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Hades and Persephone (Part 7)

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AS PERSEPHONE LAY IN HER BED, HER MIND WOULD NOT STOP RACING.
    Her thoughts were wild, and she guessed that maybe her immortal heart was somehow in shock.
    She had never truly experienced that kind of fear. Being kidnapped by Hades was by no means pleasant, but being attacked like that, being bitten by that thing…
    And most of all, seeing Hades.
    Persephone knew little of the god of the Underworld, having been sheltered by her mother all of her immortal life. But the little that she did know did not include his compassion, however slight it was.
    A realization dawned upon her then as she looked around her chambers. The god of the Underworld, her captor, cared about her in his own way, however dark it was. She would be protected here, she knew that now. If this was to be her home, she would be safe. She would be clothed and looked after and… in that moment her mind seemed to go blank as her gaze landed on the table.
    A small, plain bowl was placed in the middle of the table.
    Since she was healed, Persephone slid off of the bed with no pain. Her bare feet tentatively tiptoed toward the table, and she stopped once she could look into the bowl more easily.
    And she gasped.
    The bowl was filled with pomegranate seeds.
    She reached out, hovering her hand over the bowl. They looked incredibly tempting, and Persephone could only imagine what it would be like to taste the sweetness of the seeds, how the juice would feel on her taste buds.
    Persephone lowered her hand, and picked up three seeds. She moved them around in her fingers, and once she saw her fingers were stained, dropped them back into the bowl immediately.
    Not today, she told herself. Not today.

*PLEASE READ ME*

SO SORRY for the extreme shortness of this. This is my first time back at this story. I haven't opened it in months, and this is my first time writing it again, too. I'll be pretty darn rusty. And so, another apology for this probably being the worst part of them all.

BUUUT I hope someone enjoys it anyway. That's what I always want. If someone enjoys it, then that's good. If you DO enjoy it, I'll be REALLY SUPER HAPPY because someone likes this attempt.

The beautiful preview picture is not mine, but a deviation of a WONDERFUL artist, whose art you should REALLY check out if you haven't already: sandara.deviantart.com/art/had… (I did receive permission to use this picture.)

One more thing, I'm unsure of how many more parts there will be in this story. My outline currently makes it seem like it'll be four more parts on the way, but that number may or may not change.

Hope you enjoy! :D

~WBC


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Hi, I'm still new to deviantart. I haven't really posted anything because I made an account just so that I could have access to all fan fiction. I usually don't comment on things but I really feel the need to say this: you are an AMAZING writer. I just so happened to be looking at the picture of Hades and Persephone and it led me to this story. I never thought that the story of Hades and Persephone could be seen as a positive one, but this, THIS amazing work of art that you produced in words, is absolutely beautiful. Please don't ever stop writing because you have a god given talent. I look forward to reading the rest of this story, as well as any other works you've written.