, his darkness. He wasn’t sure he could forgive himself, why he had do this for her. He owed her for saving him in so many ways. She was more he hoped for, more he deserved.

she had into him, he pull her hand away, ask what hell she doing? She bringing him back to life. Bright light fill room, when fades Hades on ground naked, trembling in human form sobbing. She hug him, he say she trusted him & he hurt her. She say it wasn’t him. He sobs says he knows she can’t forgive him. She say she already forgave him, glad he came back to her. She say she has go back to mortal world, w/her

Hades bring her to play room, he want hurt her, rips bandages off back, see wounds healed. Know something not right. He whips her, say it can’t b. He whipped her, broke skin & it healed instantly. Now when she feel pain she can feel his too. He happy she has powers cuz now he doesn’t have deal w/fragile human. Now she more durable. She put hand against his cheek, say her poor lost Hades, puts all love, compassion

strong & knows Zeus used her powers to usher in spring. She knew who she was, felt more alive than ever before. She understands more as a goddess than human. Understand why Hades did what did, still think it’s wrong but understand. She felt Hades pain, desperation to keep her, pain & loneliness til found her. Felt bitterness, injustice of 1 person could make his life bearable being kept from him & now forgive him.

Persephone kneel at his feet, attach chain to her collar. Found other ways hurt her by suspend her in rope for hours, getting in her head cause fear. He took out everyone’s mistakes on her. She know he being lenient to her as she see him punish others. Someone tell Hades there’s problem he need see. When he gone Nick bring her jar liquid, say from Zeus it’s her powers & needs drink it now. She drink it & feels

give her that again. She go to him, she on top, he want her look at him while have sex. If he had no feelings why he want b so intimate? He say come for him, the monster who destroyed man she loved. When done, he didn’t cuddle her or stroke her hair like used to. He got up, got dressed, tell her he’s never coming back, she need please him (monster) now. Underworld felt cold now, nothing but fear there.In ballroom