Persephone's POV

Failure, a word so simple but with an impact so strong.. to shatter the foundation of your self-belief and faith.

Hades draped me in a robe as I shivered from the frost. My father died protecting me and here I was enjoying worldly pleasures. I was ashamed of myself...of the happiness I felt.

"But he was put to a curse, how can that happen...how can he die?" I asked with a voice unknown to my own self, it sounded empty.

"He was killed." Hades waved his fingers in my hair, stroking softly as I take in a shaky breath, pain filling my lungs.

"Who killed him?" I asked...