Yeah! It's finally here! I'm sorry for the wait but if I do say so myself this chapter was well worth it! So happy reading!

PS. This chapter contains a large sex scene and mentions Ariel's rape in a little more detail. Just a warning.

Persephone basically jumped out of bed when she awoke to what could be the happiest day, and night, of her life. Later today she and Hades were finally going to get married. It had only been a week since Hades had proposed but it seemed like a lifetime of a wait.

She knew that she woke up earlier than usual today, but she had expected that. Apparently so did Ariel, because not two minutes after Persephone woke up, there was a small knock at her door that she identified as Ariel's. Persephone went over and opened the door rather than call for Ariel to enter, for she feared that she might wake someone by calling. Ariel silently slipped in with a big smile on her face. "Oh thank goodness you're awake! I was afraid if I came too early."

Persephone smiled. "Oh, no. I always wake up early on important days."

"I figured you would. So would you like to get ready?"

Persephone gave her a puzzled look. "But it's before sunrise; the wedding is just before sunset. Do you really think it'll take that long to get ready?"

Ariel nodded. "Of course it will! I have to make sure you look perfect and no one can help me because I am your only lady. And no men of any sort will be allowed in here today either. Plus, after I finish with you I have to get ready. We'll probably also stop and talk about, things, along the way."

Persephone nodded and understood. "Well, alright then. Let's get me ready."

Meanwhile Hades had been awake for quite some time. He normally got up right before dawn, but today he was very nervous. He sat in a black leather chair before his fireplace, the only source of light in his dark room, rubbing his hands together trying not to worry. He had no real worries about the wedding itself, he knew that was covered. It was the wedding night that he worried about. He and Persephone have yet to have that discussion. He knew about the obvious size difference between them, and he also knew that she was a virgin and this would be her first time. He was no virgin, that didn't mean he really loved those girls either. This time it would be different for him, because now he had someone he wanted to spend the rest of his existence with. He has to be sure he doesn't offend her or hurt her in anyway.

He looked at the cherry door that led to her room. He so badly wanted to walk in and discuss all of this with her right now, but Ariel had told him to not enter her room at all today because she would be getting Persephone ready. She was in no position to tell him what to do, and they both knew that when she said it, but he and she had been friends for a long time and as long as she gave him respect, he returned the favor.

So when she told him to stay out of Persephone's chambers for the whole day he laughed and replied, "Alright, whatever you say."

Hades got up from his chair before the fireplace and walked out of his bedroom. He didn't need as much time as Persephone did to get ready, so to pass the time he would just make sure everything was ready and waiting for them.

The moment Hades stepped out of his door he saw Thanatos. Thanatos was the Gods of death and one of Hades's only friends. He didn't see Thanatos that often, but when he did it was for an important date and a very swift meet. This was one of those days.

"Good morning Hades. You're up early." Thanatos greeted.

Hades kept walking next to Thanatos towards the Grand Court room. "Yes. So are you."

Once they were both far enough away from Persephone's room Thanatos said what he couldn't wait to say. "So you ready to get yourself a virgin?" Thanatos always loved to make Hades squirm. Hades was like a little brother to him and he loved to embarrass him as much as possible.

Hades stopped dead in his tracks. "What?!"

Thanatos smirked. "So tell me Hades, what's your plan? Are you going to go gentle on her, or do you want to make her scream and crumble beneath you in pain and pleasure?"

Fire burned within Hades. The thought of anyone talking about Persephone that way made him furious.

Thanatos saw the fire in Hades's eyes and backed off immediately. "Whoa, Hades, relax. You know I'm only teasing you right?"

Hades glared at him in such a way that Thanatos felt intimidated by him for once. "Don't ever talk about Persephone that way! Ever!"

Thanatos nodded in an understanding way. They continued on their walk. "You really love her don't you? She's not like the others."

"Of course I love her. I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't love her."

