I felt tears pull at my eyes as I felt immense pity for the young Darius who had to grow up without the love of his mother. I had a mother –even though she barely cared what happened to me, she was still there.I was about to ask something else when a maid walked in and bowed at Annabeth. Then faced

I subconsciously shifted even closer to him as he began his narration. I didn’t want to miss out on a single word.“We were out training for stamina in the mountains. We kept jumping and running around on the uneven terrain… I got distracted and I fell over,” he said ending the tale as quickly as he

“Darius!” she cried out.“Say it!” I commanded as I rolled my fingers inside of her.“Hmmm,” she mumbled as she pulled her bottom lips into her mouth.“Use your words, Bella!” I said as I pressed hard on her clit.“I… belong to you!” she screamed.The words were like ice to my burning heart. I wante

“Ma’am,” her soft voice called and I recognized it to be Mary.I took a deep breath and walked to the door. There was a time during those two days that I had wished for Darius to come to me, but it never happened and I was no longer expecting it.“Hey,” I whispered as I pulled the door open.Her sad

“Hey Bella with the beautiful hair, what are you doing down here?” she asked as she got closer.I pulled a strand of my hair and rolled it in my finger as her compliment made me blush. “I was going to my room when I saw you take the bend down here,” I said.She raised her brows questioningly as she