MORTALS WROTE POETRY ABOUT THE JEALOUSY OF THEIR GODS. they filled books with tales of their petty wrath, hung paintings of their punishments on museum walls. her fall from olympus had been a twisted into a fairytale of warning, the innocence of spring stolen away by darkness. mortal men turned her temples into pious altars for their daughters, asking for her blessing as if she would protect them from the temptations of freedom. it had been that way for a millennia and it wasnt until this moment that the goddess realised the tragedy of their foolishness.
well, not so tragic for her.
the lights in the mansion flickered with her fowl mood, staring down the man she had sat down before her. had @knivd known the truth, he might have understood the gravity of their arrangement. you see, persephone was as petty and jealous as the other gods. she was not tricked into pomegranate seeds but rather devoured the promises of power and freedom that the god of the underworld gave her. she was not some innocent maiden who needed a mortal to aid her in finding her artifact. she was a goddess who sought a mortal of dark ambition to do her bidding. and that made him hers.
the blonde petite woman stepped between the mans open knees, her fingers gripped his hair and forced his head back to look at her. the lights above flickered again, an air of tension filled the room as the shadows in every corner quaked in face of their queen. “ let me make myself perfectly clear, ransom, ” his name dripped off her tongue like honey, passing her red painted lips with a small possessive smile. “ until our bargain is complete, you are mine, body and soul. i say stay, you stay. when i say sit, you sit. i say jump, you say how high. next time you ignore my call for whatever or whoever you were doing, you will be punished. understood? ”
the queen of the underworld didnt share.