He frowned. "What do you mean?"
Talon cleared his throat as he glanced to the large Budweiser clock on the wall over the bar.
Their time was almost up.
Damn you, Fates.
"Nothing," he said quietly. "Just take my word for it, your daughter is yours."
Daniel nodded.
As Talon walked back to Sunshine, his entire being ached. He couldn't stand the thought of what Eros was about to do. It cut him on a level so deep it was unfathomable.
But it had to be done.
They couldn't be together. It was foolish to think otherwise.
He had to do this to save her life.
From the corner of his eye, he saw Eros appearing in god-form. Invisible to humans, the god of love was easily discernible to Talon's Dark-Hunter senses.
"You sure?" Eros's voice echoed in his head.
Talon leaned over, kissed Sunshine gently on the lips, and then nodded.
He held her face in his hands, and stared at her brown eyes, waiting for the moment when they would turn dark with hatred. Waiting for her to stiffen and curse him.
Eros raised his bow up and shot it straight into Sunshine.
Talon swallowed as painful expectation tore through him.
Goodbye, my love.
She grimaced at him. "Ow! Talon, did you hit me?"
He shook his head and waited for the hatred to come into her eyes.
It didn't.
Seconds ticked by slowly as her frown deepened.
"I don't feel right." She rubbed her heart where Eros had shot her.
Then, amazingly, she looked up and focused her gaze on Eros. "Cupid?"
Eros looked around nervously. "You can see me?"
"Well, yeah," she said.
Eros shifted and looked a bit green.
Talon frowned as a bad feeling went through him. "What happened, Eros? Why doesn't she hate me?"
Eros looked even more uncomfortable. "You two wouldn't happen to be soulmates, would you?"
"Yes," Sunshine answered. "Psyche said we were."
Eros gave a sheepish grin. "Oops. I think I need to have a talk with my wife. Damn, she should have told me."