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Ваша оценкаThree thousand years ago, a god told a lie. Now, only a goddess can tell the truth. Persephone has everything a daughter of Zeus could want--except for freedom. She lives on the green earth with her mother, Demeter, growing up beneath the ever-watchful eyes of the gods and goddesses on Mount Olympus. But when Persephone meets the enigmatic Hades, she experiences something new: choice. Zeus calls Hades "lord" of the dead as a joke. In truth, Hades is the goddess of the underworld, and no friend o...
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RamingoWS11 ноября 2017 г.Читать далее“Have you ever observed a mortal family?”
I shook my head.
“They`re like…” She smiled. “They`re like the branches of a tree in your forest, bound together by a shared origin, and that bond is very hard to break. They rarely take life for granted, as the immortals do, because they can`t—it`s a limited gift. Inevitably, they will die, and they know this, know it every moment, with every breath. But the knowing is the true gift, because they cherish time all the more, hold onto it as tightly as they can, hold each other tighter still.
“Families reunite in my kingdom, years, sometimes decades after their earthly parting, and the affection they express, the tears of true joy— There`s no match for that beauty in all the wonders of Olympus.
“It`s love,” she said, smiling gently at me. “Unconditional. And forever.”038- RamingoWS10 ноября 2017 г.
“Persephone, why have you come here, truly?”
“Truly?” I had already told her about Charis, about Zeus and his plan to whisk me up to Olympus. Her question had a deeper motive, I was certain, but I couldn‟t discern it; she was too distant now. “I came for a chance,” I murmured finally, resolve making the words sound sharper than I‟d intended. “I came for a choice.”021
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