“I’m glad to see you’re feeling better,” he said.
“Much better now that you’re here,” she said unabashedly.
“We should call the others,” he said, kissing her lips, then her jaw.
Athena slid her hands beneath the waistband of his pants, shoving them down so his cock sprung free.
“We should,” she moaned against his lips.
Brian grunted in approval.
“It’s only been a couple hours,” he breathed.
“I know,” she whispered in response as she squeezed him. “But I need you,” she said as she hooked her leg around his hip.
Brian was powerless to her desires, and so he didn’t think twice about splaying her across his kitchen table, worshiping her and her body the only way he knew how.
Her skin glowed, as did her eyes, reaching out for something to ground herself to.
She tightened her legs around him, and the silence was filled the sounds of their breathing, their insatiable hunger eating them both alive.
He looked down at her, noting even at the angle her breasts looked fuller than they had a week ago, as they bounced from the vibration of his thrust, but he put the thought out of his mind.
“I need you, too,” he said as he ran his hand down between the dip in her breasts, settling his hand over her stomach. Athena arched her back off the table as she clenched him tightly.
His words came of their own volition, and he was powerless to stop them.
“I love you,” he said.
Athena sat up, pulling his lips to hers as her pussy pulsed around him.
“I love you, too,” she whispered as they blissfully rode their combined ecstasy out, her pussy throbbing as it pulsed around him while he spilled every drop of his essence, giving her everything he was.
And when they came down from such great heights, Brian’s heart swelled with pride and love, and the undying certainty that they were in this together.
Forever, for all eternity.
CHAPTER19
Calliope and Marslay waiting outside the entrance of the Leehan Gallery. It dawned on Athena that she hadn’t seen them in days, and she felt a strange sort of guilt for such things.
They did not look different by any means, but yet, as she set her eyes on her roguish brother and the muse she’d known practically all her life, she knew everything was different, and it wasn’t just because Mars’s life hung in the balance.
Her stomach flipped as she combated a wave of nausea, diminishing the feeling as nothing more than stress of nerves. The weight of the world was on her shoulders and she needed to be free of it.
Brian settled a hand on the small of her back before addressing the others.
“So, I did a little digging in my dad’s office,” he said as he unlocked the door, opening it for them all.
Calliope entered first, followed by Athena and Mars.
“The diviner itself was used in certain circles for a multitude of things, but it is said its power in predicting your soulmate is unmatched. Not even the fates can override it, which is probably why it can break your curse,” he said.
Mars regarded him with a stern, solid look.
“Just how much did you tell him, Athena?” he bit.
“All of it,” she said, feeling a little emotional.
