Hades' Bride

Drottningholm Palace Sweden

December 13, 1890

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here in the sight of God, and in the face of this company, to join together this Man and this Woman in holy Matrimony; which is an honourable estate; instituted of God, signifying unto us the mystical union, which is holy estate Christ adorned and beautified with his presence and first miracle that he wrought in Cana of Galilee, and is commended of Saint Paul to be honourable among all men: and therefore is not by any to be entered into unadvisedly or lightly; but revently, discreetly, advisedly, soberly, and in the fear of God. Into this holy estate these two persons present come now to be joined. If any man can show just cause, why they may not lawfully be joined together, let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace"

"I require and charge you both, as ye will answer at the dreadful day of judgement when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed, that if either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in Matrimony, ye do now confess it. For be ye well assured, that if any persons are joined together other than as God's word doth allow, their marriage is not lawful"

"Prince Hades Alexander Damon thou have this woman thy wedded wife, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? Will thou love her, comfort her, honour, and keep her in sickness and in health; and, forsaking a others, keep thee only unto her, so long as ye both shall live?"

"I do"

"Princess Ysabella Dawn Clesten thou have this man thy wedded husband, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? Wilt thou love him, comfort him, honour and keep him in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all others, keep thee only unto him, so long as ye both shall live?"

"I do"

"With this Ring I thee wed: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit Amen"

"With this ring, I Prince Hades Alexander, take you Princess Ysabella Dawn, to be my beloved for the rest of my life. As I stand by your side, it is with the knowledge that our lives together will realize the promises that we have made today, and it is to this future that I humbly submit. I submit my life even in afterlife I will take you in my arms even if I die. I ask everyone present to witness that I take you as my partner in marriage. Today I become your husband and you become my wife. I promise to respect you as a whole person with your own interests, desire, and needs, and to realize that those are sometimes different, but no less important than my own. I will help you raise our children to become loving people, and support you in the fundamental role of parent.

In this beautiful palace I dedicate myself to you. Although our lives may change like the seasons, I will love you. As our love grows like a seed to a beautiful flower, I will love you. When the winds of doubt blow through, I will love you. We will stand together, strong, nurtured by each others love until the end.

All that I have, All that I am, All that I will ever be is yours. Forever."

"I Princess Ysabella Dawn affirm my love to you, Prince Hades Alexander as I invite you to share my life. I vow to trust you and respect you, tell the truth and embrace you, everyday. All the time and always, I vow to honor and protect you, encourage and celebrate you, everyday. All the time and always. Today I take you to be my husband. Together we will create a home, becoming a part of one another. I vow to help create a life that we can cherish, inspring your love for me and mine for you. I vow to be honest, caring and truthful, to love you as you are and not as I want you to be, and to grow old by your side as your love and best friend. On this day, I give you my heart, my promise, that I will walk with you, hand in hand, wherever, our journey leads us, living, learning, loving, together. Forever."

"Forasmush as Prince Hades and Princess Ysabelle have consented together in holy wedlock, and have witnessed the same before God and this company, and therto have given and pledged their troth, and have declared the same by giving and receiving a Ring and by joining hands; I pronounce that they are Man and Wife, In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. You may now kiss the Bride.

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December 13, 1891

Friday 12:31 am

The dark sky seemed to have a thunderstorm nearing yet the midst of air was subtle. The darkness of the December has it's betraying shadows concealing predators intended brutality and disasters. This year had been a catastrophe since King Helios arrived, for he thinks Prince Hades stole his woman. King Helios declared war and until now all of his people even innocent children stunned in his mess, in his war.

His anger reached its peak because even the poor people were dying for him.

"Prince Hades your carriage awaits, " a young soldier approaches him while a man in a red coat suddenly walks towards him.

"Prince I was asked to give you this letter and only you can read this, " fogs under his breath exhaled.

"Who gives you this letter, why they didn't send it to me personally if this is much important?"

