

The Consort of Hades: 16The Consort of HadesThe Consort of Hades: 16
Chapter Sixteen: The Underworld
Year 2053
And so it began:
Death and Eliano looked into the lake together. The water was completely still, and trapped underneath the glass surface was Laura rocking her daughter to sleep. She was in a bedroom at Necromanteion, sunlight streaming in through an open window. Eliano and Death had watched her and Markus much the past few months, studying their movements, listening to their words, tracking the rise and fall of the pendulum of their moods.
"A gripping performance," said Death, stroking his beard. "Don't you th


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Chapter Fourteen: Gaia
Year 2052
Her belly started growing and it didn't stop. The inevitable had happened: she had become pregnant. Of course, she had been waiting for it to happen - Markus didn't use any sort of protection and she wasn't allowed access to any.
She had mixed feelings about their nights together. She enjoyed them - it was stupid to deny it as it was plainly obvious. Markus could manipulate her body just as well as he could manipulate whatever else he wanted in life. But he couldn't win her heart and he couldn't erase his past, the only two keys she held


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Chapter Thirteen: Broken Pieces
Year 2044
"Come on, soldiers, get in that truck! I want to be home in time to eat my mother's Christmas treacle!" Colonel Jeiter roared, ushering Eliano and Laura into the military medical truck heading for London. Around them, army helicopters were taking off with deafening mechanical howls, men shouting to each other across the camp in the flurry to leave.
Eliano and Laura jumped into the truck, grins wide across their faces.
"It's been a helluva ride!" said Eliano in a raised voice over the grumble of the engine as it star
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I have grown tired of the world around me and wish for eternal slumber. If you can give me that then I will give you peace of mind.
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~Goce~
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Only slightly insane. . .
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Only slightly insane. . .
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Only slightly insane. . .
Time to sleep...
Sweet dreams embellished with cherries.
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Only slightly insane. . .
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