Nine

-Aphrodite-

My heart broke when I saw Valdus getting strapped.

I know I have to make him fall for me, but this is my mate. My soulmate. The one that the moon goddess set me up with.

So, I don't know if it was my mind that told me to help him or was it the bond. Either way, I ran in the cell and pushed his father away. Valdus's howls of pain carried through out the cellars and it killed me.

His father, 'Alcander' was looking at the other side of the wall while his back was towards me but I heard him snarling at me. I looked...