Prudence
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Last published Wed, Dec 31, 2014
"It is believed that desire originates from Aphrodite's sultry gaze, but it was the pariah god and his stolen queen who unleashed the ancient sin."
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This is the tale of how I made a deal with the devil...
and lost.
A dark, seductive, modern re-telling of the myth of Hades & Persephone.
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