"The letter will answer you, " he answered while giving him a sly smile and turn his heels and left.

Slowly he read the red clay that stamp the letter 'infernum' alas Prince Hades knows who wrote him the letter, it is no other than King Helios his great contender.

Leisurely he opens the letter and his eyes widen at what he had read and briskly find the man in a red coat who had given him the letter. His eyes go dark and his knuckles turn white. He gritted his teeth and cursed under his breath.

'She tastes so good

She tastes so right

She's too delicate

But I can handle her so tight

She moves a little

She will die

You move a little

Both of you will die

Run run run your kingdom

Run run run your people

What a music in my ears of her moan

What a piece of music in my ears of her pleading

What a music in my ears as she yelp in agony

I love watching your little wife.

Come and see me Hades

"No, not my wife, you have to kill me first before you can hurt and get my wife, " he muttered under his breath and within just a moment a man with a silver sword was slowly approaching him.

"King Helios, " he gritted his teeth while while he's giving him a sly smile.

"It's twelve in the night Prince, it is such a catastrophe for you to be here at this time. May I know why?" he arched his brow as he lit a cigar he is holding.

"It is none of your business, it doesn't bother me what time is it. I am the one who runs my time, " he muttered under his breath and a cold fog escape every time he breaths.

"No wonder your little wife is alone, " he sarcastically stated pertaining to his wife.

"What are you talking about?" he gritted his teeth.

"Nothing, I just wanted to get what I own, you'll see, " a vicious smile crossed in his lips together with sword he is holding.

"You bastard, you don't own anything!"

"How are you sure of that my prince?"

"I'm going to get your head off, but I hope not."

Scream covered the whole place as Prince Hades look at his chest that was stabbed by King Helios sword.

Blood was dripping.

Raspy voice was moaning.

"I will come back...and in afterlife you will see yours..." Prince Hades lastly said and lost consciousness.

"Hope is a bitch."

Lissana welcomed the morning with a ball of hope in her heart that everything will turn back the time that everything was alright, that everything is in a pleasant state. But all of that hope come to bewail as she heard the voice of her mother. She is drunk again, no change at all. Every day her mother comes home she always brings guys in their house and makes noises that she didn't want to hear, but she has nothing to do with it. She has no right to complain.

Lissana has always a thought everything's going to be alright and come back to normal again but as days passed, she would lose those little light hopes. She misses her father, her good loving father, she misses his touch, his embrace, his warm kisses on her head, and his laugh in the house. After that accident happens her mother lost her happiness, she completely forgets that she had a daughter.

Elena, mother of Lissana, came rushing to the living room and shouted "Lissana come down here! You, young lady, do not know how to tidy things up. Clean this mess, clean all of this shit! We have a guest! And I want everything clean and classy. Bring all of our fancy plates, utensils, glasses, wines, carpet, and everything you see what's old in here. I want everything new. Our guest will arrive at five in the evening. Do you understand Lissana?" Lissana stiffened as her mother looks at her like she was about to eat her madly. Her mother didn't look at her like this when her father was still alive. She curtly nodded on her mother. She wanted to ask if whoever is the visitor but she hesitated.

Elena looked at her daughter, having a feeling that she wanted to ask something. A smile crossed in her lips and took Lissana's chin and looked at her eyes.

"Our guest for tonight will change our lives Lissana, forever, " Elena said and left Lissana standing with many questions in her eyes.

Elena had changed, used to be a known mother and has changed a lot. It was like her mother is hard to reach unlike before. Her mother doesn't yell at her, Elena always brushes her hair, tell her stories when she's going to bed to sleep, prepares her milk, prepares her home works for the school, prepares her things when the bus arrived, gives her kisses and hugs when she comes home and has her eat her mother's bake cookies and drink fresh orange juice. But now none of those happen again, even a single thing. Elena is now a changed woman.