Thanatos looked at Hades all of a sudden. "Have you two even talked about this?" Hades said nothing. Thanatos's eyes widened. "When were you planning on talking about this?! You know that she isn't one of the Nymphs that anyone can have their way with."

"Of course I know that!"

"So when were you going to talk about it?"

"Tonight."

Thanatos sighed. "I swear Hades. Sometimes you do not make sense."

It was Hades's turn to sigh. "We might not even do anything tonight. She's so timid and fragile. When I see her, I always fear that I might see her in the same state that she was in when I found her."

"When she was attacked by Apollo." It was a statement and not a question.

"Yes." They got quiet for a moment.

"You know, Hades, since she is a virgin she is completely innocent to the, negative, things of sex. You could teach her that it is meant for love, not just something men do to for their own amusement."

Hades couldn't believe he hadn't thought of that."And besides, I know you'll want what's best for her and you will listen to her. If she wants to stop, I know you will. You and Persephone both have nothing to fear."

Sometimes Hades wanted to throw Thanatos into a river and others, he wanted to praise him for being so wise. "Thank you brother. I've never thought about that."

Thanatos gave Hades a small smile. "You're welcome, brother."

Hours have gone by; the sun was now a little past the mid sky.

Persephone was now bathed and had some make up on to make her look even more extravagant than she already was. She was now standing on a stool watching Ariel run all around her finishing up the dress.

The dress. The dress was so beautiful. It was the whitest thing she had ever seen. She didn't even run her hands along the bodice in fear of getting it dirty. It was a strapless dress with a sweet heart neck line. The bodice was decorated with white pearls forming a floral type pattern. Along her waist was a white sash with white flowers and more pearls. The skirt flared out, not like one of those poufy dresses, but just enough to give it a very charming shape. There were two layers to the skirt. There was the actual white bottom, and then there was a lace that went over it. Once again, the lace was decorated with pearls forming flowers.

It was positively the most beautiful outfit she had ever seen. "There! All done with the dress! Now all I have to do is some touch-ups and you hair."

"I actually have a hair style in mind if you could do it for me." Persephone said meekly.

"And what would that be?"

Persephone got off of the stool and walked around to the vanity. "If you could pull these two stands back," Persephone gestured to the front sides of her hair. "And braid them and then leave the rest alone, that would be great."

"Could I possibly put in some pearls while I'm at it?"

Persephone smiled. "Yes that would be lovely."

Ariel studied her face. "What's wrong Persephone? Your mind seems to be elsewhere."

Persephone didn't even try to hide her emotions. "I'm scared Ariel. I'm terrified. You know I've never done anything like this before. I've barley seen a male before I met Hades. My mother never gave me the, talk. I only knew about a woman's cycle a few weeks prior to when I first had mine. I didn't even know how babies were made until a year ago! My mother told me it is a horrible experience. It would be very painful and evil. They were only after the one thing I could never replace. My innocence. They would never care for me. They just want to penetrate me and go on their way. She said it was evil and they never care for the woman, it's-"

"It's something that happened to me." Ariel interrupted. Tears started to form in Persephone's eyes. Ariel handed her a handkerchief. "Don't you dare ruin my work." Ariel half smiled.

"I'm so sorry Ariel. I know I shouldn't be complaining, especially not to you."

Ariel shook her head. "Your mother isn't completely wrong. In my case it was something painful and evil. It was penetration. Five drunken men would find me, corner me, and rape me. Four of them would grab an arm or a leg and spread me out on the ground while the fifth would do that to me. When he was done they would rotate. It lasted for hours at a time, but it felt like decades. I would scream and yell in pain, and they would laugh. Once they were all done they would leave me cold and naked on the forest floor." Ariel took a breath. Tears started to form in her eyes that made her look even younger than fifteen. "What you and Hades have, it's different and good. It's love. It's something I never got until the afterlife." Ariel smiled when she thought of Daniel. "Hades will take care of you and never hurt you. If he did, he'd have a long line of people who'd want to kill him somehow."

