Parisa's POV "If you had accepted Parisa when you knew she was your mate as a baby, she wouldn't have been kidnapped and dragged to that club in the first place! YOU could have protected her!" Zeus snapped. The sharp pain felt in my heart came suddenly as I gripped my chest. My other hand held tightly to the white cushion. If my nails were any longer, then I was sure to pierce the skin. Hades stood frozen, and his eyes softened as he looked back at me sitting on the couch. "Truth," the voice began to whisper over and over. The voice in my head was unreasonable. Hades could never do such a thing, to reject the idea that his mate could be found as just a baby. "Hades?" I whispered quietly, daring not to let go of the couch. My body might have floated away and mixed with the horrible soun