The Queen of the Dead

Prologue

According to Plato, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate beings, condemning them to spend their lives in search for their other halves.

After losing her soulmate in the battle, the powerful witch Zosia blamed the gods, deciding to give them the ultimate weakness: the soulmate; the person they spend an entire life looking for "And when one of them meets with his other half, the actual half of himself, whether he be lover of youth or a lover of another sort, the pair are lost in an amazement of love and friendship and intimacy."

The spell worked its purpose. Soon, Mount Olympus became a home of chaos and conflict. Marriages and families were destroyed, only to be built with other people.

After some time, the peace of this magical place was restored and the gods were never happier, ruling together with their soulmates.

The souls were reunited. All except for one.

The king of Underworld, Hades was destined to rule his kingdom by himself, losing hope to find his other half after searching for almost 3000 years.

The Underworld, lead by the unhappiness of its king, became even darker place than it was before.

The great Emerald palace made for his queen was collapsing from the old age and the lack of maintenance.

And their king?

He sat on his throne, doing the duty of ruling over the dead.

He was a lone god.

Until this day.

Author's note: the first part of the legend is from Plato's Symposium. I hope you will enjoy this book!