Hades

Chapter 10

HADES

My eyes snapped open in the early hours just like they have done every morning since the beginning of time. A deep sigh escaped my lips as I slowly sat up in my super king sized bed, I rested back against my pillows and turned my head to look at the space next to me. My bed is always empty these days, after Aphrodite crushed my relationship with my first love with a snap of her fingers, I rebelled... I had indulged myself in women, alcohol and late nights exploring my deepest and darkest desires but all of that came to an end many moons ago.  

The evening I lost my Persephone we were wondering around the depths of the forrest in the mortal realm. We came to a clearing and with sad eyes she turned to look at me and told me that she had fallen victim to the love of another. She told me how one night she had left me in our bed and gone up to the mortal realm, she had gone to a  night club and partied until dawn - met a stranger and fallen in love at first glance. I loved Persephone so much that I set her free so that she could be happy. The very next day Aphrodite had appeared with a guilt stricken face, she had told me that she had matched Persephone to another... someone she thought was her true match. She tried to explain that she had foreseen a future where Persephone and I had stayed as one and it had ended with Persephone betraying me in one way or another, Aphrodite tried to reason her actions by telling me that she had found my true great love. To say that I was furious with my niece was an understatement I was ready to reak havoc on her soul, she had taken the very embers that lit my heart aflame from me and as a replacement? She had given me a sweeping statement saying that she had found my 'true great love' but where was this supposed woman? nowhere to be seen and I was then left with noting but myself, my thoughts and the constant weight of death and judgment on my shoulders... I no longer had someone to share my life with, no one to look forward to coming home to, no one to protect, no one I could settle down with. Aphrodite crushed me and I don't know if I could ever forgive her for that. since that day she had retired from match making and instead busied her self with breaking the hearts of the mortal realm.

I shook my head letting my hair scatter over my eyes, tearing myself from my thoughts... I had made peace with my past and although the pang of loneliness lives on, my love and want for Persephone had long since faded. I got up from my bed instantly missing the comfort of my memory foam mattress and silky duvet.

I wondered over to the floor to ceiling window, pressed the button on the coffee machine and peered over my kingdom. I was watching the heavenly souls enjoying their personal paradise, seeing children playing and family rejoicing. further out into the distance way passed the river styx was where the souls of the dammed were, I didn't like to peer into their personal hells too often but when I was in a murderous mood I would waste no time in heading down their and realising my true self, making the dammed regret even more their bad decisions in the mortal realm.

The coffee machine beeped and as I took a deep breath in, the smell of coffee in he mornings was sometimes the only consistant thing in my life.  I leaned one of my shoulders against the glass as I sipped my espresso, I was getting bored of being alone I hadn't enjoyed my life in a very long time... I can't even remember the last time I truly had fun and I feel like that had reflected in my brooding attitude. I never used to rule my loyal subjects with fear, now all that most of them see is a cold blooded ruler... I am not the same man I once was. I placed my coffee mug down onto my bedside table and disappeared off into my shower, I never bothered to make my bed these days, the only people who were to see my room where the maids and honestly I didn't think they would really care if they had an extra pillow to fluff or not... it is their job after all.

I walked into the steaming hot water of my rain fall shower, there was a few dull spotlights in the bathroom but other than that it was quiet dark in here - I often found I felt most at peace due to the relaxed tones. Most if not all the decor in the palace was grey, black tones with white Marble to reflect not only my job but also how felt... bleak. I let the water cascade down m body as I washed myself with one of the many different soaps and gels that had been left in here for me by the castle staff, as I continued to clean myself and attempt to wake properly from my slumber my mind drifted to the beautiful creature I had seen at dinner service yesterday. There was something so captivatingly sweet and gentle about Elara, She truly was a gift straight from Olympus. I had never seen such beauty on a deity let alone a mere mortal such as herself, she reminded me of a fairy with her wavy brown locks and freckle adorned nose. I longed to run my fingers through her hair and hold her hand.. Hell what I would give to hold her or even go so far as to place a kiss on her rosy pink lips.