Trapped by E J Pay

Author:E J Pay
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
ISBN: 9781733120241
Publisher: EJ Pay
Published: 2019-10-16T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

This is why I can’t marry you,” I tell Gileaus as we sit in the dark. The embers from the fire have died away and the morning light is beginning to peek over the horizon. “If anyone else discovers the power I have, they will want to use it for themselves.”

“Athena,” he says, “there is nothing in this world that we cannot face together. There is no reason for anyone else to know what you can do.”

No one else can know what I can do. That would be fatal for me and for Gileaus.

“Gil, the plants and earth and air are just a part of my powers,” I tell him. “I have that kind of power over people too.”

Gileaus thinks for a moment before answering, “Is that how you helped my father?”

“It is.”

“Why didn’t you use your powers to keep him from taking you in the first place?”

“I have to see those I am reaching to mentally,” I tell him. “I was blindfolded, gagged and bound for the journey. By the time I saw him again face to face, I was too exhausted to do anything. I didn’t know where I was. I was in pain. It was so hard to even think.”

Gileaus is silent again.

“Athena.”

“Yes?”

“Have you used your mind skills on me?”

“No, Gil,” I assure him as I reach up and touch his cheek. “I made the conscious decision to never touch your mind.”

“Why not?”

“From the beginning, I wanted to know you and I wanted you to know me. I wanted our feelings to be real.”

Gileaus reaches forward and kisses me. Softly at first then with growing intensity. He tangles his fingers in my hair, pulling me into him tighter and tighter. My hands are resting on his chest and I feel his heartbeat through his robes. My own heartbeat is beating in time with his. For this moment, nothing else matters. Not escape, not power, not Athena. Just him. We are one and in love and it is a beautiful feeling.

“Marry me,” he whispers as he pulls away. “Marry me and be my wife, Athena. You know me better than anyone in the world and now I know you, really and truly know you. I still love you and you still love me. Please Athena. Will you be my wife?”

So close to him, feeling his heart beating with mine, the sun’s rays barely breaking over the horizon, I can only think of one word.

“Yes.”

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