Persephone gave a meek smile at Ariel's attempt to lighten the dark mood that seemed to overtake the room. "How are you and Daniel?"

"Daniel doesn't know about my past yet. I haven't worked up the courage yet to tell him. He knows something is going on with me though. He can tell. He knows to never surprise me or scare me, even if he's playing. He never touches me unless I make the first move. I guess I should tell him eventually though. He needs to know." Ariel shook her head and when she stopped she had a big nervous smile on her face. "Okay now let's get you ready for your wedding!"

And with that, Ariel grabbed Persephone's brush and started to smooth out her long golden hair.

Everything was in order in the Grand court room, and the wedding was going to start in about ten minutes. Hades, dressed in a black suit, hair slicked back, and clean shaven, paced nervously. Thanatos was calmly sipping on the red wine. He eventually calmed Hades down enough to stop pacing. He said. "You know you are creating a draft right? As if it wasn't cold enough for Persephone down here."

For some odd reason that had been enough to stop Hades from pacing. Thanatos just shrugged.

Daniel walked into the room exclaiming, "Five minutes!" Thanatos stood up and adjusted his suit as well as Hades's. Hades swallowed a nervous gulp. Thanatos chuckled at him. "Be calm brother, it'll all be fine."

Before Hades knew it the music started up and Thanatos pushed Hades back to where he needed to stand for the ceremony. "Deep breaths," was all he said.

But Hades didn't need to take in a deep breath, the moment Persephone and all her wonder stepped in before him, He sucked in so much air he thought his lungs would burst.

She glanced nervously around the room. She had never thought that so many people would have shown up. Granted a lot of them must have been servants. She scanned the room and saw Ariel standing next to Daniel. Daniel gave her a wide smile and Ariel gave her a nod of reassurance. She saw Alex, but his face was neutral.

Finally her eyes rested on Hades. He was so beautiful. She never thought that she would think a man was beautiful, and yet here she was, starring at the most beautiful man in existence.

His thoughts were the same to her. She was the most beautiful girl, no, woman, He'd ever laid eyes on.

When she got to the altar and stood before him, all of her nerves were gone. She had never felt so safe and secure in all her life.

Thanatos cleared his throat in a way of telling them to save it for later. They both turned to him in unison. "I'm Thanatos." He greeted Persephone. "We haven't been fully introduced in all of your weeks of staying here."

She gave him a bright smile. "I'm Persephone."

He nodded. "Now, let's get on with the show."

They both said their vows and their "I do's", and put on their rings. People drank wine, danced, and had a wonderful time. Truthfully Hades and Persephone couldn't care less about the rest of the wedding. They'd rather be alone in his chambers right now. Thanatos knew this and smirked.

He had a long stride to his walk and held his head high. When he got to where the two of them were standing he whispered to them. "You two crazy love birds can leave anytime you want. I can keep the rest of them busy for the night."

Persephone's face slightly reddened at his "love birds" remark but thanked him for saying that they could leave. Hades turned and nodded to Thanatos before disappearing. Thanatos was about to say to Hades "Don't break the bed too much", but because of today's earlier comments, he held his tongue and just nodded in reply.

They were both silent on the way to his chambers. Neither one of them looked at the other full on until they got to the door. In one swift movement Hades scooped Persephone into his arms and waltzed into his, no their, room.

Persephone squealed in delight and circled her arms around his neck as he spun her around before setting her gently on the ground. They looked into each other's eyes, their chests rising and falling in unison. However, they both looked at the bed too, and an instant wave of nervousness crashed on them both.

Hades cleared his throat. "I, uh, think we should discuss this." He gestured to them and the bed.

"I agree." She avoided his eyes.

He gave a shy smile. He gestured to the bed. "Please, sit."

She did as she was told and then he sat down a foot away from her, but still aimed towards her. "I guess we should start with… How much do you know about, sex?"

She bit her lip. "I know its how things reproduce. Men have one part and girls have another and when you put those two things together a child is made." She squirmed under his stare. "It can be a way of showing love, or it can be an attack." She stopped. "That's all I know." She smiled sheepishly.

