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more terrifying. I��m ready to pass out from fear, but I don��t know what

her species really able to keep up with them are

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any Athenian, let alone their k

is life, he��ll go a bit lighter on me? H

rt me,�� I whimper

ped would calm him only

body as you fled. I would rather have died in that goddamn cell than

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ve and attached than the female. Aphrodite has always had a thing for

feel lonely or get an ache in my core that only he would

�ve been

e snippets of need were a joke in comparison to

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esn��

is. I can feel through the bond that he��s reveling

d have been so good to you,�� he mur

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n and resting his forehead against min

ice. But then he seems to remember himself. His anger. He lifts his head

d. Not only that, you rejected me.

least an octave wh

ke you wish you ha

w blood, but it doesn��t phase him. Of course i

� he growls, ripping off the thin sheet that covers my body. The low

s much as I can in his grip. If he has his

mate, she also gave us a curse. Once we meet our mate, they are the only ones

Ares, I was

urge to touch anyone. Whenever I had

till a

first time to be with

al urge of begging him. But my words only bring a smile to his face. A s

a of what I��m going to do,�� he respond

u. Invented new ways of torture. Tested them on anyone who was unf

p on my neck, allowing me t

It��s easy to break bones, but understanding wha

king of Athenians, I have no doubt his

master of

ion, drinking in my fe

ever leaving, there is on

my chest. So much so that I barely register his words.

a

s,

me wants to spit at him, tell him to go fuck

ite,�� I

Tasting it. Reveling in my name. He le

as in princes

er royal families. We��re all on fairly stable ground, and don��t often f

d sl

g my mate, I��ll be committing

ply aren��t barbaric. That doesn��t mean our army is any less formida

t back away, a slow smile

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