feelings right now. “You are everything to me. The lifetimes I endured
without you were the veriest torture. I love you, will always love you.”
“Stop looking at
me like that. You can’t love me, we barely know one another.” Chloe poured him a
cup of coffee. “This is absurd.”
“Come into the
lounge,” he asked walking toward the three seater settee, inwardly laughing
when she followed and sat across from him on a single chair. “Because Artemis
told you your past, it has enabled me to also. Ask me anything. I am yours to
command.”
“Wipe that sexy
smirk off your face, Cian. This is hardly a laughing matter. I’m starting to
think all you Scottish people are missing some screws upstairs.”
He chuckled. “Nay
lass, just missing you, that’s all.”
Chloe lifted her
legs up beside her and settled her cup of coffee on her knee. “When was I born?”
Cian shrugged. “I
don't know, perhaps thousands of years ago. How old are the gods?” He shook his
head. “No one knows.”
“What did we do
that was so bad that this Chloe was cast out of Mount Olympus on her arse?”
The wind picked
up and a tree branch scratched against a window. “You'll upset Zeus, Chloe. Be
aware of what you say.”
She looked at
him with disbelief. “I asked the great Zeus last night to show his face and he
didn't. This is all absurd.”
“He hears
everything,” he said, watching her features as his words sunk in. Zeus and his
fickle temper was not something Cian wanted to prod, especially now, having Chloe
back in his life. He would not lose her again.
“So, what did we
do?”
Cian smiled when
his mind wandered to that long ago grove where they first met. “You came to me,
appeared out of the woods like a magical nymph. Seduced me. What didn’t we do
would be a more interesting question.”
Chloe met his
eyes and the sexual tension that thrummed between them had his balls growing
tight, and his heart accelerating.
“Are you sure it
wasn't the other way around?”
He laughed and adjusted his seat. “No. At first, I didn't want
anything to do with you. Magic all but orbed about you and I wasn't sure if you
could be trusted. When it became clear you only wanted one thing, my base
desires took over and I had you. I never expected for us to last. But we did.
For many centuries.”
Chloe took a sip
of her drink while she tried to block the image forming in her mind. Of a man,
white silk and gold robes billowing about him, his face a mask of pain and
fury. Her sentence. She met Cian's gaze. “He was so angry and hurt. Couldn't
understand how I could love a human to the point I would bestow immortal life
and live in this realm. A druid.”
Cian leaned
forward. “You remember?”
“I don't know if
I'm imagining it or it really happened,” she replied, placing her mug on the
table and standing.
“What do you
remember after?”
Chloe frowned. “Nothing.”
She paused, her mind furiously working to make sense of what she was seeing
like a movie in her mind. “You. I saw you. You were upset.” She turned to him
and the truth of her situation came crashing around her. “I had only minutes to
tell you. Then everything went dark and I cannot recall what happened after
that.”
“Because you
were reborn, Chloe. That’s why you cannot remember.”
A deep sense of
belonging and love wrapped about her like a cloak. “I gave up everything for
you. Risked everything to be with you.” She slumped back onto her chair.
“You regret it?”
The pain Chloe
heard in Cian's tone warmed her heart. “No. Not once.”
Cian came and
kneeled before her. “I've missed you,” he said, his voice deepening with desire
that shot somersaults through her belly.
Chloe clasped
his jaw, the stubble prickling her palms. “How long has it been since I knew
who I was?”
“Centuries.
Every time I found you, you very rarely remembered. Of course I was able to
make you fall in love with me so it didn’t really matter.”
Chloe
without you were the veriest torture. I love you, will always love you.”
“Stop looking at
me like that. You can’t love me, we barely know one another.” Chloe poured him a
cup of coffee. “This is absurd.”
“Come into the
lounge,” he asked walking toward the three seater settee, inwardly laughing
when she followed and sat across from him on a single chair. “Because Artemis
told you your past, it has enabled me to also. Ask me anything. I am yours to
command.”
“Wipe that sexy
smirk off your face, Cian. This is hardly a laughing matter. I’m starting to
think all you Scottish people are missing some screws upstairs.”
He chuckled. “Nay
lass, just missing you, that’s all.”
Chloe lifted her
legs up beside her and settled her cup of coffee on her knee. “When was I born?”
Cian shrugged. “I
don't know, perhaps thousands of years ago. How old are the gods?” He shook his
head. “No one knows.”
“What did we do
that was so bad that this Chloe was cast out of Mount Olympus on her arse?”
The wind picked
up and a tree branch scratched against a window. “You'll upset Zeus, Chloe. Be
aware of what you say.”
She looked at
him with disbelief. “I asked the great Zeus last night to show his face and he
didn't. This is all absurd.”
“He hears
everything,” he said, watching her features as his words sunk in. Zeus and his
fickle temper was not something Cian wanted to prod, especially now, having Chloe
back in his life. He would not lose her again.
“So, what did we
do?”
Cian smiled when
his mind wandered to that long ago grove where they first met. “You came to me,
appeared out of the woods like a magical nymph. Seduced me. What didn’t we do
would be a more interesting question.”
Chloe met his
eyes and the sexual tension that thrummed between them had his balls growing
tight, and his heart accelerating.
“Are you sure it
wasn't the other way around?”
He laughed and adjusted his seat. “No. At first, I didn't want
anything to do with you. Magic all but orbed about you and I wasn't sure if you
could be trusted. When it became clear you only wanted one thing, my base
desires took over and I had you. I never expected for us to last. But we did.
For many centuries.”
Chloe took a sip
of her drink while she tried to block the image forming in her mind. Of a man,
white silk and gold robes billowing about him, his face a mask of pain and
fury. Her sentence. She met Cian's gaze. “He was so angry and hurt. Couldn't
understand how I could love a human to the point I would bestow immortal life
and live in this realm. A druid.”
Cian leaned
forward. “You remember?”
“I don't know if
I'm imagining it or it really happened,” she replied, placing her mug on the
table and standing.
“What do you
remember after?”
Chloe frowned. “Nothing.”
She paused, her mind furiously working to make sense of what she was seeing
like a movie in her mind. “You. I saw you. You were upset.” She turned to him
and the truth of her situation came crashing around her. “I had only minutes to
tell you. Then everything went dark and I cannot recall what happened after
that.”
“Because you
were reborn, Chloe. That’s why you cannot remember.”
A deep sense of
belonging and love wrapped about her like a cloak. “I gave up everything for
you. Risked everything to be with you.” She slumped back onto her chair.
“You regret it?”
The pain Chloe
heard in Cian's tone warmed her heart. “No. Not once.”
Cian came and
kneeled before her. “I've missed you,” he said, his voice deepening with desire
that shot somersaults through her belly.
Chloe clasped
his jaw, the stubble prickling her palms. “How long has it been since I knew
who I was?”
“Centuries.
Every time I found you, you very rarely remembered. Of course I was able to
make you fall in love with me so it didn’t really matter.”
Chloe
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