Titan_Kingdom of the Dead_An Epic Novel of Urban Fantasy and Greek Mythology by Daniel Mignault & Jackson Dean Chase

Author:Daniel Mignault & Jackson Dean Chase [Mignault, Daniel & Chase, Jackson Dean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jackson Dean Chase, Inc.
Published: 2018-07-18T16:00:00+00:00

20

A BATTLE I CAN’T WIN

I break away from the kiss. For something that felt so good, it hurts. It hurts to end it, and I’m tempted to go back for more. To stop the pain as much as to feel the pleasure, to renew the connection. Instead, I step back and say, “We can’t.” It doesn’t sound very convincing, not to her and not to me.

“Do you mean can’t or shouldn’t?” Hannah closes the gap between us.

I shake my head. “I don’t know. Both?”

“Because of Lucy?”

“Because of a lot of things. Us being together would only complicate things.”

Hannah nods. “OK.”

“You sure?”

“I was only kissing you out of pity anyway,” she teases.

“You sure about that?” I ask. “It felt pretty mutual to me.”

“How many girls have you kissed, Andrus?”

“I don’t know,” I lie. “A lot.”

“Uh-huh. You’ve kissed exactly one in the time I’ve been watching you. Two now, counting me.”

“I’ve never been good with people. I’m not sure I can be.”

“Because you’re a Titan?”

I shrug.

“You wanna know a secret? I’ve never been very good with people either.”

“Because you’re a Demigoddess?”

She laughs. “No, Andrus, because I’m a bitch.”

“I was going to say, ‘witch.’”

“Yeah, well, that too. Magic never left me much time for anything else, or anyone…”

“I was like that with sports, but I preferred the kind I could do alone.”

“Rock climbing,” Hannah says. “Spelunking. That makes sense, considering what you are.”

“What I am…” I echo, letting the words wander through my mind. “I didn’t ask for any of this.”

“No one does, Andrus, but we get it anyway. Some of us more than others.”

“Like you?”

“Like us.” She kisses me again, pressing her slim body against mine. This time, I don’t push her away. This time, I let it happen. “After we free my father,” she whispers in my ear, “anything can happen… We could die, and I don’t want to die—not with regrets.” Her mouth works on mine, petal-soft, yet with the fierceness of a thousand lonely nights, a thousand lonely dreams.

I match her passion. Hannah is a battle I can’t win, so I don’t even try.

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