Innovation's Muse (Truth's Harem) by Allyson Lindt

Author:Allyson Lindt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Acelette Press
Published: 2018-12-17T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

“I need to know what’s going on in my head,” Cassandra said, as Actaeon approached. “You’ve been the closest thing to open with me since I got here.”

This was a mistake. Lexi would be furious if she found out. Actaeon didn’t know another way to get his answers, though. “I’ll answer your questions if you’ll answer mine.”

“That seems fair.”

He didn’t trust her around crowds. Not after what happened last time. “Someplace else.”

She twisted her mouth. “A spot with fewer people for me to blow up in a misplaced fit of jealousy? All right.”

This wasn’t the same woman he talked to a few days ago. She was more lucid. More interactive.

He gestured with his head, away from anyone else. “Walk along the beach with me?”

“If the situation were different, I’d swoon at a request like that.” She jammed her hands in her pockets. “Sure. That sounds nice.”

They strolled in silence, as the crowds thinned. Actaeon would get his answers, and then walk away. It was as simple as that.

Cassandra was close enough her arm brushed his occasionally. After several minutes, she gave a throat-clearing cough. “It's not normal to be locked away by gods. I remember that much. Apollo is kind, and he apologizes a lot, but he hasn’t let me leave the house since... well... You know. He keeps saying he owes me. That he’s responsible for me. What does that mean?”

“What did he tell you it meant? I’m not a mind reader.” Actaeon had a hard time believing Apollo was apologetic about anything.

“He won’t tell me. Apparently I’m better off if I don’t remember.”

Actaeon hated this. It was one of the biggest reasons he’d distanced himself from the gods. Arrogant assholes were always making decisions for their constituents, based on the gods’ best interests. But they framed it as this is for your own good.

A few feet away, waves lapped at the sand, coasting in gently before rolling away again. The water was no longer Poseidon’s domain. Would someone else step in to claim the sea? Or would it be one of the biggest places on earth that was free from a god’s influence? It was hard to believe Zeus would allow that.

How many other gods would die before this was over? And would their deaths be a good or a bad thing?

“I’ll answer any specific questions you have. But you have to keep in mind that, once you learn—re-learn?—a thing, you can’t unlearn it,” he said.

She glanced at him, her lips pursed in a bitter smile. “Apparently that’s not completely true.”

He recognized that look. The amused sarcasm. He used to adore that expression. Lexi’s was better—more confident, less manipulative, and sexier. “Touché. I want you to tell me you understand it anyway.”

“I understand. Once it’s out there, it can’t be taken back.” She was definitely more with it today. “Besides, my knowing doesn't change what happened or what will happen.”

His mind stumbled on the words. She used to say something almost identical about her visions of the future.

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