Did Hades tell her my name? “I want to know my fortune.” I took the seat across from her.
“Are you sure about that?” She glanced at my husband. “Because it can ruin lives…”
I shook my head. “I know we’re going to have a happy ending.”
She grabbed the cards again and only took the top half of the deck. She did some shuffling before she laid out the cards in front of me.
Hades stood behind my chair and placed his hands on the wooden frame.
After studying the cards for a while, she picked out two from the arrangement and pushed them toward me. “Are you sure?”
I nodded. “Yes.”
“Your boys will grow to be men. The women they marry will be daughters to you, not in blood, but in water. Your lifetime will be short, not in duration, but in speed. Happiness and bliss pass much more quickly than sorrow and despair, which you will have very little of. You will outlive your husband in old age, but by only two days…because you will die of a broken heart.”
Tears welled in my eyes because that was exactly what I wanted for the rest of my life, to live a long and happy life with the man I loved, and not to live long without him. I felt Hades place a hand on my shoulder and grip me gently.
The gypsy gathered the cards and returned them to the stack. “Are you satisfied with your fortune?”
My hand rested on his, and I looked up to see him staring down at me. “Yes.”
Next in this series…
Sofia and Hades got their happy ending, but the story is far from over. Now it's Damien's turn to deal with the curse that was bestowed upon him ten years ago. Will Damien and Hades find their way back to each other? Will Damien fall madly in love with a woman the way Hades has?
This next trilogy is so interesting because it has guest appearances by these characters from the same universe:
Conway, Sapphire, Bones, Balto, Bosco, and Heath.
This story takes place shortly after the events in Skull Ruler, when Balto hands over the crown to his twin brother Heath. And now that Heath is in charge, he wants to collect royalties from Damien...and that's probably not going to go over well.
It's the first time I've ever used a supporting character from one story as a main character in a different trilogy...and it was super fun!
I've included the first few chapters to give Damien's story an introduction. Enjoy!
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Damien
When I rose from my chair, I buttoned the front of my suit. I held the folder of papers in my hand and left my office to head down the hallway. My footfalls were heavy on the hard wood, and my shoes were stiff because they were new. There was a slight squeak in the air, but since they were hand-picked by my designer, I ignored the sound.
His door was cracked at the end of the hallway, and as I got closer, the old rush of feelings returned.
Rage.
Ferocity.
Bitterness.
Resentment.
I hated that fucking asshole.
I walked inside when he was on the phone, noticing his wedding ring on his left hand and the watch Sofia gave him. I assumed my old birthday gift had disappeared in the bottom of a garbage can a year ago.
The last time we had a real conversation was when I told him to fuck off and have a good life. We were civil as much as possible, communicating at the bare minimum to get shit done. I tossed the folder on his desk. “These are my numbers for the week.”
Hades stared at me with the phone to his ear. “Baby, I’ll be home in an hour.” He put the receiver on the base and stared at me like I was the bad guy who’d interrupted his extremely important conversation. “Alright.”
It was his turn to do the business accounting, but judging by his attitude, he didn’t want to waste time handling that shit. “I did it last time. It’s your problem.”
His eyes showed his annoyance, but he didn’t argue.
I walked out again and didn’t bother closing the door to the position he liked. Just looking at his face made me want to explode like a volcano. I’d never had a breakup so bitter, a falling-out that landed so hard. Sometimes I thought about leaving the bank just to rid myself of him.
But there was too much money on the table.
My assistant caught up with me in the hallway. “Sir, I have