for now...”
#PleaseSayNo #PleaseSayNo
Cronus seemed to consider her words. “Okay, that’s probably for the best.”
FUCK.
“It took the better part of two days for my powers to return,” Cronus continued. “You were not imprisoned though, and shouldn’t be as drained as I was. I expect in the next twenty-four hours you’ll be good.”
Rhea looked pleased, and I certainly wasn’t imagining the sly look she shot in my direction. I thought these two had a non-amicable separation. I mean, she cheated on him like the bitch she was. Right now, though, they were far too friendly to be ex anything.
Ugh.
“So this Crius is in Romania?” I asked, trying to bring the focus back to this stupid task. The sooner we could save the world, the sooner I could get out of this situation.
Cronus’ attention locked on to me, and the intensity was a lot. When he stared at me like that, I forgot my own name.
“Yes. He should be there with our brother, Koios. The pair were never far apart. Their strength used to hold up the sky.”
Right, sure, the old hold up the sky trick.
Cronus was just reaching for me with one hand and Rhea with the other, when the foulest scent I’d ever smelled in my life started to filter through our cave. Hound growled, and since Cronus was touching me, I felt his body tense. I was just about to ask him what was going on, when a figure stepped into the small cave, light shining behind him. It was a male, his body glowing. I could see tendrils of darkness swirling around his figure.
“Hello, Rhea,” he said softly.
The Titaness froze, her eyes locked on him. “Sickness,” she murmured.
Sickness? Oh shit.
The creature reached out and tried to touch me, barely grazing his fingers across my arm when Cronus acted in an instant, his hands gathering both of us close, and we were zapped away before I could blink.
Chapter 12
When we landed again, my head was spinning, and I wondered if I might throw up. “Was that just—?”
“The first sin,” Cronus said, his eyes shooting to Rhea, who looked pretty unruffled. “That particular sin has a close relationship with my ex-wife. He can track her, so we are not going to be safe staying put.”
I shook my head. “I’m part human, I need to rest. I can’t go on like this. I need food and water and sleep. I need them or you’re going to be carting around an unconscious body really soon.”
My stomach growled as if to prove that point and Hound gave a low bark of agreement.
#FeedUs
Rhea wrinkled her nose at me like I’d just announced I was dog shit, not a human. “I can block my energy from him. I didn't realize he would track me so quickly.”
“How do you have such a close relationship with Sickness?” I asked her royal bitchiness. “I mean, girl … standards.”
She started for me again, but Cronus got in the way. “Enough,” he said, his voice low and brimming with anger. “There is no time for this, we have to refuel and then continue with our task.”
Finally taking note of where we were, all I could see was forest and trees. Fuck. He was going to make me wipe my ass with a leaf. I fucking knew it.
“This is the best I can do for the night,” he told me softly, like he could read my thoughts. “These woods are ancient, filled with energy from the original creators. It will cloak us for a while if the sins or the gods are chasing us down.”
I squeezed my eyes tightly, exhaustion pushing on me so hard that I almost sank to the ground. A strong arm wrapped around me. “Come on, I’ll make it nice for you,” he said, pulling my reluctant legs along. Why was he suddenly being so nice to me? It’s like the presence of his bitchy ex-wife had softened him toward me.
Resigning myself to this fate, I didn’t put up any resistance, letting him lead me deeper and deeper into the forest. Under a canopy this heavy, it was next to impossible to tell if it was day or night, but Cronus seemed to know where he was going, so I didn’t say anything. Rhea and Hound remained close behind us, and I could practically feel the venomous glare from the bitch.
“Can she kill me with her mind?” I whispered to Cronus, and his lips did that sexy twitch thing.
“Rhea is the Titan of fertility and motherhood. Her powers