To escape an arranged marriage, Persephone disguised herself as a maid and fled to the Underworld, racking her brain for ways to make Hades, the Lord of the Underworld, loathe her. Little did she know that this cold, ruthless ruler was the very hero who had saved her life years ago. Just as she desperately tried to push him away, he pinned her against the wall and whispered, "I have waited centuries—not for a maid, but for my bride."