Kidnapped

Chapter 9

The next morning, Cora gave me a tour of the castle, which took about two hours and I think we have one more place to go. But it was worth it, every part of this place was gorgeous. I met a few people during the tour, like the chef whose name is Michael and he is a very kind man and has a heavy French accent. There was something I saw that I noticed before, but totally forgot about it until now. Every person who worked here, they were all ghostly pale. "Cora? Can I ask you question?" I inquired.

"Of course," she smiled.

"Everyone that works here, are they dead?" I asked away.

"Well, I'm assuming that you believe in Greek "mythology" now, right?" I nodded, "Then yes, they are dead, and now work for Hades" she said.

"Is there like, no one alive who can or wants work for him?" I questioned.

"Well since humans can't enter here unless they have died and no immortal being, who is alive, wants to willingly work here. He asked some souls from Elysium if they would like work for him. In return, when they want to retire, they get to live in the Isles of the Blessed instead," she answered.

"Well that seems like a reasonable answer. Anyways, are we almost done with the tour?"

"Umm, I guess we are done with the tour, I thought about taking you around the other part of the Underworld, like the different places where souls live. But I think Hades would like to do the honors, plus, he will be able to explain about it better than me," she said.

"Okay, can we go back to the dining room, all of this walking is making me hungry," I lightly chuckled. She nodded and I broke off into a sprint towards the dining room, with Cora shouting from behind me to slow down, but I just laughed it off. I arrived at my destination in about two minutes, pushed open the doors and quickly took a seat, calming my heart beat. I heard loud footsteps and Cora appeared at the doors, then walked towards me.

"That was the first time I have ran ever since I've died," she panted, hands on her knees.

"Well, you better get use to it," I laughed but stopped when I heard someone enter the room, Hades. Cora straightened up and whispered that she'll tell them to bring out the food and walked out. Hades took his usual seat next to me, smiled and asked, "What were you laughing about?"

"I was, umm, running and she had trouble catching up with me?" I said, but more like a question.

"That's great, that you're having some fun around here. But your mood is probably gonna be dampened, because now we have to talk about the details of the... umm wedding," he coughed out.

"Oh," was all I said.

He took out his hand from his pocket and revealed a small velvet box, which I guessed were the engagement rings. "Since you were born and raised in the human world, I thought I would traditionally propose to you," I mentally smiled at the gesture.

"So, will you marry me?" he opened the box and asked hopefully.

I just stared at the beautiful ring in his hand, it was absolutely breathtaking. In the middle, sat a sparkling diamond, it was simple yet beautiful. I looked at Hades, am I really gonna go through my plan,  marry him then leave him, (which will probably break his heart) forever?

"Yes."