Hades sighed. This is gonna be harder than I thought. Hades thought. "Well what you said is not wrong, but there is a lot more to it than that." She nodded. He noticed that her face was in the same expression as when she wanted to learn, so he continued. "Yes men and women have very different parts. And when a man inters a woman that is what is known as sex. It has many different names for it, but I do prefer to just call it what it is. Sex. Or, in our case, more like, love making." She nodded. "Now people can't just jump into it, they need to work themselves up to it. In ways such as kissing or touching each other in nice ways."

"She gave him a confused look. "How so?"

"Well I'll show you. But first, I want you to know what I'll do and why I'll do it." She nodded. "Right now if we jumped right into it, it could be very painful for you. Neither one of us wants that. So to make it less painful, or not at all, I would kiss you and caress you in very sexual ways. Ways that you've never been touched before and it may seem strange at first, but I promise I will do no harm to you. And if you want to stop, just say the word." She nodded. "Are you ready my flower?"

She took a shaky breath and nodded. "Yes, I am."

"Alright. We will take it slow and easy. If and when you're ready, that's when we can pick up speed." She nodded.

He scooted towards her on the bed and caressed her face as he pulled her into a kiss, undoing her hair as he did. The kiss itself wasn't very different from their others, except for one thing. The kiss was leading to something bigger and better, and it was their first private kiss as a married couple. The kiss was also gentle and soft, nothing about it was rushed and they didn't worry of being found out.

By the time the kiss was done her hair was free from its style and had no more pearls in it. He had taken off all of her jewelry and he was free of his jacket and tie. He knelt before her in his trousers and white shirt, slipping off her white heels and his black shoes.

He gestured for her to stand up. She did so and turned around so that he could undo the buttons and zipper of her dress. She felt so much lighter without the dress on her, granted the dress didn't weigh a lot, but she still felt lighter. She now stood before him in her white corset and underwear. He looked at her up and down and she didn't feel uncomfortable under his stare. He then slipped off his shirt and he took her breath away.

His chest was large and she could see the power and strength that it held. He was pale from his lack of sun but it did not diminish his beauty. She noticed a few scars on his chest. Probably from earlier battles she thought. Hades nodded letting her know she was right.

He then slipped off his trousers leaving only his underwear on so that they stood on even ground. She allowed herself to look down at his large bulge under his underwear. She had no clue what it was and how to use it. She looked back up to him with a questioning face. "That is how sex works." He gestured down. "Eventually, that will go inside of you."

"But, how?"

"Very carefully." That was all he replied.

She nodded.

He stoked her hair and caressed her face. "You are so beautiful, my queen." He purred in her ear. She smiled at his comment. It made her pleased to be a queen, but not a queen in general. Hades's queen.

He gently laid her down on the bed crouched on top of her. His knees on either side of her curvy hips, while his hands where next to her shoulders. She looked at him with slight fear in her eyes but at the same time her eyes where telling him to keep going. Are you afraid? He asked her telepathically. A little. She replied. He gave her a smile. "Don't be." He whispered.

He brought his lips down onto hers in a gentle and passionate kiss while he paced his hands on her waist and held her up to be closer to him. She slipped her arms around his neck and held tightly on to him. He reached behind her and started to undo her corset. As he did so he made sure that he was watching her face, to make sure that she was okay.

Once he was done undoing it, he gave her one more look to see what she wanted to say. Do it she said. He gently pulled off her corset and threw it to the side, exposing her large smooth round breasts. He let his gaze linger on them for a while as he caressed her flat stomach.

Her heart was pounding so hard in her chest she felt as if it would burst. She knew they had barely gotten started too. She took some deep breaths, her bare chest rising and falling as she did.

He brought his lips down to her chest and trailed kisses all over her breasts, the whole time making eye contact with her. She brought her hands to his strong shoulders and held onto him tightly. He cupped her breasts with his hands and brought his face up to kiss her again. As they got further into the kiss he brought his hands down to her butt and gently squeezed. She gave a surprised squeal and smiled against his lips.

