Mother and Hera Set Me Up to Marry Hades

“Even Mount Olympus began to tremble. Would Hades—in his anger—tear apart what we had? And then what would happen to us? What was Hades up to? Did he want to destroy us?”

This really didn’t make sense to me. How could Hades destroy us? But mother continued, answering my fundamental question.

“Even though we are immortal, there are ways we can be destroyed. Hades knew that. For example, Hades’ irrationality has the potential to destroy Athena’s rationality.

“What Hera and I began to realize is that we had to do something. Whether he knew it or not, Hades had become the God of Destruction and Hate, and we couldn’t let his power overwhelm us. So we came up with a plan.”

So this was it. Mother and Hera set me up to marry Hades. I knew Hera had something to do with it.

So this was how I became the Queen of the Underworld…