Dark Restraint by Katee Robert

Author:Katee Robert [Robert, Katee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Fantasy, New Adult, Fairy Tales; Folk Tales; Legends & Mythology
ISBN: 9781728262840
Google: JsrdEAAAQBAJ
Amazon: B0CLBQGRMQ
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2024-08-05T22:00:00+00:00

19

The Minotaur

I can’t stop myself from following Ariadne and Dionysus back to his building. I stand in the shadows across the street for far too long, as if my presence there will do a single goddamn thing. For once, no Olympians show up to irritate me. I’m left to my own thoughts, and it’s a strange place to be.

She’s finally starting to understand that I’m not here to hurt her. I loved watching her dark eyes go all soft as she finally made peace with that reality, but there’s still a jagged piece of glass in my chest. It was easy enough to anticipate her needs and take care of them tonight, but I’m not soft. I’m pretty fucking sure that she was just being a brat in the changing room yesterday, but it’s hard to get those words out of my head. Soft. It might not get her off as hard as being bad does, but Ariadne deserves softness.

She deserves to be with someone whose hands aren’t stained with blood and death.

Which is too damn bad, because what she has is me. I just don’t want her getting the wrong idea. I don’t know how to be a boyfriend. I don’t know how to be in a fucking relationship. With Ariadne, just existing in her presence is as natural as breathing. I want to believe that won’t change, but if I really think that, then I am as naive as I labeled her.

My entire fucking life has been geared toward claiming Ariadne. It was a goalpost that kept moving through the years, Minos always pushing it out just a little farther. Part of me honestly believed it would never happen. It still hasn’t happened. But now that Ariadne is starting to understand what the fuck we are to each other, there’s a very real possibility she will leave the city with me when the barrier comes down. That she’ll choose to go without me having to twist her arm.

And then what?

I had vague ideas of traveling with her, but now that reality is bearing down on me, I don’t know what the fuck that even looks like. I have money, but not an endless amount. I only have one skill set, and somehow I think Ariadne will have a problem with me taking hits to fund our lifestyle.

Oh well. I’ll figure it out once we get out of this fucked-up city.

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