Ashia.” He strode away, needing to think before he said anything else.
“You dare walk away from me,” she roared.
Reid didn’t stop or reply. He didn’t dare look at her knowing if he did he would never be able to leave. Reid went to his vehicle and drove to her house, retrieving his dog and a few things. On autopilot, he drove to his house. Inside he barely remembered the place, it looked so foreign to him.
Reid went to his office, hardly registering that Liv was following him. He sat, booted up his computer then searched for the name she called herself confident there had to be more somewhere than what he found the first time. It seemed weird she was a goddess but for some reason he believed her without anything but her word. He finally found more articles and read up on her. The more he uncovered, the more he realised she was all he had seen before he even talked to her. Ashia was a regal woman who could control many. Hell, she had him wrapped in her hand and he would do anything for her.
Reid sat back in his chair. “But can I let her go?”
* * * *
Ashia had stared in disbelief as Reid had walked away. She could have incinerated him where he stood or stopped him from ever leaving, yet she—a goddess— had been powerless against the pain roaring through her. She placed her hand over her chest to see if it was laying open, bare and bloody. Surprisingly it was not and she shook. Ashia thought of Devi and how she had held her as she had wept over Rhodes, all the while wondering what the big fuss was about. That the human man would be foolish to let her go. All Devi had needed to do was go to him and make him see the error of his ways. Yet here she was experiencing the same thing. Watching him walk away and doing nothing.
Pride . The word resonated in her mind. Her pride would not let her chase after anyone. Not even a man who made her body sing, her emotions go crazy. And with his leaving, he had her soul. She’d never be the same and she feared what this could do to her. She hadn’t heard or felt him come in and she should have. Ashia shuddered, fury roaring through her, knowing who was to blame for this. She flashed out then reappeared yelling.
“Set, you interfering bastard.”
“You were foolish to be with someone so weak, Amaunet.” Set’s voice came from behind her.
Amaunet turned, raising her hand to bring up a fire bolt.
Set caught her and jerked her against his tall body.
Every molecule of her body screamed at her to kill him and put him out of his sorry misery. She stiffened, jerking away and pulling out of his arms. Ashia sent the bolt away then stared at him.
“Your life isn’t mine to take, but one day, Set, you will reap what havoc you cause.” She shimmered out and re-materialised in her Colorado home.
Her dogs came running and Ashia felt the pain anew as she realised Liv wasn’t with them. She walked down the hall to the room Reid used and noted he had taken his laptop and some other things. She continued to her office and opened her laptop and typed in the word he had called her. When she saw the various meanings and images she frowned.
I didn’t become a green-eyed monster. She closed the laptop. Perhaps I didn’t know the word as well as I believed I did.
“You don’t actually go green. You just get irrational as you are being, Ashia.”
She turned at the familiar voice. “Devi.” Then it registered what she’d said. “I’m not being irrational. He left after I told him what I was.” Ashia crossed her arms over her chest. “I don’t appreciate you spying on me.”
She had to be really off to not have sensed Devi and for her to read her thoughts. Which now she was aware Devi had done.
“I felt your pain, my friend.” Devi approached her. “Don’t be stubborn as I was with Rhodes. Go to him.”
“He doesn’t want me. He made that clear when he left.” Ashia lifted her head and set her face in the haughty lines she was known for. “I’m a
“You dare walk away from me,” she roared.
Reid didn’t stop or reply. He didn’t dare look at her knowing if he did he would never be able to leave. Reid went to his vehicle and drove to her house, retrieving his dog and a few things. On autopilot, he drove to his house. Inside he barely remembered the place, it looked so foreign to him.
Reid went to his office, hardly registering that Liv was following him. He sat, booted up his computer then searched for the name she called herself confident there had to be more somewhere than what he found the first time. It seemed weird she was a goddess but for some reason he believed her without anything but her word. He finally found more articles and read up on her. The more he uncovered, the more he realised she was all he had seen before he even talked to her. Ashia was a regal woman who could control many. Hell, she had him wrapped in her hand and he would do anything for her.
Reid sat back in his chair. “But can I let her go?”
* * * *
Ashia had stared in disbelief as Reid had walked away. She could have incinerated him where he stood or stopped him from ever leaving, yet she—a goddess— had been powerless against the pain roaring through her. She placed her hand over her chest to see if it was laying open, bare and bloody. Surprisingly it was not and she shook. Ashia thought of Devi and how she had held her as she had wept over Rhodes, all the while wondering what the big fuss was about. That the human man would be foolish to let her go. All Devi had needed to do was go to him and make him see the error of his ways. Yet here she was experiencing the same thing. Watching him walk away and doing nothing.
Pride . The word resonated in her mind. Her pride would not let her chase after anyone. Not even a man who made her body sing, her emotions go crazy. And with his leaving, he had her soul. She’d never be the same and she feared what this could do to her. She hadn’t heard or felt him come in and she should have. Ashia shuddered, fury roaring through her, knowing who was to blame for this. She flashed out then reappeared yelling.
“Set, you interfering bastard.”
“You were foolish to be with someone so weak, Amaunet.” Set’s voice came from behind her.
Amaunet turned, raising her hand to bring up a fire bolt.
Set caught her and jerked her against his tall body.
Every molecule of her body screamed at her to kill him and put him out of his sorry misery. She stiffened, jerking away and pulling out of his arms. Ashia sent the bolt away then stared at him.
“Your life isn’t mine to take, but one day, Set, you will reap what havoc you cause.” She shimmered out and re-materialised in her Colorado home.
Her dogs came running and Ashia felt the pain anew as she realised Liv wasn’t with them. She walked down the hall to the room Reid used and noted he had taken his laptop and some other things. She continued to her office and opened her laptop and typed in the word he had called her. When she saw the various meanings and images she frowned.
I didn’t become a green-eyed monster. She closed the laptop. Perhaps I didn’t know the word as well as I believed I did.
“You don’t actually go green. You just get irrational as you are being, Ashia.”
She turned at the familiar voice. “Devi.” Then it registered what she’d said. “I’m not being irrational. He left after I told him what I was.” Ashia crossed her arms over her chest. “I don’t appreciate you spying on me.”
She had to be really off to not have sensed Devi and for her to read her thoughts. Which now she was aware Devi had done.
“I felt your pain, my friend.” Devi approached her. “Don’t be stubborn as I was with Rhodes. Go to him.”
“He doesn’t want me. He made that clear when he left.” Ashia lifted her head and set her face in the haughty lines she was known for. “I’m a
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