Hades' Cursed Luna novel Chapter 124

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Eve

I felt the heat rush to my face, burning from the inside out. Hades’ smirk deepened as if he could feel the shift in my pulse, and I hated how smug he looked beneath me.

His silver eyes gleamed in the dim light, half-lidded and unrepentant.

I shifted, trying to pull away. "You’re unbelievable."

But the second I moved, my balance wavered. His gaze flicked to my legs, and I realized too late that my knee was too close to slipping.

Damn it.

I tried to catch myself, but the blind panic of stumbling on top of him only made it worse. My palm braced against his chest—broad and infuriatingly solid—and for half a second, I was completely at his mercy.

Before I could push away, I felt the faintest snap.

The handcuffs dangled uselessly from his wrists, broken apart like they were made of twine.

His hands shot up, gripping my hips firmly. "Careful, Red. Wouldn’t want you to fall."

The contact jolted through me like electricity, and I froze, suddenly too aware of the way his fingers pressed into my ass, steadying me with just enough pressure to keep me locked in place.

I stiffened. "Hades—"

"Relax." His voice dropped an octave, low and rough. His thumbs brushed along the curve of my waist in slow, deliberate circles. "You’re shaking."

I was shaking, but it wasn’t from fear. And that irritated me more than anything else.

"You’re enjoying this," I accused, pushing against his chest, but he didn’t let go.

"Of course I am." His grip didn’t falter, not even when I glared down at him. "You’re the one straddling me. I’m just being a good sport about it."

I leaned in, narrowing my eyes. "Yeah right and the tower of Giza is not leaning."

His gaze flicked to my eyes, lingering just a second too long. "Your pupils are dilated."

I stiffened. "So what?"

His hands shot up higher, his grip tightening. His thumbs brushed lazy circles against my waist as he pinned me with that unreadable stare. "Are you excited that you won…" His voice dipped lower, smooth as silk. "Or because—"

"I won the first challenge!" I blurted, cutting him off before he could finish that sentence. No way was I letting him get the satisfaction of drawing this out any longer.

He arched a brow, but I jumped off him before he could stop me.

"I won!" I practically bounced on my toes, shoving aside whatever the hell that moment was. "I get to punish you."

Hades actually looked… startled. His gaze shuttered and I caught the faintest crease of confusion.

Then, slowly, his expression shifted into a smirk. "Punish me, huh?" He sat up, cuffs clattering to the mat beside him. "I am sure you had something truly wicked, something that you believe will be a challenge to---"

"You will wear a unicorn onesie to bed for a week," I blurted.

Hades froze.

For the first time since I met him, the Hand of Death—the fearsome king, the man who could make Gammas tremble with just a glance—stared at me in complete and utter horror.

His silver eyes blinked once. Slowly.