She stood quickly and his name slipped out of her mouth like a curse.Brief Summary of Book: A Touch of Ruin (Hades and Persephone, #2) by Scarlett St. Her eyes went wide, and her heart stuttered. He smirked, and she could feel it deep in her gut. “Does that anger him, you think?” The question was meant to remain a thought in her head, and yet the words slipped out between her lips. “They do it because they think they can win.” “They don’t agree to a game because they want to sell their soul,” he said. Why do they want to sell their soul to him?” “But…I don’t understand why people play Hades. She considered this question for a moment, and then said, “Because…she wants me to be something I cannot.” Persephone dropped her gaze to the cards, and then said, “I don’t understand why people do this.” Why was he so interested in her anyway? Where was that woman he’d been with earlier? Persephone was getting tired of losing and answering this man’s questions. She should tell him this was the first and final time she would come to Nevernight. “Well, I hope this isn’t the last time we’ll play poker.”īutterflies erupted in her stomach. “You never said the answer had to be detailed.”

He stared at her, waiting, and she smiled. This time, he didn’t ask the question, just looked at her expectantly. “You’ll have to win another hand if I’m going to answer.” “Yes,” he replied, and then claimed his prize immediately. “And I have a full house.”“So…you won,” she said. She laid her cards down, face up and the man did the same.“You have a pair of queens,” he said. Persephone looked at her hand and tried to remember what Hades had said about the different ranks.

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