DEMETER: I sent you to Hades so you could be stronger and now you are, so come back.

PERSEPHONE: No.

DEMETER: What! You dare defy me? Wilful child.

PERSEPHONE: I am no child. I am a ruler and Hades himself quivers before me. I bring the Erinyes to their knees. I am become an arrow, poised in flight. Save your threats, Mother, I quite like winter, it is as cold as me –

Venetta O., excerpt of “I AM BECOME THE DARK” (via venettaoctavia)

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