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know this? How do you know he won’t come back with his friends and try to kill us again?”
Kyros stacked up some branches and started a fire. He sat down next to it and pulled out his dagger.
“He’s not one of the group that attacked us. He’s one of the centaurs that helped distract our attackers so we could get away.”
“How do you know so much about centaurs?”
Instead of using the dagger to scare off anyone lurking in the bushes as she’d hoped he would, he used it to prepare the fowl for their meal.
“You ask too many questions,” he answered without looking up. “Just trust me. Nemos and his friends won’t bother you.”
“You seem so sure of yourself.” She sat down across from him at the fire. “You can’t trust a centaur. They’re deceitful and thrive on killing humans just for the fun of it.”
His knife stopped in mid-motion and his gaze met hers. A muscle in his jaw twitched. His eyes narrowed.
“Well, now who seems so sure of themselves?”
“I know a lot about those creatures,” she reassured him.
“Oh, do you?”
“I’ve seen them join my father’s army and do many wicked things. They’re blood-thirsty animals and nothing more.”
He jabbed the pheasant onto a stick and placed it above the fire to cook.
“And what makes you think it is the Centaur race that’s so blood thirsty? It seems to me the gods are the ones who cause all the trouble.”
He was trying to protect the Centaur race. This was clear, yet she didn’t know why.
“I wouldn’t talk bad of the gods if I were you.”
“Why not?” He got to his feet and wiped his hands in his clothes. “Are you going to strike me down for saying something bad about your father? And by the way … you’re so fast to accuse me of not fighting our attackers today, yet you didn’t even think about using your own powers to save your hide.”
She stood also and met his gaze across the fire. The orange glow lit his face, the heat from the flames making a barrier between them. The fires of Hades come to consume her. Her own nauseous stomach made her break the gaze and she turned away and walked toward the creek.
“I’m not a goddess anymore.”
“What is that supposed to mean? Of course you are.”
She hugged her arms around the child within her and looked out across the creek to the open sky. The low sun melded into a swirl of blues and golds.
“It means my father and the other gods stripped me of my powers before … before.” A lump lodged in her throat and she couldn’t continue. She felt his presence directly behind her though she didn’t even hear his soft footsteps.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t know. It must be hard for you.”
He was so close she could feel the heat of his breath on her neck as he spoke.
“Don’t be sorry.”
She turned to face him. Her cheek almost brushed his chest. She wanted more than anything for him to put his arms around her the way he did when they sat atop his horse. His hand came up and rested on her shoulder. Warmth traveled through her body and she reveled in the security of it all.
“I’m here for you and the baby, Thera. I won’t desert you. You can count on me.”
If only he knew how much those words really meant to her right now. She needed someone there with her. She was scared and felt so alone. But Kyros would be there for her and their child now. He told her so and she believed him. She had nothing to worry about and would sleep well tonight. Even if he wouldn’t fight the centaurs, she knew he would keep her and her unborn child safe from the wretched creatures.
She boldly rested her cheek on his chest and he gave her a quick half-hug. Slowly, she met his eyes, their gazes magically making time stand still. She wanted to kiss him. He wanted it too. She could feel the intent in his stare. She closed her eyes and his face came closer, but the kiss she expected never came.
Instead, he stiffened and released a small groan. Her eyes flew open to find him no
Kyros stacked up some branches and started a fire. He sat down next to it and pulled out his dagger.
“He’s not one of the group that attacked us. He’s one of the centaurs that helped distract our attackers so we could get away.”
“How do you know so much about centaurs?”
Instead of using the dagger to scare off anyone lurking in the bushes as she’d hoped he would, he used it to prepare the fowl for their meal.
“You ask too many questions,” he answered without looking up. “Just trust me. Nemos and his friends won’t bother you.”
“You seem so sure of yourself.” She sat down across from him at the fire. “You can’t trust a centaur. They’re deceitful and thrive on killing humans just for the fun of it.”
His knife stopped in mid-motion and his gaze met hers. A muscle in his jaw twitched. His eyes narrowed.
“Well, now who seems so sure of themselves?”
“I know a lot about those creatures,” she reassured him.
“Oh, do you?”
“I’ve seen them join my father’s army and do many wicked things. They’re blood-thirsty animals and nothing more.”
He jabbed the pheasant onto a stick and placed it above the fire to cook.
“And what makes you think it is the Centaur race that’s so blood thirsty? It seems to me the gods are the ones who cause all the trouble.”
He was trying to protect the Centaur race. This was clear, yet she didn’t know why.
“I wouldn’t talk bad of the gods if I were you.”
“Why not?” He got to his feet and wiped his hands in his clothes. “Are you going to strike me down for saying something bad about your father? And by the way … you’re so fast to accuse me of not fighting our attackers today, yet you didn’t even think about using your own powers to save your hide.”
She stood also and met his gaze across the fire. The orange glow lit his face, the heat from the flames making a barrier between them. The fires of Hades come to consume her. Her own nauseous stomach made her break the gaze and she turned away and walked toward the creek.
“I’m not a goddess anymore.”
“What is that supposed to mean? Of course you are.”
She hugged her arms around the child within her and looked out across the creek to the open sky. The low sun melded into a swirl of blues and golds.
“It means my father and the other gods stripped me of my powers before … before.” A lump lodged in her throat and she couldn’t continue. She felt his presence directly behind her though she didn’t even hear his soft footsteps.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t know. It must be hard for you.”
He was so close she could feel the heat of his breath on her neck as he spoke.
“Don’t be sorry.”
She turned to face him. Her cheek almost brushed his chest. She wanted more than anything for him to put his arms around her the way he did when they sat atop his horse. His hand came up and rested on her shoulder. Warmth traveled through her body and she reveled in the security of it all.
“I’m here for you and the baby, Thera. I won’t desert you. You can count on me.”
If only he knew how much those words really meant to her right now. She needed someone there with her. She was scared and felt so alone. But Kyros would be there for her and their child now. He told her so and she believed him. She had nothing to worry about and would sleep well tonight. Even if he wouldn’t fight the centaurs, she knew he would keep her and her unborn child safe from the wretched creatures.
She boldly rested her cheek on his chest and he gave her a quick half-hug. Slowly, she met his eyes, their gazes magically making time stand still. She wanted to kiss him. He wanted it too. She could feel the intent in his stare. She closed her eyes and his face came closer, but the kiss she expected never came.
Instead, he stiffened and released a small groan. Her eyes flew open to find him no
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