His lips twitched and I wasn’t sure if I should be pissed or happy that I amused him. “I’ll get you a toothbrush,” he said softly, his hands cradling my face. When they vanished a second later, a deep-seated sadness took root in my chest and I pushed it away. Locked it down.
I had always been alone. I could not get attached. Everyone in my life left eventually, and Cronus—a freaking god—would be no different. In fact, there was probably a chance he’d leave sooner than I thought. A sharp pain started in my chest, and at first I thought it was my melancholy, but pretty quickly I realized it was the bond.Shit!He left me and I was about to be hit with a shit storm of pain.
But then he was back so fast, literally only a few seconds, and the pain settled right back to nothing. In his hands he had bottled water, some toiletries, and a backpack for me to keep them all in. “I got money while I was there as well,” he said, and my eyes automatically went to his crotch.#DickBarsshould be worth more.
“Thank you. The bond was just starting to hurt when you returned.” Concern etched across his face and I hurried on. “Actually, how are you able to leave me at all without getting yanked back?”
I started brushing my teeth.
“When I go to the past, it’s before we had the bond, so I’m able to leave you for a short time without getting pulled back.”
My heart wrenched. He’s able toleave me… for some reason that pulled at my chest.
“When I dropped Zeus in the underworld, I couldn’t be gone more than a second or it would have seriously injured us both.”
I sighed, spitting out the toothpaste and looking behind him at a swirl of blue magic.
“Did we resurrect Crius and Koios?” I whispered, pulling myself to stand. My head and stomach were both still complaining, but the vomiting had stopped, so I was grateful. I wasn’t sure how many more bodies I could help him awaken if this is what happened to me when I did.
Cronus nodded. “Yeah, they’re still forming.”
I looked around him and the blue magic that illuminated two frozen, giant gods. Like, twenty feet tall giants.
“They’re … big,” I choked out.
Cronus snorted. “They take that size as an intimidation technique. It rarely works on anyone other than humans, and for the most part, humans are ants compared to us and it’s not needed.”
I wanted to punch him for that, but I was too sick to bother. No one was unaware that he was a hubristic asshole; by now it was almost a walking joke, so I ignored him. Moving a little away, I began to freshen up, amazed that he’d thought to include some wipes, tissues, and a few other items. I blew my nose, shock rushing through me at the sight of the red-spotted tissue. I blinked at it, before scrunching it up and shoving it in the bag. Bad mushrooms. Bad, bad mushrooms. Clearly it was not reacting well to my body. I was about to become a victim of mushroom-related murder.
Rhea probably poisoned me to get me away from Cronus. Only, if I died from poison, he would as well, right? So it couldn’t be Rhea. I could already tell that she still had feelings for her ex-husband.
“Maisey.”
I turned at his call. He hadn’t called mehuman. Maybe we were making progress after my accidental “ending the world” incident.
I walked over, feeling unsteady, but not as bad as before. Crius and Koios stood in front of him, no longer giant size. The blue light had melted away and they were now fully resurrected and stood eye to eye with Cronus, both hot as fuck, and both pissed off, judging by their scowls and crossed arms.
“We were right in the middle of a god orgy, Cronus,” one of them snapped. “Your timing, as always, is the worst.”
I wanted to roll my eyes. The world was ending and he was worried about an orgy? Probably his fifth this week. I wasn’t that far away from Cronus; the bond was keeping us reasonably close, but apparently no one had noticed me until right that minute.
Two sets of dark eyes locked on me.
The brothers were similar looking, with dark hair slicked back off their handsome faces, dark skin, ripped bodies, and bucketloads of sex appeal. The one closest to me raked his gaze across my body. “And who do we have here?” he asked, his hand lifting toward me.
Cronus stood between us. “My human. Don’t touch her, Koios.”
Ah, so now I knew which one was Koios. He was slightly prettier, finer-boned than his brother, but definitely masculine as hell. He was also the one complaining about his orgy.#ManWhore
Cronus moved out of the way and I found the eyes on me were more curious, assessing me, trying to figure out why the powerful, scary Titan was protecting me.
“We have a life debt between us,” I explained. “There’s nothing special about me. No need to try and figure me out. I’ve got nothing to figure out.”
#OpenBook #NothingToSeeHere
This time, Crius was the one to step forward; his smile was far less predatory than his brother’s. “We’ll be the judge of that,” he said softly, starting to circle me. Cronus, at this point, looked resigned, but I noticed he was pressed to my right side, not giving an inch when Crius tried to step closer.
I was too tired and sick for this shit. “Can we fucking focus,” I snapped. “Right now the sins are out there slowly killing the world. We don’t have time for...” I waved my hands. “Whatever this is.”
