Page 117 of Hekate: The Witch (Goddesses of the Underworld #1)

The Palace of Hades

was deep in the heart of the Underworld.

It was said to be a thing of both beauty

and great fear.

The towers were made of volcanic glass,

cooled from Tartarus

where my father was held captive.

Onyx halls gleamed

with a blood-red moon’s glow

that lit up the torches.

It was said that on the eve of curses

and wars, Hades cast this bloody gleam

across the moon as warning.

It was also said his throne was made

of bones and skulls from the evillest of mortals

pieced together.

They said every mortal soul

that made up this throne

was forever trapped in agony.

It was this room I had to visit

if I was to meet the Fates,

and ask them… what?

I did not know. I just knew, I must go.