A Dance Among Equals: The Oaths of Dante, #1.5

By Mika Mathews

The story of Persephone and Hades and their beautiful marriage, distant and old, wrapped up in centuries of misconceptions and lies finally retold as it really was. Without Demeter's lies, the Olympian's cruel jokes and so many other distortions, we finally see the beauty, the softness and the tragic resolution brought on by outside forces. 

Written by Award Winning Author, Mika Mathews as part of the Oaths of Dante. A prequel to several powerful figures in the series as a whole. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mika Mathews
• Release date: Apr 3, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215281130

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Dedication

To Teresa, my work mom, for always being a sounding board.

This is the true story of the Marriage of Persephone and Hades, a tale torn apart by Demeter’s anger and eons of retellings. May you learn from it and understand its place in the grand scheme of our world...

Perspectives

Persephone felt the thread of Fate binding her essence to her father, even as he approached the room where she lay. Her hair was braided by the Nymphs of Olympus. It was a heavy burden, a shackle that allowed the cruel King of the Gods to strip any immortal of their divinity, even his eldest daughter... even her, goddess of spring, flowers, and vegetation. She had seen him do it to Poseidon and Apollo for their attempted coup centuries ago, watched the golden glow of ichor run bronze as their power was torn from their immortal flesh.

Absently, she turned her head from the hands of the nymphs caring for her, to face her father as he entered the garden she was lounging in. Artemis and Athena, who had been seated near her, chattering about their many evil actions towards the poor mortals of the world, stood and bowed as their father entered the room. Persephone, despite her loathing for her cruel father, did the same.

Zeus' entrance was as dramatic as he was magnificent. Hatred aside, she could not deny that no other god could be crafted as perfectly as her father. Tall and hard, his every muscle could have a statue carved