Athena began by untying the ropes around his waist that were used to hold his shorts. She has no idea where the confidence was coming from but she felt it had been fuelled by the brief caresses he had given her. His thumb brushed her nipples as she worked on taking off his shorts and she moaned and threw her head back. Alexander brought her hand back to his shorts and she finally untied it and his shorts dropped to the ground, revealing him in his naked glory. Athena felt her breath quicken. She had never been attracted to a male body before but he scared her shitless. She stared at him for a long time, marking those crevices, the dips, the taut muscles and the slight hair that peppered on his chest. She placed her hand on his chest and felt his rapid heartbeat. She could also hear it vividly. She could hear how quick his breath was and it was vivid, like he was breathing directly on her. Her hand grabbed onto his waist and pulled him to her. She looked down at his p

Loki stood here, frozen for a moment as he tried to make sense of what was happening before him. "What did Bianca tell you?" "Exactly what I'm asking you. She's carrying your baby?" Heyli asked. Her voice sounded so harsh. "You shouldn't listen to her," Loki said and walked to his closet to take out a shirt. "We've not confirmed if the baby is mine, yet," Heyli laughed. "Wow. That's terribly great. So you pretend that you and Bianca aren't a thing so you can also have a thing with me? I am familiar with your game, Loki," "I told you the truth. And what's with me wanting to be a thing with you?" He laughed as he shrugged into his shirt. Heyli felt a pang of pain in her chest but she stood tall. She wasn't going to let him see or read anything or even hear her heartbeat. "Bianca says you like me." "Heyli, Bianca is just trying to brainwash and confuse you. Stop listening to her, please. I beg of you," "Why did you let me kiss you back there?" "It was a mi

"Have you noticed the strained relationship between your sister and Loki lately?" Loki asked as he stood in front of the car they were going to be leaving in. Athena was seated inside the car already and she poked her head out to see what he was talking about. Heyli was walking to the bus with Kayla and Melodie as she had decided to go with her friends instead of following the Royal entourage. They were talking quite freely and she searched for Loki. He was speaking with one of the warriors. "What did you notice?" Athena finally asked. "They've not been talking a lot. One time, I was in the living room with Heyli and Loki came in to ask if she was going to camp with them on the night before the trip. She outrightly ignored him, stood to her feet and walked out of the room. Loki didn't seem surprised. He looked like he has been asking her this same question several times and when I asked him, he said she was probably mad at him," "Mad at him about what?" Athena asked.

Athena was asleep through out the journey. Alex had no idea why but he let her sleep on his lap as he watched the car whizz past landscapes. His mind went back to last year's hunting ceremony and how he had been unjustly awarded the prize of the third place when he should have come first just because some fraudulent people had carried out fraudulent activities. He knew it wasn't something he should be bothered about but it was Lawrence. Lawrence was his pure enemy and had used the fact that he was able to rig the votes in his favor to mock Alex. Alex had promised himself this year, he wasn't going to make that possible and he was going to make sure that Lawrence was exposed and banished from the Royal Hunting Ceremony forever. He had no idea how Lawrence was able to pull that off. It surprised him that he was able to somehow bribe the officials and make them call the wrong winners. Ciara and Daniel were also shocked and wanted to dispute the result but Alexander told th

The bus behind the car Athena and Alexander sat in screeched to a halt and they both turned to see that people were talking in loud voices. "What the hell is happening?" Athena asked as she squinted. Alexander asked the driver to halt and as soon as he did, the doors were unlocked and they stepped out. They stood, watching to see what was about to happen. People were pushing out of the bus and yelling at the top of their voice for the others to get out and when they saw Melodie and Kayla holding Heyli on both arms, she went into a full blown panic. "She's about to shift, Athena. She's about to shift!" Alex yelled and immediately ran towards the bus. He knew how she looked when she was about to shift and he snatched her from the girls' hold. "Y'all, go back to your buses. You're safe!" But no one listened to him. They were filled with so much curiosity as they wanted to see how things were going to turn out. Heyli's temperature was so high that when Athena touched her