In the heart of the Underworld, Hades, the lord of the dead, faces an impossible decision: to give up his daughter, Asphodel, and send her into the world of the living, where she belongs. Born in the dark, desolate realm of death, Delle's bright, pure light was never meant to be suffocated by shadows. Now, bound by the laws of fate, Hades must release her to a life he can never be a part of.
With a heart heavy with love and sorrow, Hades watches from afar, leaving only a letter and his eternal, unseen presence to guide and protect her. As Delle grows up unaware of her divine origins, her father's quiet vigil endures in the shadows. But the underworld has its own rules, and the gods' schemes have a way of pulling even the most innocent into their grip.
This is my first story so I hope you guys enjoy!
Persephone has already been kidnapped by Hades, her unwanted and unexpected suitor. Demeter has already cast a famine on all the humans in her grief. Hades struggles to win Persephone over...but perhaps Persephone has always been meant to be with him, and she wasn't an innocent as she was thought she was... Moderate explicit parts. *not finished*
"Look, Persephone, you're a reasonable Goddess, more reasonable than most. You have to understand I was not born the Lord of the Underworld. The title was appointed to me because I was the unlucky one. My job is just as important as my brother's jobs. I wasn't selected because of my cruel ways but now because of the way people speak of me and fear me now I am the cruel one whether or not I like it. Do you honesty think it is fair that it should work that way? People take one look at me and assume I'm the devil." Persephone crouches back in her seat. I realize I am standing and seat myself, trying to calm myself. "Do you honestly think that being in charge of the dead and judging them makes me undeserving of love, of a wife? I'm doomed to be exiled down here. I don't even have the sun to keep me warm, Persephone. You're all the sun I have..."
*This story is also not meant to be factually accurate, and is simply an interpretation of the story.