Hades had not been pleased about any of it, but he’d taken her to his palace and healed her wounds. She thought she would drown-and then Hermes had come to her rescue. They’d taken her under, their fleshless fingers cutting into her skin, their wish to destroy life provoking their attack. She’d attempted to traverse the wide body of water, unaware of the dead inhabiting the depths below. Jagged waves broke the dark surface and her skin tightened as she recalled her first visit to the Underworld. CLAIR PART I CHAPTER I - A TOUCH OF DOUBT CHAPTER II - A TOUCH OF DUPLICITY CHAPTER III - A TOUCH OF INJUSTICE CHAPTER IV - A TOUCH OF WARNING CHAPTER V - ROYAL TREATMENT CHAPTER VI - LOVER’S QUARREL CHAPTER VII - TRUCE CHAPTER VIII - ABDUCTION CHAPTER IX - A TOUCH OF POISON CHAPTER X - GOD OF MUSIC CHAPTER XI - UNRAVELING PART II CHAPTER XII - THE DESCENT INTO HELL CHAPTER XIII - A TOUCH OF PANIC CHAPTER XIV - INIQUITY CHAPTER XV - A NETWORK OF SECRETS CHAPTER XVI - BREAKING POINT CHAPTER XVII - THE PLEASURE DISTRICT CHAPTER XVIII - THE FURIES CHAPTER XIX - GODDESS OF SPRING CHAPTER XX - COMPETITION CHAPTER XXI - A TOUCH OF BETRAYAL CHAPTER XXII - THE SEVEN MUSES CHAPTER XXIII - THE SOLSTICE CELEBRATION PART III CHAPTER XXIV - A TOUCH OF MADNESS CHAPTER XXV - COLLECTING PIECES CHAPTER XXVI - A TOUCH OF SERENITY CHAPTER XXVII - EMPOWERMENT CHAPTER XXVIII - A TOUCH OF RUIN THANK YOU FOR READING! AUTHOR’S NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR PART I “Fate's arrow, when expected, travels slow.” ― Dante Alighieri, Paradiso CHAPTER I - A TOUCH OF DOUBT Persephone walked along the bank of the river Styx. CLAIR A Touch of Darkness When Stars Come Out COMING SOON A Touch of Malice A Game of Fate Contents DEDICATION MORE BOOKS BY SCARLETT ST.

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