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)

"Daddy where are we going, Selene needs me she's crying for me. Please Daddy. I'll go to training afterwards, please my little sister needs me. She needs mama." I said as my dad kept pulling me by my ear. He always does that when he wants me to do his work for him, I told him it hurts but he does not listen to me. 


When I was at the mansion my sister started crying I ran to my sister's room and grabbed her up as she was crying, she just wants her mama. I'm so sad. I brought her to the office to take a shower but I ended up in trouble for it. Daddy's sad that's why he hurts me, but I love him and forgive him so that's okay. As long as he does not hurt my sister then I'm fine with it. 


"S'il te plaît papa, je t'accompagne. J'ai juste besoin de nourrir Selene." (Please daddy, I'll go with you. I just need to feed Selene.) I say tugging his hands. 


"What did I say about speaking in French to me you stupid child?" He yelled. 


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