school. She was not a goddess. Perhaps she had drunk too many whiskies last night. Perhaps she was going mad. Maybe they’d drugged her … “I can see you do not believe me,” Artemis said in her haunting voice. “But you will. In time.” Chloe shook her head. She would never believe any of this. “Zeus could not be my father. This is all absurd. I’m going home.” Artemis smiled as if Chloe’s answer was the best news she had ever heard. “I will see you again, our Chloe.” Chloe gasped and stepped back and fell when the woman disappeared before her eyes. She had not just seen that. Cian walked over and bent to help her up. Chloe slapped his hand away and stood. “Get the hell away from me. Don’t come near me.” She started to walk back the way they’d come and refused to turn and see if Cian followed. Didn’t want to see him or that strange woman ever again. Tears welled in her eyes. It was all too absurd to believe and she wouldn’t. Not ever. Later that evening Chloe sat on the settee in the cottage’s lounge and read the book on mythology from cover to cover. So many gods with bizarre names and fables. And yet the unease and itching sensation in her mind would not abate. Somewhere deep inside she knew every one of them, their flaws and abilities, their fickleness. Zeus could not be her father. He was the father of the gods and men and lord of Olympus. He could never be Chloe Smith’s dad. A hysterical laugh bubbled up inside. Why was she even looking them up? What she should be doing is getting the hell out of this strange town. Away from the weird women who walk the woods and disappear and the strange druid laird who she ached for with every passing moment. Chloe pushed away the prick of guilt she felt at his disappointed and hurt face when she spoke to him last. But what did he expect. Daughter of a god with a druid boyfriend was a lot to take in on one day. And so the thoughts and inner turmoil continued until she fell asleep, book on lap and the lounge her bed. The hard lines of a masculine body warmed along her back and legs. Chloe undulated and welcomed the muscled arms that clasped her waist. She moaned into her pillow when the clean scent of soap assailed her senses. Cian ran his hand across her quivering stomach then ventured toward her heated core. His ragged breaths tickled her neck and Chloe looked at him over her shoulder. His eyes, shadowed by the longest eyelashes she’d ever seen, looked down at her with unbound desire. “I want you.” She pulled him into a kiss. The glide of Cian’s mouth over hers sent her senses reeling. His fingers delved between her wet aching folds and he fucked her with his hand. Chloe broke the kiss on a gasp. His manhood pressed firm between her arse cheeks made her all the hotter. Needier for him. She pulled his hand from her slick heat and pushed Cian back. Turned over and straddled his hips. His shaft, fully erect sat against his stomach. She licked her lips, his sex like the sweetest candy she wanted to lick and savor. Cian moaned when her fingers circled his thick shaft and stroked downwards. He was large. Larger than she’d ever had and an excitement bubbled up inside her. Not usually one for foreplay, she had already changed her mind because of his teasing. She wanted to prolong this time, wring every ounce of pleasure she could. Chloe wiggled down his legs and licked the end of Cian’s cock. He shuddered beneath her and she clasped his tightly beaded balls in her hand. The salty tang of him was the sweetest she’d ever known. Cian’s hands clasped her hair and Chloe took him deep into her mouth. She sighed as he writhed and moaned beneath her, his hands stroking her hair in unvoiced pleading. She sat up and smiled then crawled up his body and took his lips. Eagerly he kissed his essence from her mouth. She rubbed herself against his member and moaned when it slipped to run along her wet folds. “I love you, Chloe,” Cian