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"Was it?" he repeated as if I should know the answer to that.
"Did you meet Mars that night?"
"Yeah, I did. Come to think of it, his hair was shorter and just as dark as yours."
"Hmm." Ares sipped his water like I was supposed to know something.
"What?"
"That night, that's when you met the real Ares."
"And tonight?" I asked because I didn't understand his statement.
"Not tonight… but one night soon, you'll meet that Ares again, Goldilocks."
"What does that mean?"
"Nothing, for now, moving on…I know my brother told you this, but I sleep in the closet. My parents fucked us, and we're all messed up. I don't like surprises or being treated like a fucking idiot, so don't treat me like one. I've never had a favorite color, but I guess if I had to choose, it would be the color of your pussy." Ares dropped that tidbit as if it were nothing, and the couple at the following table pretended not to hear him. Ares ran his fingers through his hair as he continued. "I don't have a favorite song, but I guess I could change it to being your moan. The deeper I go, the louder you get." He growled out as if he was at that moment. Ares shut his eyes and pulled his bottom lip into his mouth, making me feel like no one else was here now but us.
The campus diner noise disappeared as Ares leaned back against the smoothness of the booth. His fingers that stayed in his hair gripped and formed a fist. The light flutter of his lashes made me wet all over again as they caressed his cheekbones.
"I might have a problem, pretty girl. I like, no scratch that, I love to fuck, and it stems from a lot of dark shit in my childhood, and that's all that I can give you as both my explanation and excuse as to why every time I see you from now on, I'm going to want to bury my dick inside of you. I want to swim in it and stay in your warmth. It fucking feels like peace. If I could, I'd fuck you all night and bury myself there, but I can't. I'm fighting the urge to fuck you right now."
Ares opened his eyes, and I was too caught up in his words to notice anything else around me. My body was hot and practically had me where I could beg. I wouldn't care, nor feel like I couldn't do it. Ares slammed his open palm on the table, and the shock almost made me cum. What the fuck?
The hustle and bustle of the campus diner chimed back in my ear as if I suddenly got out of a trance. He arched his brow and smirked.
"I promise to take care of you later, pretty girl. You'll have my full attention then. For now, I'll give you a little reprieve."
There was no need to ask Ares what he meant by that as he leaned over and planted a kiss on me that made my knees waver. Ares Wolfgang was going to be the death of me if I didn't be careful. How was I going to get out of this at the end unscathed?
Chapter16
Ares
"Carmen…Carmen…Carmen." Artemis drifted into my subconscious as I tried to concentrate on my personal practice instead of anything else.
"Leave me alone, Artemis. I'm busy."
Artemis chuckled as she licked my ear, trying to entice me, but I couldn't see her. I've never seen her in that way, even when she was alive.
"Are you rejecting me!" Artemis screamed at me, causing me to drop my stick and clutch my ears at her deafening tone.
"Leave me alone!" My voice traveled through me, and a ringing in my ears made me its victim.
"You will never be free of me, my baby brother. I can't ever let you go, not even if you tune me out. Just join me, Ares, join me … be free."
I shook my head, trying to get out of this hold. The darkness was consuming me again, taking me prisoner when I didn't want to go with it. I needed clarity, and I craved it.
Artemis laughed like our father used to before he did something crazy. She began humming hush, little baby, and it felt worse than getting into a fight with someone on the ice. It felt like someone was slicing me open with sharp skates and had poured salt on it before it could heal.
My lip trembled as I tried to speak coherently, but nothing came out. I just couldn't. My world was suddenly overcome by darkness to the point that the light in the empty rink was swallowed up.
I knew what was happening as my breathing became shallower and my chest constricted. I had a panic attack with no one around, and my body froze in this kneeling position.
My chest ached so badly, and my tears fell down my face of their own volition. There was nothing to cry about, but it still happened.
"Ares! Ares!"
