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Italics is used in this story when Selene is mentally talking to Hades.

Bold is used in this story when Hades is replying back.

Aphrodite broke away from Helios and smiled up at him, noticing that his hands remained on her tiny waist. Men have always lusted after her, mortal and god alike, and Helios was no different. She was only attracted to him for his lust for power. She figured if Helios does prove successful in his plans to take over Mount Olympus, she would become his queen. It was only right since she is helping him to achieve his goal. Besides, if by chance Helios should fail, she could always claim he forced her against her will. No one would believe otherwise.

"When are we supposed to hurt Selene?" Aphrodite asked, titling her head back to get a good look at him. "I can't wait to see her beg for mercy. I have always hated that bitch for being more beautiful than me," she pouted. "No one is supposed to be more beautiful than the Goddess of Love. It's just not fair!"

Helios stroked her cheek tenderly. "Selene doesn't hold a candle to you, my pet."

Helios mentally sighed. Controlling Aphrodite was quickly becoming a pain. He only needed to tolerate her just a little while longer. The silly little twit probably believes he loves her and will become his queen but he had other plans. He plans on making Selene his queen and kill the child growing within her womb. He has no intention of raising Zeus' bastard as his.

"Hello, are you there?" Aphrodite asked, waving a hand in front of his face. "You never answered my question from earlier. Are you deliberately trying to avoid it?"

Helios decided that he had enough of Aphrodite's pouting and bitching. He roughly pushed her away from him and smirked when she lost her footing and fell on her ass. "Do not question me like that again, Aphrodite," he told her harshly. "You will not like the outcome. I promise you that."

He felt kind of sorry for Aphrodite sitting on the ground and offered his hand to help her up. Aphrodite hesitated for a brief moment before taking him up on his offer. "I will let your disobedience go this once. Just don't let it happen again." Aphrodite nodded her head to him. She wouldn't make the same mistake twice.

Helios began to frown. "Selene is powerful in her own right and could prove to be a problem for me," he said, not really answering Aphrodite's question. He was talking more to himself than to Aphrodite. "Even I don't know the extent of her powers. Whenever I search for her, I come up with nothing. It's like she completely vanished from me."

"Could she be hiding on the Moon?" Aphrodite spoke, trying to help Helios figure Selene's whereabouts. Really she couldn't care less but Helios has a terrible temper when he gets angry and she didn't want to be at the receiving end. "She always goes there when she wants to be alone."

"I already looked there," he said, continuing to frown. "Obviously, she doesn't want to be found. She knew I would look there first."

Aphrodite tapped her finger against her chin in thought. "What about Zeus' palace? They might have made up or Zeus' refuses to let her go and forces Selene to live with him."

"No," Helios said, shaking his head. "Hera would never have it and Zeus knows it."

Aphrodite didn't like the way Helios was talking about Selene. To him, Selene could do no wrong. "Hera wouldn't have a say so in the matter. Zeus is still the head honcho. She has no say so in matters that concern Zeus."

"I told you. She's not there. I would have already felt her aura."

Aphrodite held up her hands in surrender. "I was only helping you out. No need to get defensive."

"I don't need your help," he told her.

Suddenly a thought occurred to Aphrodite. "I just thought where Selene could be?" She said, knowing that she had Helios' full attention. "What about the mortal realm?"

"What about it?" Helios asked her, with his arms crossed in front of him.

"Think about it," she told him, catching his gaze. "We can't find Selene on Mount Olympus or the Moon, so the only logical choice left is the mortal realm."

Helios continued to stare at Aphrodite with a blank stare. "Why would she want to stay in that disgusting place? I think she would have more sense than that."

"It's the only place we haven't looked yet," she insisted.

"She could be in the Underworld or even in Poseidon's palace under the sea. There are many places she could be," he stated knowingly.

Aphrodite was getting tired of arguing with him on this. She knew she was right. "The earth is a vast place and there are many places she can hide. In the Underworld and Poseidon's palace, there are not many places to hide in."

Helios grinned, finally understanding what Aphrodite was saying. "I knew I corrupted you to my side for a reason. You think of things that I don't."

Now if only I could get paid," Aphrodite mumbled. "Jewels would be nice."

Helios gave her a look. "What was that?"

"Nothing," she answered sweetly.

A flash of gold metal against the suns rays announcing Ares' arrival. "Look, your lover boy is coming towards us," Helios laughed at her.

