(I own no characters in this chapter.)

Nico POV:

I'm walking back to my room from lunch when I hear a scream.

"ARE YOU CRAZY? NO! THERE IS NO WAY IN TARTAROUS I WOULD DO THAT!" Then I hear a door slam, and an angry Bianca came stomping down the hall. Her cheeks have tear stains, and she lifts up the end of her midnight blue dress as she walks. Probably so her stomping is louder, I thought. I stop her in her tracks.

"What happened?" I ask, it was probably Hades, our father.

Bianca grumbles something under her breath.

"What?" I couldn't make out what she's saying.

Instead of answering me, she pushes me out of the way and continues down the hall. I sigh, knowing she would probably hole herself up in her room for awhile. I walk up to the door of my father's office. I open the door and slip in, not even looking Hades in the eye. I stare at the floor. Bianca seemed really upset, and she's usually a pretty chill person.

"What did you do?" I look up to meet his eyes, telling him to answer. He has his hair gelled back, and his normal black suit on.

"Nico, you know I wouldn't—"

"What did you do?" I ask again, not breaking my glare.

Hades sighs, trying to figure out how to explain it. "I need Bianca to get married, and I need something to stop the war."

"A war you started." I remind him.

"I have arranged for Bianca to marry someone. She will marry Prince William from the—Nico, where are you going?"

I got up and left before Hades could finish, too enraged to let him continue.

Bianca POV:

Of course Hades did that behind my back! I don't want to marry some prince from another kingdom! I didn't want to marry anyone, especially not some stranger! I had just walked out of Hades's office, and started stomping down the hall to find my step mother, when I bump into Nico.

"What happened?" Nico asks. He has his mop of dark hair unbrushed, and he's wearing black skinny jeans with a white button up shirt.

I mumble some excuse, not knowing how to explain what Hades has done.

"What?" Nico asks again.

I push past him, not wanting to remember the conversation with Hades. I storm through the hallways, the black heels Persephone forced me to wear clomping on the tile floor. I start running. I need to get away from Hades. My breaths become labored as I run in my heavy dress. I feel tears drip down my cheek as I replay the events in Hades's office in my head.

I finally arrive at the West wing's garden, where step mother spends most of her time. I open up the French doors and step into the sunlight. I walk down the well kept stone path to the white gazebo that was surrounded by tons of different flowers and vines. There are tulips, roses, poppies, sunflowers, lilies, lavender, and other plants I could not name in every color imaginable. I see Persephone sitting on a bench next to a group of pink roses.

"Step mother," I call, walking up to her, "did you hear what Hades did? Unbelievable, right? What kind of father would do that." Persephone wouldn't meet my eyes. She just continued admiring the roses. "Persephone?" I whimper.

Step mother sighs, and turns towards me. She has her hair in a braid down her shoulder, and it's filled with more flowers. She has a flowy white dress on. She still doesn't meet my eyes and instead picks one of the roses. "Dear Bianca, I'm so sorry about the arrangement," I could tell she meant it, but she still wouldn't look at me. She just looks at her pink rose, and slowly starts picking the petals off.

"I didn't want your father to do it, but it is best for everyone. I agree with his decision. I-I'm sorry" Silence fills the garden while I try to comprehend what she just said. Persephone just keeps picking off the petals. When all the petals are gone from the rose, she finally looks up at me. I could tell that she's sorry, but I don't care.

"P-Persephone? Why? H-how could you?" I say, standing up. "I can't believe you actually agree with this, I thought you would understand." I'm starting to get dizzy. I stumble away as Persephone calls my name. I break into a run and I don't look back.

Author's Note:

Two chapters in one day! I'll try to update at least once a week. Have a great day:)