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Based off the wildly charming and delightful Webtoon "Lore Olympus: A Retelling of the Kidnapping of Persephone" by Rachel Smythe. Cover art is from Chapter 9.
Persephone returns back to the Underworld after her assignment abroad. She's looking forward to being reunited again with her secret flame, Hades: King of the Underworld. As their relationship grows deeper like the roots of a tree, they are finding it harder and harder to keep their love under wraps.
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