"He's not mine," Aphrodite huffed, crossing her arms in front of her breasts, giving Helios a nice view of her cleavage. "He has only been my lover a couple of times. It's usually because Athena refuses him her bed."

Ares came before them and kneeled in front of Helios. Ares was no fool and knew that Helios was stronger than him in power. For now, he would have to obey him to keep Athena safe. "You send for me, master?"

"What news do you have for me?" Helios asked him.

Ares refused to look at Aphrodite. He knew her to be a traitorous whore. "It is rumored that Selene visited the Underworld accompanied by Thanatos. It is said that she went there to seek the fates." He told Helios.

He would especially enjoy the look on his face when he told Helios the next part. "On her departure from the Underworld, Thanatos was processed by Astraios and planned on upsetting Selene. He was successful and at the last minute, Selene called for Zeus' assistance. He sent Astraios back to Tartarus and was seen kissing Selene."

Helios snarled at the information Ares gave him and lifted him up in the air with his hands around Ares' throat. "Who told you of this? Your source must be wrong!"

Ares silently laughed to himself. Helios was so easy to anger. Good thing that gods don't need air to breathe because he would be already dead. "I was the one to observe them. I was in the Underworld negotiating with the Titans as you ordered me to."

Aphrodite rolled her eyes at Ares' antics. He always knew the right thing to say to anger someone. It was his special talent. She will deal with him later. Right now, she needed to focus her attention on Helios. "Calm down, my love," she whispered quietly to him. "You can punish Selene later."

Helios heard Aphrodite's words and began to calm down a bit. He wasn't over the fact that Selene would betray him like that. "Did she return his kiss?" Helios asked Ares, needing to know the answer.

Aphrodite caught Ares' eyes and pleaded with her own not to tell Helios the truth. But he paid no attention to her. "Yes," Ares truthfully told him. "She returned his kiss with passion."

Helios seethed with anger and Aphrodite took a few steps back from him for her own safety. She didn't care if Ares was in the line of fire. The fool brought it onto himself. "How Dare she betray me like that!" Helios yelled angrily, looking directly at Aphrodite. She gulped and knew that she would be the one to take Selene's punishment. "What does Zeus have that I don't?"

Ares was about to answer but Aphrodite shoot him a glare. "Zeus has nothing on you," she said to Helios, trying to calm him down. "I bet he forced her to kiss him and Ares misunderstood what he saw." Aphrodite highly doubted it but she lied to save her own skin. Helios was brutal when he is pissed. Usually it was in bed.

"You're right, Aphrodite," Helios told her, calming down. "Zeus must have forced her." Aphrodite resisted rolling her eyes. He is a fool if he fell for it that easily.

Helios pointed at his golden palace behind them. "Come," he told them, already walking away from them. "We need to discuss our next course of action. We can't afford to have anyone listening in." The image dimmed and Selene ordered the orb to return to her palm.

Thanatos turned to look at Selene. He was worried for her because she was crying throughout the entire viewing. "Is there anyway we could spy on them from inside the castle? We really need to know what they plan next."

Selene wiped her face of her tears and shook her head at Thanatos. "I wish we could but Helios' palace is protected by a barrier. We will have to find out about their plans some other way."

Thanatos reached for Selene's hands and held them within his own. "Maybe its better this way," he told her, staring into her cornflower blue eyes. "Finding out like this must be a complete shock for you."

Selene smiled at him. "I'll be fine. At least, I found out his true nature before marrying him." She added sadly. "I would be stuck with him for a lifetime."

Thanatos didn't quite believe her but continued on with the conversation. "What do we do next? We need to inform Hades of our discovery. This matter cannot wait until the arranged meeting."

"I agree," Selene said to him. "We need to contact Hades at once."

With that said, Selene called for Hades within her mind. Hades, we must speak with you on an urgent matter.

Can this not wait? He replied to her. I am currently busy with other matters.

No it cannot.

Why can't you tell me now? No one will be able to hear us.

It would be better if we talked face to face. There are things that you need to know.

Persephone will become angry at me. We are trying to have a child and this is the only time I have free.

She'll get over it. What I have to tell you is more important than having sex.

All right, I will be there shortly. If this is not important, I will make you have a threesome with us.

You wish, Hades. You're a pervert like the rest.

I am a male, my dear. See you in a bit.

Thanks for the warning.

To be continued…