Page 57 of Taken By the Blood God

“I won’t apologize for what happened in the forest again.”

Her posture relaxed, her hands falling to her sides. “Good.”

I took another step closer, gripping her waist. “I do have a question, though.”

“Okay.”

“Do you think you’ll be too sore for me to pin you to the wall in here and fuck you again?”

She pursed her lips. “Probably not.”

“Probably?”

“Well, didn’t you just heal me?”

“Good point.”

I lowered my head, but she put a bit of distance between us before I could kiss her.

“So, are you really asking if I want you to fuck me against the wall in the shower?” she asked.

“Only if the answer’s yes.”

She laughed before grabbing the back of my neck and yanking my mouth down to hers.

Chapter

Twenty-Three

Minerva

I could hear two voices through the fog of sleep. They were both male and familiar. With my eyes still closed, I listened.

“Your love for her makes you weak, brother.” The deep voice was harsh and accented. I knew who was speaking, but the voices sounded strange.

“Love is not a weakness,” the other man said.

I realized the reason they sounded strange wasn’t their voices or even their accents. They weren’t speaking English. I didn’t recognize the language, yet, somehow, I still understood them. I didn’t move, knowing that they were only a few feet away from me as they continued to talk.

“You make decisions based on what she would or wouldn’t like, Tal. Decisions you would never make for yourself.”

“She is the best of us, Davi. We both know that.”

It was Talant and Davian. They were arguing about a woman. No, not just any woman.Me. Though they didn’t call me by name, I knew they were talking about me.

Davian scoffed. “The best of us? We are far more powerful than she is.”

Talant didn’t reply aloud, but his brother continued.

“Don’t shake your head at me. We are stronger because we take what is offered to us.”

“That is not the only way to accumulate power, brother. Cassia knows that. Do not underestimate her.”

Cassia? Who the hell was Cassia? The name was vaguely familiar, as though I should remember it, but as I grasped for those memories, they shifted and vanished like smoke.

“Fine. Forget who is more powerful then. She doesn’t love you, Tal. Not the way you love her. She has told you that more than once.”

“I know.”

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