This woman gives Persephone the password to the upstairs lounges where Hades gambles with the mortals’ lives. She goes with Lexa to the restroom, but Lexa leaves her behind, and Persephone comes face to face with a woman that is vaguely familiar to her. Persephone is sickened by this information and wants to find out more about this. It is Adonis who tells Persephone that he’s heard Hades is in the club that night, and goes on to add that Hades is most likely upstairs in a quieter lounge where he does his “deals.” He then explains to Persephone that Hades is able to see the vices of these people who try to bargain with him, and if they are able to abstain from their vices, they get to keep their lives, but if they aren’t, then he takes their souls.
She quickly glances back to her friends when she sees a woman’s hands wrapping themselves around him. The group talks about a variety of subjects, and during one of the conversations Persephone glances over her shoulder to see a handsome but broody-looking man staring at her from the balcony. That night Persephone attends Nevernight with Lexa, where she meets a few people including Sybil, the up and coming Oracle in whom Apollo is interested, and Adonis, a handsome man that Lexa starts swooning over and who makes it clear that he’s in Nevernight quite often.
She has figured out that the waitress is one of Demeter’s loyal minions that her mother has placed to watch her. Once Lexa leaves, the waitress comes by to pick up the mugs, and Persephone grabs her by the wrist, at which point she threatens her with death to not tell Demeter anything about what was just discussed. Lexa convinces Persephone to the club by telling her that Demeter stopped by and checked out Persephone’s room. Not only that, but for the first eighteen years of her life, Persephone was hidden from all the Gods and Goddesses on Olympia, so they don’t even know what she looks like. Demeter, after all, hates Hades, and has always told Persephone that he’s a horrible being. At first, Persephone tries to avoid going to the club, as her mother, Demeter, the Goddess of Harvest, would be furious with her. Lexa Sideris, her best friend from university, stops by at the cafe and tells Persephone the news that she was able to get them both into Nevernight, a club owned by Hades, because someone gave their line in the list to her. When Persephone’s coffee is brought over, she decides to focus on her studies so that she can start the internship at the New Athens News the following day without any further issues. Narcissus flowers are the symbol of Hades, the God of the Dead, and were most often used to decorate coffins, which means that most likely the owner of The Coffee House is in mourning. What It’s About: Persephone attempts to study at her favorite cafe, The Coffee House, but her focus gets sidetracked by the narcissus flowers that are sitting in a vase near her.
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