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"As many women that I see going in and coming out of your chambers..."

I feel a tear sting my eyes.

"I know that I'm here because you wanted me to be."

"Sh..." He coos.

He knows that I don't believe him when he says that I'm the one he wants.

"I want you. That is why I brought you here."

"Then why do you have so many women... They leave with either tears or with less on than they had before."

"You noticed..."

"Of course I noticed... How wouldn't I?"

I push away from him slightly but then I feel his grip around my waist tighten.

"Do not move..."

"Why-"

His lips are on mine before I can finish the word.

I turn my head further and then the rest of my body.

"Mm..." I hum.

Hades tightens his grip on me.

I love the feeling.

Of being protected.

Loved.

Even if it's fake.

"You cannot think every word I speak is a lie... You mustn't."

I hear the hurt in his voice as he says it.

I look up at him as I pull from his soft lips.

"I think that you are a good man but I know that Hades... The God... To be a liar."

"You mustn't..."

"I do..."

He presses his lips against mine gently.

I smile against them and then he is the one to pull away.

"I will change my ways... But I must keep them about me..."

"I know..."

"What do you wish from me?"

"I wish to go back home..."

"You cann-"

I know what he's going to say and I finish it for him.

"not. I know. One must always try though."

He smiles at that.

"One must."

"Give me a chance to change."

"I am. I must. I will."

I know that there's nothing wrong with being here.

Being with him.

He's my lover now.

He's my everything.

Hades will protect me from anything.

And everything.

So long as I rule.

So long as I keep the Underworld in check.

Just like I will keep him in check.