Violet 

I leaned back against the bedframe and pressed a hand to my head. Everything rang. My skull throbbed, my body felt sore in places I didn’t even know could ache, and every muscle complained the second I tried to move.

I let out a tired sigh. A few days had passed since the disaster in the parking lot and all the tension with Hades and Roman. After Hades had carried me out of the car like some uncivilized barbarian, he made love to me in the car, not even waiting to get in the house. And even after that, he still wasn’t finished. 

The moment we got home, he...