wife so she was between him and Zeus now. “Why don’t you answer her, brother? You brought it up.”
Zeus scowled. “And I was supposed to know she didn’t know? You brought Nyx up.”
“I wasn’t thinking straight. It’s not the first thing to slip out of my control lately.”
Zeus’ expression softened. “When he first attempted to take over, the battle was up here and we all fought him. Eris tried to reason with him because she loved him. She didn’t want to see her brother punished if she could save him. Hypnos took advantage of her coming to him in peace and slit Eris’ throat. Apollo barely managed to save her. Ares said he would slice Hypnos open if he ever came near Eris again. Eris had been born to be Ares’ perfect companion, very much like a sister, and from that day on he took Hypnos’ place as her brother, insisting Hypnos was not worthy.”
“Oh. I always thought you were Eris’ father,” Persephone said.
“Eris had no father, only Nyx. You wouldn’t have if you had been less sheltered and known about our rather steamy affair. You know, many assumed I was your father simply because I never seduced you.”
Persephone shook her head and almost laughed. “Do we have a real set of family trees around here at all? It’s very confusing when I’m introduced to new people sometimes.”
“You could try online. Might disturb you a little though.”
She smiled. “All right. Sorry for the interruption. Great mystery solved.”
Hades looked over the flowers, off into the field. He tried to remember simpler times, but as memories pushed through, he remembered they’d all had problems then too. Lives as long as theirs could never be simple, unless they decided to hide from everything. “I’m not sure I’d want to ask Hypnos to try talking to Nyx. I think he has been invited to the wedding out of courtesy. Ares disapproves, I know. Who could say what Nyx may feel now? It’s why I didn’t ask before.” He touched his wife’s elbow. “I would have been willing to explain it to you later, but I don’t want Hypnos feeling insecure with you again.”
“Why would he?” she asked.
“You finding out he almost murdered his sister? It would bother him, darling.”
She sighed as she locked her fingers with his and leaned closer. “I know. I worry about him so much.”
“Perhaps another reason the Underworld needs you,” Zeus said.
She smiled. “Will you help us? We can’t wait for Eris and Hermes’ wedding. It’s two weeks away.”
Zeus stopped, and they both came to a halt as well. “I will talk to Demeter and see what she thinks. If no one has any ideas, I will try myself.” He began walking again. “I will keep you informed.”
Hades turned to his wife. “Are you happy now, my love?”
“Yes, but I could be happier.”
He frowned. “What else can I do? Please tell me.”
She smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck. “I was a bad girl today. I kissed another man.”
He smiled, pretending not to know what she wanted. “Oh, that’s all right. It meant nothing.”
“But I was a very bad girl.”
“And you need to be punished?”
She nodded slowly. She pulled him down to her and kissed him passionately. Her embrace lit a fire deep inside him, and his cock responded to her nearness. He pulled her close, loving the squeal of surprise she let out when he pressed his cock against her.
She backed up slowly until she’d drawn him between a row of high bushes and a stone wall with her.
“Here?” he asked. He hoped the answer would be yes.
She nibbled on his lip. “Yes. We were in a garden the first time you made me come.”
He kissed her as he began unbuttoning her dress. He wanted her naked against him. He remembered that day very well. He’d been struggling to keep his hands off her, trying so hard not to scare her off. At that time, he’d still been trying to prove his love and win hers. When she’d said his lack of enthusiasm had surprised her, that he
Zeus scowled. “And I was supposed to know she didn’t know? You brought Nyx up.”
“I wasn’t thinking straight. It’s not the first thing to slip out of my control lately.”
Zeus’ expression softened. “When he first attempted to take over, the battle was up here and we all fought him. Eris tried to reason with him because she loved him. She didn’t want to see her brother punished if she could save him. Hypnos took advantage of her coming to him in peace and slit Eris’ throat. Apollo barely managed to save her. Ares said he would slice Hypnos open if he ever came near Eris again. Eris had been born to be Ares’ perfect companion, very much like a sister, and from that day on he took Hypnos’ place as her brother, insisting Hypnos was not worthy.”
“Oh. I always thought you were Eris’ father,” Persephone said.
“Eris had no father, only Nyx. You wouldn’t have if you had been less sheltered and known about our rather steamy affair. You know, many assumed I was your father simply because I never seduced you.”
Persephone shook her head and almost laughed. “Do we have a real set of family trees around here at all? It’s very confusing when I’m introduced to new people sometimes.”
“You could try online. Might disturb you a little though.”
She smiled. “All right. Sorry for the interruption. Great mystery solved.”
Hades looked over the flowers, off into the field. He tried to remember simpler times, but as memories pushed through, he remembered they’d all had problems then too. Lives as long as theirs could never be simple, unless they decided to hide from everything. “I’m not sure I’d want to ask Hypnos to try talking to Nyx. I think he has been invited to the wedding out of courtesy. Ares disapproves, I know. Who could say what Nyx may feel now? It’s why I didn’t ask before.” He touched his wife’s elbow. “I would have been willing to explain it to you later, but I don’t want Hypnos feeling insecure with you again.”
“Why would he?” she asked.
“You finding out he almost murdered his sister? It would bother him, darling.”
She sighed as she locked her fingers with his and leaned closer. “I know. I worry about him so much.”
“Perhaps another reason the Underworld needs you,” Zeus said.
She smiled. “Will you help us? We can’t wait for Eris and Hermes’ wedding. It’s two weeks away.”
Zeus stopped, and they both came to a halt as well. “I will talk to Demeter and see what she thinks. If no one has any ideas, I will try myself.” He began walking again. “I will keep you informed.”
Hades turned to his wife. “Are you happy now, my love?”
“Yes, but I could be happier.”
He frowned. “What else can I do? Please tell me.”
She smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck. “I was a bad girl today. I kissed another man.”
He smiled, pretending not to know what she wanted. “Oh, that’s all right. It meant nothing.”
“But I was a very bad girl.”
“And you need to be punished?”
She nodded slowly. She pulled him down to her and kissed him passionately. Her embrace lit a fire deep inside him, and his cock responded to her nearness. He pulled her close, loving the squeal of surprise she let out when he pressed his cock against her.
She backed up slowly until she’d drawn him between a row of high bushes and a stone wall with her.
“Here?” he asked. He hoped the answer would be yes.
She nibbled on his lip. “Yes. We were in a garden the first time you made me come.”
He kissed her as he began unbuttoning her dress. He wanted her naked against him. He remembered that day very well. He’d been struggling to keep his hands off her, trying so hard not to scare her off. At that time, he’d still been trying to prove his love and win hers. When she’d said his lack of enthusiasm had surprised her, that he
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