Chapter 44

"Athena, listen to me or..." He stopped talking as his eyes got deeper into me. I wasn't going to give up so quickly, of course.

I had to find out what was in the river that was making him so upset. If he didn't want me to go into the river, he would have to tell me what was there.

"Otherwise?" I growled and gave him a hard look. In an instant, the whites of his eyes turned black as night. Near his eye sockets, veins started to show up, and a bloodthirsty look crept up on his face.

No more threats or warnings were given. He just did it, and he did it quickly.

Just a moment ago, he was standing in front of me, but in the blink of an eye, he had me on the ground and his lips were on mine.

When his lips hit mine like a meteor, a strong wave of sparks went all over my body and shook everything inside me. The way his hot lips moved against mine was painful.

The worst part was that my body had already started to react to him without asking the rational part of my brain for permission. I tri