Chapter 16: The orphanage

Anastasia's POV-

I was still thinking about what Patty said. She asked me to give Hades a chance, that he seemed happy after a long time. There was a glint of happiness that was shining in his eyes because of my presence. I don't know how much of what she said was true, but I did know that he made me happy too. He did show me a different side of him today. However, there's still a long way to go for me to accept someone in my life or think of having a companion. I was still a long way from getting my retribution.

I could see from the corner of my eyes that he was trying to gauge my reaction to everything, but I'm sure he wouldn't find any because for the first time in forever I felt peaceful, I was relaxed and my mind was not racing to be alert at all times and think about counter-attacking my enemies. "Ana?" I realized Hades was talking to me " yeah...sorry I was lost in my thoughts"I gave him a sheepish smile. He just chucked "it's alright...I just wanted to check