But even though her mother had changed, Elena gives her daughter what she needs and wants material things, and everything but Lissana's not after that she wants the old good times. Lissana knows nothing for she is just a ten-year-old child, but she can feel changes at a young age. She knows that the company of her father's building in the industry of business is going down. Her father's blood and sweat works are slowly vanishing into thin air. Little did she know it was because of Elena, her doings. Lots of debt and dealing with drugs.

And now their company is in debt and needs to pay and now their home is in the bank's name. Lissana sobs in the corner and looks at the dim sky, it will rain again, every time she looks up in the sky it is always cloudy or raining.

A tear escapes in her eyes, and she instantly wipes it away using the back of her hand. She suddenly remembers the ring she was wearing, oh the ring that her loving father gives her. It was a beautiful ring that compliments her white, pale skin.

Lissana jump in excitement as she heard a familiar horn of a vehicle. She walks and runs down in the stairs and jumps over her father giggling.

"Papa, what did you bring for me? Can I see? Can I see? I want to see it now Papa, you've been gone for a month and you missed my birthday. You should have a gift there inside of your bag, " she exclaimed and came rushing down from her father's grip and dock inside of the car.

Alejandro, her father, grab Lissana out of the car and lifts her "There, their little princess. I didn't forget about your birthday, it's in my mind. Of course, I have a special gift for you, but it is not inside of the bag. It's here in my pocket, " he said, and with that Lissana's eyes were full of excitement and sparkle in her eyes.

"Can you please show it to me now, Papa?" Lissana said with eagerness badly wanted to know what her father's got for her. Alejandro pulled a small black box out of his pocket and showed it to her. "Open it and whatever it is in that box is all yours, my princess, " Alejandro said and a smiling Lissana eagerly opened the box and her eyes awe in surprise.

"It's a ring. Why is it a ring, Papa? Why not something else."

"Don't you like it?"

"It's not like that Papa, I was just asking. It's a little weird, don't you think? I'm 8 years old Papa and I will not marry. I'm still a kid

Papa, " Alejandro couldn't help but surpress a laugh at her daughter's innocent mind.

"It's a magic ring, my princess, don't tell your mom okay? It's our secret."

"What's the magic in this thing, Papa? Can I wish? Is it like a genie?"

"Not like that, my princess. Think of this way, you can tell in this ring what's in your heart. If you are sad, broken, happy or anything in the mood of my princess, " Alejandro said and pinch the bridge of her nose, which makes her giggle.

"That's all Papa?" "And of course I almost forgot if you talk to this ring you would say this phrase first 'With this ring' you should always say these phrases okay?"

"Why Papa?" "It was the old lady who sold me this, '' she told me. So we better follow what she says because this is a magic ring right?"

"Right Papa, thank you for your magical gift, " Lissana said and put the ring in her ring finger. At first it surprised her to see the ring slowly fits in her tiny slim finger. She was about to tell her father, but he was gone and so was the car.

She runs inside the house to find her father thinking he is now inside and talking to her mother. But as she stepped inside the library room, she heard sobs of crying. She heard her mom babbling a word that she can not understand.

"Mama, did you see Papa?" Lissana asked as she walked in her mothers' direction. Elena looks up and embraces her daughter. Elena's shoulders we're going up and down as she cries.

"Your father is not going home. Your Papa is dead."

Those words still give her pain whenever she remembers those days, she can't be mistaken she saw and touch her father that day. She heard his voice, and she felt his embrace.

"With this ring, encuéntrame y llévame aquí, por favor." (With this ring, please find me and take me away here, please.)

HACIANOS HERMANOS

(HERMANES HACIENDA)

It was again a cloudy day as he looked up in the sky. He didn't know but every time he looks up in the sky it feels soothing and a familiar ambiance of something in his body but he doesn't care at all. He loves the drops of the rain dripping and seeping in his skin.

He loves the whirling icy wind that seeps through his skin and veins like he belongs into something he can't describe. But one thing is on his mind, a lady. A picture of a lady that he must find, he must have. He pulled a ragged old dirty white cloth out of his wallet, careful not to tear it apart for it is too old.

