The Dread Queen’s Bargain (THE ASPHODEL #6) by Molly Tullis EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Molly Tullis
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Persephone stretched out in the sun. It was a hot day,
and Apollo must’ve been idling in the sky. The
afternoon seemed to last forever as Persephone relaxed
in the grass, letting her mind wander. She was
blissfully alone—she’d finally managed to slip past
Kalligeneia’s watchful eye. Kalligeneia, one of her mother’s
nymphs, had been watching over Persephone since she was
an infant. Neither Kalligeneia nor Demeter wanted to accept
that Persephone was hardly a child.
Persephone was several hundred years old. It was a
conversation she’d had too many times, leaving her
increasingly exasperated every time. Demeter and
Kalligeneia refused to accept that Persephone was a grown
woman several times over.
‘What’s several hundred years to a god? Once you’ve hit
your first millennia, we can talk.’
Demeter’s words from the night before echoed in
Persephone’s mind. She ran her fingers through the grass
and cursed under her breath. She’d been too restless for her
own good lately. Nothing was helping. Her everyday
responsibilities—anything from tending to crops to minding
flower beds with the nymphs—held no interest for her.
Persephone had been waking up from strange dreams she
couldn’t remember, and her powers were starting to fail.
Persephone usually controlled several aspects of nature as
easy as breathing. She could make crops grow and rivers
flood. Her abilities could even overpower some of the minor
deities associated with the weather. Anything relating to
spring’s promise, bringing forth fresh life and fertility,
Persephone could conjure.
Except recently, every other thing she touched died.
“Maybe I’m going insane,
” Persephone spoke aloud to no
one.
She rolled onto her stomach and studied a patch of
wildflowers several feet away. She raised her hand, snapped
her fingers, and held her breath…as several nearby blooms
immediately wilted and died.
“Shit.” Persephone cursed, sitting up and pinching the
bridge of her nose. “What the fuck is happening to me?”
Anxiety started to build in Persephone’s chest. She didn’t
want to bring this up with Kalligeneia. Or Demeter. They’d
undoubtedly lose their minds and would find a way to use it
as proof that Persephone wasn’t as grown as she claimed to
be. There was a good chance it’d threaten the mortal world
too.
When Persephone first matured and could no longer wear
the short tunic preferred by children, instead opting for a
longer, more appropriate peplos, Demeter was so upset, it’d
caused a significant drought. Persephone was forced back
into wearing shorter tunics.
It wasn’t only the nightmares and the reversal of her
powers. Persephone sensed something different running
through her veins, a dark, heady power for which she had no
name. It equally intrigued and frightened her—gods couldn’t
get sick and die, but what if this was some horrible curse?
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