#Chapter24

Aphrodite

The words resonate inside of me like a curse, causing me to jerk back and away from him. He slips out of me as I move out from under him, staring at him dumb-struck.

The mate bond makes you get innately and inherently attached to your soulmate. Love is a pretty standard thing to feel. But Ares… Ares isn’t capable of feeling love.

“Take that back,” I whisper, gathering the bedsheets closer to me while looking at him in fear. This is the most afraid I’ve ever felt. More afraid than when he was torturing me with pain, more afraid than when he would ravage me. Because love...