Scarlett's Letter (Touched by a God #1) Read Online Free PDF Page B

any of the chosen descendants of Cronus.  There are only a few of us with the ability to procreate. We have a window of time that is the best time to make the attempt. I was fortunate enough to have a group of my family members decide to punish me by further hindering the process.”
    She stood then.  Her purposeful stride captured his attention as she moved to stand before him.  He was stunned by her beauty and her ability to have complete control over herself that he didn’t see the movement of her hand.  The crack of the punch held more of an impact than the actual punch itself.  Her cute little fist might have had an impact on a mere mortal, but it did nothing but infuriate him.  Part of him found it amusing.  The predominate part of him wanted her head on a platter for even attempting to mar his face. 
    “You are the most insensitive dumbass that I have ever come into contact with if you think for one moment that I am going to accept that bunch of garbage that you just spouted, which, by the way, I don’t believe for one moment.  You expect me to believe that this is reality and what, exactly?  You’re some god that has the ability to call me to you because of my ancestry.  If you didn’t want to see me anymore then fine, but come up with a better explanation than I’m fucking crazy!”
    The last part had been screamed directly at his face.   She then went on to mumble about “macho machinations” and “archaic assholes” every time her eyes found his.  He was going to enjoy proving to her that what he said was truth. It was her truth and something that she was going to have to accept. Hades looked down at the bearer of his first born child and smiled a devious smile.
    “You believe that I’m not what I told you I was?” Hades chuckled to himself.  “We shall see what you believe after.”
    He snatched her up, holding her at his arm’s length.  He bent his head so that he was looking directly into her eyes.  The power that was all his own moved through him and he reveled in the knowledge that she could feel it coursing over and beneath her skin.  She may not know it or understand what it was that she was feeling but he was present in her blood.  He enjoyed the possessive feeling that overtook him because of it.  He felt like purring like a lion content with having made a conquest or having captured his prey.  He had the woman that would be at his side for all eternity in his grasp.
    At her gasp, he knew that she felt the heat of the fire that would never burn her.  It always started in his eyes, some shit about them being the “windows to the soul” or something like that.   It was something that was second nature to him now, but he could tell that she was less than settled about being so close to the manifestation of his ability.  Once it settled in his feet, he could travel to wherever his mind could think.  It used to be the case until his brethren decided to limit is ability, all because of his attraction to Persephone.  Mind you, he was informed beforehand that she was off limits to all the other gods, but that was like dangling chocolate in front of a pregnant woman and telling her that she couldn’t have it.  He’d had a need at the time and his need overruled all of his other basic thoughts.
    He and Persephone had been a fairly toxic couple.  Every odd was stacked against them that could be stacked against them.  His defiant nature and her rebellious need to be away from her mother was enough for a time.  When it started to affect his leadership capabilities, he ended it.  After she destroyed a good section of his home, she agreed and left.  He thought then what he felt for her was the closest he would ever feel toward the feeling of love.  Love wasn’t his thing.  It was why he was punished.  What was to be Persephone’s future had been completely altered because of their being together.  It was something the leaders, his cousins, had foreseen and were