Ares by Heaton Felicity

Author:Heaton, Felicity
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-11-26T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

Ares wrapped his arms around Megan, savouring his last few moments with her, and stepped to the street she had given him. He set her down and held on to her until she opened her eyes and nodded, letting him know that the dizziness had passed.

Gods, he was an idiot.

During his time at the gate, he hadn’t been able to clear his head at all. He had thought of her every second, and had somehow convinced himself that when he returned to his apartment he would find her ready to fight him, and she would insist that she wanted to stay with him.

Instead, he had found her ready to go.

The upset that had been in her eyes in the shower had been gone too, leaving him wondering whether he had imagined it because he was the one who had been hurt.

The only time she had spoken was to tell him that she had lost her keys back in the alley the night they had met, which meant he would have to teleport with her again to get her inside her apartment. She didn’t look as though she was up for it. Her pale cheeks and the way she kept swallowing were both warning signs that he couldn’t ignore. If he stepped with her to her apartment, she would throw up or worse.

“It might be better if we walk up and then you tell me where your spare keys are, or maybe I could open the door from the inside.” He rubbed her shoulders through her dark jumper, unable to resist stealing every moment he had left to touch her, even when it was only killing him.

She nodded and smiled, and it hit him hard in the chest.

He released her and turned away, unable to take her smiles or look at her without suffering. He had to do this. It was better to end things now, and not only to spare himself any further pain.

Maybe it was for the best that she hadn’t fought him and showed no sign of wanting to stay with him or change his mind, because he was finally finding his resolve and the strength to place his duty before his desires. He would get his power back, and life would return to normal.

Maybe he would even forget about her.

In a century or so.

He followed her into her apartment building, an old red brick affair that had seen better days and stood in a neighbourhood that he knew had several mortal gangs affiliated with it. Not the sort of place that he wanted to leave her. It fired every protective instinct he had and only made what he was about to do even harder to stomach.

They walked up the dimly lit stairs and his gaze caught on each tag on the peeling grey painted walls. There were a few daemon tags amongst the graffiti. Definitely not the sort of place where he wanted to leave her alone and vulnerable. He closed the distance between them, so they were side by side in the narrow stairwell.

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