A Touch of Darkness (Hades & Persephone #1) by Scarlett St. Clair EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Scarlett St. Clair
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- Language: English
- Genre: Romantic Erotica
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THE NARCISSUS
Persephone sat in the sunlight.
She’d chosen her usual spot at The Coffee House, an outdoor table in
view of a crowded pedestrian street. The walkway was lined with shade
trees and box gardens teeming with purple aster and pink and white sweet
alyssum. A light breeze carried the scent of spring and the honeyed air was
mild.
It was a perfect day, and though Persephone had come here to study, she
was finding it hard to concentrate because her eyes were drawn to a bunch
of narcissus flowers that sat in a slender vase on her table. The bouquet was
sparse—only two or three slender stems—and their petals were crisp,
brown, and curling like the fingers of a corpse.
The narcissus were the flower and symbol of Hades, the God of the
Dead. They did not often decorate tables, but coffins. Their presence at The
Coffee House probably meant that the owner was in mourning which was
really the only time mortals worshipped the God of the Underworld.
Persephone always wondered how Hades felt about that, or if he cared.
He was more than just the King of the Underworld, after all. Being the
wealthiest of all the gods, he’d earned the title of Rich One, and had
invested his money into some of the most popular clubs in New Greece—
and these weren’t just any clubs. These were elite gambling dens. It was
said Hades liked a good bet, and rarely accepted a wager other than the
human soul.
Persephone had heard a lot about the clubs from other people while at
University, and her mother, who often expressed her dislike for Hades, had
also spoken out against his businesses.
“He has taken on the role of puppet master,” Demeter had chided.
“Deciding fates as if he were one of the Moirai himself. He should be
ashamed.”
Persephone had never been to one of Hades’ clubs, but she had to admit,
she was curious—about the people who attended and the god who owned it.
What possessed people to bargain their soul? Was it a desire for money or
love or wealth?
And what did it say about Hades? That he had all the wealth in the world
and only sought to add to his domain rather than help people?
But those were questions for another time.
Persephone had work to do.
She dropped her gaze from the narcissus and focused on her laptop. It
was Thursday, and she had left school an hour ago. She’d ordered her usual
vanilla latte and needed to finish her research paper so she could
concentrate on her internship at New Athens News, the leading news source
in New Athens. She started tomorrow, and if things went well, she’d have a
job after she graduated in six months.
She was eager to prove herself.
Her internship was located on the sixtieth floor of the Acropolis, a
landmark in New Athens as it was the tallest building in the city at onehundred-and-one floors. One of the first things Persephone had done when
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