Chapter 33 - (Anya/Persephone)

“Hades.”

He said his name was Hades.

After he had saved me from my asshole of a boyfriend, I never saw my parents again. I remember my father telling me that I was supposed to be married to him, but ever since I came here, he never mentioned it and I don’t have enough courage to ask him.

I heard some of the workers in the castle while I was roaming around that I was the prince’s prisoner. That I was the payment for the debt of my father. Hearing what they say hurt me and I finally understood why my parents didn’t even bother reaching out to me. Didn’t bother to check if I was still alive or breathing.

But they got one thing wrong. I never felt, even once, that I was a prisoner here.

Hades never asked for much except that when he was in the palace, I was to eat with him. We never talk though and I never tried opening a conversation with him. We just sat there and ate in silence.

I began to get used to eating with him and I started to look forward to having meals with him. It was