He then gripped her underwear and slid it off of her and tossed it aside, leaving her completely exposed. He looked into her eyes; they were wide but not afraid. He then slid his own off. Now they were completely naked and exposed.

Her eyes widened even more when she saw Hades's part. She had absolutely had no clue how that was going to fit into her. Hades smiled sheepishly at her face. "Yeah, I know." He paused. "There is still something I have to do to make you more ready. May I?" He knew that if he did not stretch her out she would bleed and have a very painful experience.

She nodded. He looked down at her woman hood and before he could think not to, he slowly pushed his index finger inside of her. Persephone sucked in a startled breath and clenched up all around him. "Does it hurt?"

She shook her head while biting her lip. "Tell me what you're feeling." Hades commanded softly, his finger still inside.

"I feel surprised. I never have experienced anything like this. It doesn't hurt so much as feel uncomfortable. Is that bad?"

"No it's not bad. In fact that's great. Just relax and it won't feel so different anymore."

She nodded and took in a couple of breaths and soon she relaxed around him. He was so able to fit in three of his fingers through repeating this process. She was now ready for him completely.

He withdrew his fingers and looked her dead in the eyes. "Okay Persephone, this is the point of no return. Once I do what I'm about to do, you will no longer be a virgin. Once it's done, it's done. Are you absolutely certain that you want to do this?"

With no hesitation she reached up and pulled him onto her lips. When the separated she whispered, "Please, make me yours, all yours."

He smiled. "No need to beg my sweet flower. Just say the word and I'll do it."

She smiled back. "I'm ready, do it."

He made sure she had a good grip on his shoulders and in one simple movement he entered her. She sucked in her breath and bit her lip to keep from crying out. Hades noticed this.

"No, no. Don't' hold it in; you have to let me know where you are."

She nodded and let out her shaky breaths. Her chest was rising and falling rapidly while her heart went one hundred miles an hour. "Keep going." She managed to choke out.

He cupped her breasts once more and eased into her even more. Each time he moved she let out a small moan of mostly pleasure. He knew it wasn't hurting her, it just all felt so strange and it was good that she was voicing it. Pretty soon he was completely in her, and was ready to start going at it. Her fingers griped his shoulders very tightly and she nodded for him to go. He gently moved their hips together rocking her up and down on the bed. Pretty soon he was going on full out thrusts and she would moan in the most sensual way. It was all music to his ears.

He then started to feel his climax approaching and he started going harder and faster, rocking their hips together. As he did this he studied her face and knew that she was almost there too. He noticed that every time he would thrust her breasts would jump up and down. He brought his face down and started kissing and sucking her soft breasts. As he did that he thrusted a few more times and she let out a very sexual moan. That did it for them both. His seed exploded inside of her and she let in a huge gasp as her whole body shook.

He rolled over taking himself out of her and collapsed next to her. He never felt more exhausted in his life. She took all his energy away. He knew the feeling was mutual. He gazed upon her face next to him. Her eyes were closed and her mouth was slightly open. He reached up and caressed her cheek. She fluttered her emerald eyes open; once again she took his breath away. "You are so beautiful." He whispered. She gave a tired smile and replied. "I could say the same to you."

He scooted as close to her as he could and draped his arm over her body. She pressed her head and chest against his chest, and folded her arms between them. He grabbed the covers and draped it over them, remembering it was a little cold to her.

"I love you Persephone." He said kissing her tangled hair.

She smiled and kissed his chest. "I love you too, Hades."

Yeah! so I hope I wasn't too sickening. Special shout out to MartyAnn2004! If it wasn't for you I couldn't have thought of the Thanatos scenes! So thanks A bunch Marty! And to the rest of Y'all out there, please review, follow, and favorite! it helps me a lot and encourages me so much! So thanks a bunch! Talk to y'all later! Bye!