Queen of Gods by Katharine EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Katharine
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The darkness was suffocating, and Deina felt the weight of it. Like a too
tight second skin it squeezed her body, stealing speech as well as sight.
Thanatos’s fingers still gripped her left wrist. With every step, he took her
further from her friends, further from the future she’d dared to dream of,
and nearer to the perpetual imprisonment that awaited her. His touch was so
cold it felt like fire. Yet she’d stopped pulling against his grasp. She was
terrified that if he let go, she’d wander here forever.
On and on they walked. Until the darkness was displaced by a flaring
brilliance that made Deina throw up her right arm to shield her eyes. That
too faded, into the ordinary glow of oil lamps.
If you could call anything about Hades’ court ordinary.
Deina blinked, looking around as her vision adjusted. Thanatos was next
to her, his face impassive; he’d released his grip on her arm. They were
back in Hades’ throne room. There was the huge obsidian looking glass on
the wall, the sweep of its polished black disc offering Deina a shadowy
reflection of herself and her surroundings. There were the two empty
thrones, lofty on their dais. There, the lapis lazuli snakes that had attacked
her and Theron and the others, ossified and confined to alcoves once more.
So much the same – but Deina herself was different. To her dismay, her
Severer’s robes had gone. Instead, she was wearing the clothes that Hades
had conjured her into – briefly – the last time they’d met. A full-length,
one-shouldered gown of diaphanous garnet-red silk, secured by a gold belt
and a single gold shoulder brooch set with rubies. There were more rubies
scattered across the hem. She was shod with delicate sandals made from a
fine gold mesh, and – Deina lifted one hand to her head – the dark waves of
her hair were confined by what felt like more of the same material.
She turned on Thanatos.
‘Is this your doing?’
‘No.’ Hades’ voice echoed through the immense room. ‘It’s mine.’
Deina spun to see one of the empty thrones now occupied. The god of the
Underworld – the god who claimed to be Deina’s mother – was wearing the
same rich blue gown as at their last encounter. She crossed her legs and
grinned. ‘Don’t you like your new clothes, Deina? I think the colour suits
you. And Thanatos approves. Don’t you, Thanatos?’
Thanatos blinked at Deina as though just becoming aware of her presence.
His eyes widened as he took in her appearance, and a faint flush warmed his
pale cheeks. Hades laughed. The sound was chilling.
Deina wrapped her arms tightly around herself. ‘Why are you doing this?’
she demanded.
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