Drowning in Hades

Chapter 4

Lilith POV

“How is she doing?” Asmodeus asks me the second my foot steps through his office door.

I shake my head while letting out a small smile. “She is fine. Resting for now.” Walking over to him, I can see the wheels turning in his head. “This is not your fault.” I keep my tone soft but firm.

Because this isn’t his fault. Dola finally had a breakdown, which is a long time coming. She needed to be able to scream out at the world because the world can take it. The world can take all the hate and lashing out while Asmodeus and I try to piece her back together. Dola will never truly get what she needs from him or me, as she needs her mate. He will be able to piece her back together, and I will happily hand over the piece of her tortured soul to him because I know her mate will mold them into something better. Asmodeus just doesn’t see it yet.

“How can you be so sure? I had no idea she was carrying this around, and if I hadn’t of said anything..”

“Stop it.” I cut him off as I slam my hand over his mouth. My king looks at me as if he is in pieces, and I can see the blaming within his eyes. Looking softly at him, I say, “She needed to purge this out of her system. She needed to be able to scream about this, to lash out where she feels safe, and to be held by someone who loves her while she does it because she knows that we will always be here for her. That is one of the reasons I brought her down here; I needed her to lash out without Skyler or the twins around, especially Peanut or Andrei.” My king looks at me, puzzled. “Skyler’s heart would have broken upon hearing her lash out because she knows what it feels like to be violated, and it would break her heart to know that her daughter went through something that she never dreamed of happening to any of her children. The twins would have gone on a rampage. Andrei would have felt like he had failed her. Feeling like he didn’t get to her in time because she is his twin. The one that he has always protected whether she has wanted it or not. And, Peanut..poor Peanut would have thought that it was all of his fault. If he wouldn’t have come into our lives then this would have never happened to Dola. Which is something that Dola doesn’t need to hear when she lashes out because she will feel the need to comfort him when it would need to be about her. Peanut’s feelings would be justified, but he would need to push them down for the sake of Dola…and we know he wouldn’t be able to do that. So, I brought her here because I knew she would end up having a breakdown with one of us.”

Feeling a soft kiss on my head, I slowly move it to cup his cheek. He stares at me with so much love that I sometimes feel that I do not deserve it. Although, I know he would redden my ass if I told him that thought. Smiling, I lean down to press a soft kiss on his lips, only for him to pull away from me with narrowed eyes. Playing coy, I just look at him in confusion.

“What?”

“What do you mean “one of the reasons”? Mhm, I was wondering if he caught on to that.

Smirking, I push him back in his chair before sitting on his desk in front of him. “Well, I might happen to know who her mate…might be,” I say nonchalantly.

My mate reacted the way I thought he would which was standing so suddenly that his chair falls behind him while he cages me in on the desk. “Who?”

One question. That I have an answer for but I must wait about another 30 seconds before this said “Dola’s mate” walks through the door. Call it a hunch, but my gut tells me that this person is Dola’s mate, which is why I brought her to Hell in the first place, along with the other reason.

“My Queen, you better tell me..”

Just before he can finish his little rant, the door to his office is being thrown open. His door bangs against the wall just as I start to smile.

“Hey, brother. Long time no see, huh.”

Asmodeus freezes. I, however, do not. I turn my head with a smile as I say, “It feels good to have you home, Hades.”