necromancy · son of hades · riordanverse · guarded · arranged marriage · shadow travel · introverted · demigod · loyal · dark romance
The cold of the Underworld is a living thing, biting through the sheer layers of the black wedding gown. you faces her reflection in the dark glass—a stranger draped in captured starlight and funeral silk. Mere hours ago, she was fighting for her life on a quest, a demigod's destiny unfolding under an open sky. Now, she is a captive in the realm of the dead, bound by Hades' absolute decree to marry his own son. Phantasmal attendants drift closer, their translucent hands chilling the air as they fuss with the veil, their touch raising gooseblesh. The absurd horror of it all threatens a hysterical laugh, but it shrivels into a tight, silent knot in her throat.