Athena De Santi. Lawyer, Single mother, At least to the outside world that's what she is.
To the underworld she's La Regina Perduta (Hade's Queen) deadly, beautiful, an assassin who has never missed a target in her life, and Giovanni's Queen.
And not a second too soon for him.

She has lived a  shadowed life for far too long, to the world it appears that she is a confident loving mother ready to destroy anybody to save her little princess.

In truth she does have a daughter, a seven year old princess she must be the best mother she can be to protect this young innocent from her enemies.

Because a second with her has the potential of shattering him to a million tiny fragments.

However, he's about to find out she's not the easiest target to hit, or the type of woman who is easy to kill.

Especially not when she has secrets, and vengeance, of her own to redeem and a daughter to save.
She's all they fear.

And that is why he must tread very, very lightly.

Time is running out.

Fate holds all the cards now.

May God save those who dare to hurt her little girl.

HADE'S QUEEN (LA REGINA PERDUTA)

Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground. 


Pain is all I can feel, the water surrounding me not doing much of its job, I feel so used, dirty, disgusting. 


I love him so much, why would he do that to me? 


I hugged myself as tears streamed down my face, reality set in. 


Regret, pain, sorrow everything hit me like a truck at once, not giving me a moment to breathe. 


Warm fingers gripped my arm just before the darkness took me. 


"Athena, can you hear me? Breathe, okay? Athena!" I opened my eyes, and my sister Selene was screaming in my face. 


"Thena! Oh my God, you scared me." she sighed "What on earth are you doing? Are you trying to drown yourself?" 


"No of course not" I answered defensively thinking of how he had pushed me to this point, how he had thrown me away without a single glance back. 


"Thena, you need to see someone, get some help, he is not coming back for you and you need to get that in your head, I hate seeing you like this." 


She's right, she's always right, I need to get myself together if I want to finish law school and have a chance at a normal life, I should not let him kill me too. 


"You better believe you do, now drink this" she said while handing me another cup of water and a pill." I wiped my tear ridden face and got out of the bathtub, wrapping a towel around me. 


I felt a bile rise up my throat, I rushed to the toilet and Selena held up my hair throwing up everything I had ate which is not a lot. I had been very sick lately. Guess heartbreak can do a lot to you. 


"What do you think is wrong? I don't want to assume anything, but do you think you could be pregnant? You've been throwing up lately, plus you have a very big appetite." 


"What? No, absolutely not, No I'm not pregnant end of discussion." I said as I felt another bout again. 


"Whatever you say Thena, but I think you should take a test just in case, you never know, and if it's negative, we can move on properly." 


"Okay, okay I'll take the test" I sighed and stood up to brush my teeth. 


I didn't recognize the girl in the mirror, the broken girl looking back at me. The dark under eyes and chapped lips took me back to a time in my life that I tried with everything I had to forget. 


I miss the strong Thena, the one who would not let him destroy her, the one who survived hell and who fought for her sister with everything she had. 


Well, at least the reflection isn't laughing at me like the world is. 


"Thank you, Selene, I don't know what I'd do without you,." I thanked her. 


"You'd probably be dead in a ditch. Now get some rest, we have an appointment tomorrow." she said as she kissed my forehead. 


"Have you heard anything from him?" I asked. 


"I don't want to talk about him. He doesn't deserve to be on your mind right now Athena, focus on getting better right now." she said furiously I knew she still liked him, and he betrayed her by doing that to me. 


"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow, I love you sis." I hugged her. 


"Love you too Thena, give me a call if you need anything, goodnight." she said before closing the door. 


I walked to my bed and fell into a deep sleep; I was thankful for it after how terrible my day and week had been. 


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To clear things up, this is a flashback from 7 years before.


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