A perfect and illustrated painting of a lady that every time he sees it, it squirms his heart in pain, and a tear will escape in his eyes.

Too much sorrow and too much pain that he cannot even describe why, so he must search for her. It was his grandfather also told him to find this lady in the picture for it answer all of his questions and before his grandfather passed away, he confesses something he didn't understand for he has shortness of breath while saying those words, only one sentence he understands and that is 'the lady in the picture and you two have connections to each other you must find her' and after that, his breath cut off and he was dead.

Hades looks at the picture and caresses it carefully, like it was a fragile thing.

"Let me find you, help me find you, " Hades muttered under his breath as he looks at the beautiful picture. A whirl of a stiff wind touches his skin and something in a cold voice whispers in his ears. "With this ring, please find me and take me away here, please." A soft touch in his heart which makes his hands clench and form into a fist and his knuckles turn to white. His eyes went darker than before and breath ragged.

He is not hallucinating things; he knows that he knows himself that all of those whispers are not hallucinations. He's not making things up and he will not get rid of it this time. She needs his help. Hades closes his eyes and his vision goes somewhere in place, trying to find where that voice came from. Blood dripped in his nose, but he didn't give a hell of care he must find her.

His heart palpitates fast, his mind slowly giving his body faintness, but Hades was aggressive to find her.

Until he spots a young girl and if he is not mistaken, she is only a 10-year-old girl. He notices her puffy and red eyes, she's crying and she seems to talk at her ring. He clenches his fist.

"It's you." Hades hissed, he cannot help himself but a question. He looks closer to the face of the girl sobbing.

Her eyes were closed, it swelled her lips red, her long hair was black as ebony, her eyebrows were thick and trimmed and her skin is white and pale. Hades roamed his eyes through the body of the young girl, yes it is abuse but he wanted to make sure. It's so young but has a similarity in the lady in the picture he has.

It surprised Hades to see a woman looking at the young girl. The woman who has a business with him tonight.

"I see, it was like the faith speaks itself."

Hades looked at the young girl and was shocked when her eyes were open and were like looking at him. She has a violet color of eyes.

Hades opens his eyes, and he finds out that he lost a lot of blood, but he doesn't mind at all. He pulled a chair and looked up at the sky and tried to calm himself and try to catch his normal breathing.

"Ire pot ti, mi esposa." (I will come for you, my wife.)

Hades startled when his phone suddenly rings. It was his secretary. Hades was waiting patiently for his secretary to call. He already knows what he is going to tell.

"Speak Michael, " Hades answered in the line and heard his secretary swallow his lump. It's weird for him to hear those things.

"Elena Klea Ysares, a mistress of the most influential business person in the industry Alejandro Ysares, is now deceased. Their company is now suffering in debt, a lot of debt, and I cannot name all of those things. Elena is in alcohol and drugs, we have men in the black market and Elena is a slick woman, I must say.

Lots of debt is all I can see in her records out there and here. And now the house they are living in now is in the bank's name. Elena has a daughter named Lissana Ysabelle Ysares, the only child of the Ysares. She's a ten-year-old girl, not studying outside but her IQ is high, she's homeschooling by his father but now that he is dead her studies stop.

When her mother started using drugs and alcohol Elena used to beat her every night. Elena was always with a man and you know what I mean and what they are doing and I know Lissana knows all of this. I don't know how deep or how painful her bruises, her mother didn't send her for medications or any hospitals because maybe she's afraid for her daughter to ask help from anyone.

And I have searched for basic information about what Lissana's likes, I don't know what Jade vine looks like but she loves those, her father used to get her ones when she was eight years old every year of her birthday. That's all I had now, Señor Hades, I can search for more if you-" Hades cut him off and a smile crossed his lips.

"Así que esta Elena es con la que me reuniré esta noche" (So this Elena is the one I am meeting tonight.)

"Sí Señor, lo es." (Yes, Señor, it is)