Page 78 of Amaros
Chapter Thirty-Nine
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AMAROS KNEW HE WASbeing a coward, yet he continued to avoid Zoe.He could hear her at the far end of the resort.She was trashing the infirmary from the sounds of it.The cambion kept muttering to herself.He was pretty sure he heard his name mentioned a few times.
He used a screwdriver to remove a bunch of doors and placed them in the truck.The light rain had stopped, but he still used the tarp to cover them.Returning inside, Amaros studied the door frames.“We should be able to replicate that,” he mused quietly.
Removing the windows would have to wait for now.He would need help with that job.With luck, Camriel’s new carpentry skills would come in useful to repair their home.It would be a lot easier if his entire team was here.Using magic was far better than using their hands and muscles for labor like this.
Amaros could sense Zoe’s frustration by now.Worse, he could feel her hurt.She thought he was deliberately tormenting her by not revealing his secrets.His own cowardice he could live with, but her pain was unacceptable.
“Grow a pair and tell her the truth,” he growled at himself.
The butterflies in his gut grew to the size of bats as Amaros made his way to the restaurant.Zoe stood with her back to him, gazing out through the window at the breathtaking view.Her tight jeans hugged her long, toned legs.He wanted to strip them off and use his hands and mouth to make her scream in pleasure.
“Are you ready to talk to me now?”she asked without turning around.
Snapping out of his fantasy, Amaros took a deep breath to try to calm his nerves, then crossed the room to stand beside her.She didn’t look at him and merely stood there with her arms crossed.It made it easier to begin without having her eyes on him.
“Fate told me something new when I was in the Void,” he said.Zoe picked up on his serious tone and shifted slightly.He took that to mean he’d piqued her curiosity.“She said that this is the last time the Knights of Order will be deployed in the war between Chaos and Order.”
Her head turned and she met his gaze.She looked shocked by that revelation.“What does that mean?”she queried.“Will you return to the Void forever?”
Amaros shook his head.“Not this time.New warriors will be created on both sides.This is our last war and our last journey to this world.”
Zoe turned to face him, he noticed her fists were clenched tightly.“Order’s discarding its knights?”she asked in disbelief.“What’s going to happen to you all if you aren’t sent back to the Void?”
“We’ll vanish, like everyone who was raptured, I guess,” he replied.
“After all the wars you guys have fought, how can Order just throw you away like trash?”she asked, bitter on their behalf.
Amaros rubbed the back of his neck and looked out at the view.“Fate felt the same way,” he said.“Which is why she intervened.”
“What did she do?”Zoe asked.
“She offered to sacrifice some of her own power if Order will allow us to remain on this world.”
He glanced at Zoe to see her brow was furrowed.“Why do I get the feeling there’s something you’re not telling me?”she asked.Her tone was beginning to sound ominous.
“We need to form a bond with someone in order for us to remain here,” he said, heart beginning to thud faster.
“Exactly who are you supposed to bond with?”she asked.“What sort of bond are you talking about?”
