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I still remember the first time I saw you. You were a whisper of a dream, radiant, ephemeral, the kind of beauty that slips through fingers and lingers in the soul. I would have offered up my immortality, my crown, even the silence of my realm, just to bask in your presence for a single, stolen moment.

It was one of my rare excursions into the mortal world. I seldom leave the shadows of the underworld, its cold, unchanging hush has always suited me. The dead do not lie. The living, however, are chaos incarnate. And yet, on that day, something called me forth. A pull I couldn't explain. A thread I hadn’t known was tied to me until it tugged.

Then I heard you.

Your laughter—gods, that sound. It was music in its purest form, more captivating than the Sirens' call, more dangerous too. I followed it, helpless against its charm, my footsteps silent across the forest floor. Shadows coiled around my form like loyal hounds, masking my presence as I drifted between ancient trees, each breath held in reverence.

And then I saw you.

You stood in the shallows of a stream, light skipping across the water to enlighten your skin. The summer heat played with strands of your hair as you laughed at something unseen, the sound echoing like a spell I never wanted to break. Your joy was effortless, your existence untouched by sorrow. In that moment, you were everything I had ever been denied—warmth, light, life.

My chest tightened. My pulse, an odd, archaic thing, stirred beneath my ribs. I had seen beauty before. I had danced with death, bargained with gods, even held the cosmos in my palm. But you? You were something else entirely. You were temptation incarnate.

And I was already damned.

I knew I shouldn’t approach. The mortal world is fragile, and I, a god born of its death, am anything but gentle. But I didn’t care. For once, I wanted something not out of duty or tradition, but out of desire. You. Your soul, your laughter, the way the world bent around your smile—I would have it.

I stepped into the clearing.

The shadows clung to me still, coiling and hissing at the light, reluctant to release their master. My black suit whispered against my skin, tailored and sharp, a poor disguise for what I truly was. But I smiled anyway. A practiced, confident thing. Disarming, I hoped.

“Hello,” I said, voice low, smooth, like the river Styx in flood.

You turned, startled but unafraid, your gaze meeting mine, and I swear the world held its breath.

From my jacket, I pulled a crimson pomegranate, its skin gleaming like blood beneath the sun. I held it out, palm up, offering not just fruit, but a fate sealed with seeds.

“You look hungry,” I said gently. “Here—try this.”