“I know you won’t hurt me if you get out,” he continued. But there were dark shadows under those striking eyes of his. He was in his Sentinel uniform-all black. There wasn’t a hint of stubble on his smooth face this time around. We’ve been here before.” He leaned against the bars. “I will get out of here eventually, Aiden. He met and held my gaze, locked onto eyes I knew he loathed with every fiber of his being. “You put me on the Elixir.”Īiden sucked in a sharp breath, but didn’t look away in shame or guilt.
“And a few days ago I was high as a kite and hiding in closets, thanks to you.” I whirled around, just in time to see him flinch. Months, if not years, of them cycling over and over again until I couldn’t distinguish between the past, present, and what was to become of my future.Īs if sensing where my thoughts had gone, he said, “A few days ago you said you loved me.” I opened my mouth, but there were no words-only memories of standing by the stream and telling Aiden I loved him, and then an endless stream of thoughts and actions centering on him. Underneath that connection, you are still you. “I should have never put you on the Elixir,” he countered. Sending him a hateful look, I faced the bare cement wall. Sharp pain sliced between my temples, and I snarled. My hand flew to the crystal rose on its own accord, feeling the smooth and delicate edges. But without the protections from Hephaestus or Apollo between us, he would become an inconsequential nothing. Delphi stood on the other side of the bars. Boy, did I have a T-Rex-sized bone to pick with that pure-blood. I looked over my shoulder, my lip curling at what I saw. Then I repeated the movements to the left, my fingers moving-pinky, middle, pointer… over and over. I tipped my head to the right, feeling the muscles stretch and the bones crack. Voices… there were so many voices in my head. Well, it was really a threesome… foursome of sorts. My own personal hell was a party for two. Caged and made helpless by the markings etched in the cement above me and by bars crafted by a god. Yet, all I could do was pace back and forth. I was his power-up-the ace up his sleeve. I wielded control over the four elements, and the fifth and the most powerful-akasha. My thoughts were covered in a heady, amber haze of power.
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