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  “Oh dear. Poor child.” She had nothing else to say.

  “She’s alive. That’s all that matters,” I declared. Osiris was still staring at me.

  “Son.” I grimaced at him calling me son. Although he was technically my birth father. After him demoting me and setting my punishment for falling in love with Thalia, I had done the job that was placed on me. I never gave us a chance to bond. Maybe it was stupid to hold a grudge, but I had all of eternity to live, I could do whatever the hell I wanted.

  “You have to combine both past and present. It’s the only way to save her,” Osiris finally spoke while rubbing his jaw. His sentence was true but there was one simple fact: I didn’t know how. He must have sensed that in me because he spoke again.

  “Feel her soul, son. She needs to find something that both present and past can ground themselves to. Become one.” He said it like it was something I should know. Fuck am I supposed to know how to combine past and present lives?

  “She needs to find a balance, to find something that is constant in both lives.” Isis gave me a knowing smile. I chewed on their words for a minute. Something that was constant in both past and present of her lives. The answer hit me like lightening.

  “I’m sorry for everything, son. I truly do want you to be happy.” Osiris stood and put a hand on his wife’s shoulders. She stood and the chair disappeared behind her.

  “We will go, but I hope you will invite us.” Isis winked right before they vanished to wherever they went. I knew what I had to do to help Thalia. It was something I had planned all along. In both her lives our love was a constant. Aphrodite had given us the rings for our wedding that would have ground her to me. She would live with me as long as existence continued.

  We would stick with her plan of wanting to train and then I would finally get to marry her. Elation ran through me at the thought of finally making Thalia my wife. With that thought in mind, I stood up and went into my bedroom and dug through the drawer that I had the rings in. I gripped that little box and looked at the beautiful rings. Nothing would stop me from taking her as mine this time.

  Chapter 16

  She was still sleeping by the time I made my way back to her but I noticed the note was now on her nightstand. She had woken and was now back asleep.

  I looked at her little alarm clock and noticed it was ten in the evening. I let her be and went out to the kitchen for a late snack. Just as I sat down and took a bit of leftover pizza, I felt the sizzle of power in the air.

  “Tristan, I must speak with you,” Aphrodite said urgently while appearing in a pair of jeans and a sweater. Her hair was brown and her eyes were green this time. Instead of her normal blonde and blue. Looks like Thalia definitely takes after her mother. I gestured for her to sit and continued eating. Talking to all of these Gods had made me hungry.

  “Did she tell you about the village of those men that swarmed her?” she started saying while taking a seat across from me. A piece of pizza appeared in her hands and she took a bite.

  “Yes. She went to bathe, used her powers and then got an intense feeling of sorts and they swarmed her. She had to fight them off,” I stated. She nodded as she chewed and moaned. My dick rose at the sound she made, but it meant nothing. When the Goddess of sex moaned, everything with a cock was effected. It was only natural. I had gotten used to it.

  “Man that is delicious. Anyway, yes. But what she didn’t understand and what I need you to understand is that intense feeling was her ovulation time. Being from my womb she is the daughter of love. Her very blood is sexual in nature, and when the time comes for her to conceive she will be overwhelmed with the need for sexual release. It’s the only way to calm the need besides to wait it out. But I could imagine she was in great pain. Being a Goddess, it’s not as bad for me, since I do not necessarily ovulate like humans do.” She grimaced and went back to her slice of pizza. I thought about what she said and I couldn’t quite grasp what she was trying to convey.

  “Please explain more.”

  “Well, when that time comes, and I can tell it will be soon, it will be like sirens call to all males to give her release. That’s what happened to those men, they were feeling an extreme need to fill her and give her sexual release while giving her a child. It’s one of the most basic primal needs in life, to produce children to continue on life.” She looked at me seriously.

  “It will happen soon and you need to be prepared for it,” she warned. Suddenly I remembered what she was saying. I had entered Thalia’s dream that night after the village incident and felt it, I told her that same thing, but I could contain myself. I was a God after all. Plus, I honestly didn’t think Thalia and I could conceive a child. It was something I had never thought about. I just wanted her, I had no other thoughts besides wrapping her in my arms.

  “I can tell what you are thinking, and you are wrong. You more than anyone will feel her desire like it’s your own. You will have no choice but to give her what she needs.” She was dead serious. I just took the last bite of my pizza and nodded.

  “So what should I do? Put her to sleep when it happens?”

  “You can try, but her powers are growing rapidly. She might fight it and win. I just had to warn you so you would understand. I’m not sure when it will happen, but make sure no other males are around otherwise you will regret later those you kill to have her to yourself. We both know no other male can touch her. They won’t be able to help themselves.” She finished the last of her slice and blew me a kiss before disappearing.

  I sat there thinking about what she had said. I decided when that time came I would put her under until it was over. I felt her arousal the first time. It was strong and I was able to control my urges. We would handle everything that came our way. It was the only option. I cleaned my plate and went back into Thalia’s room. She was sleeping peacefully, her lips were partially opened with her hands under cheek like a little babe.

  I took off my clothes down to my boxers and climbed in next to her, like she sensed my presence she turned and wrapped her body around me and fell back asleep on a sweet sigh.

  My hand drifted over her soft skin, settling over her waist. Thoughts of Thalia round with a child assaulted me. I wasn’t sure how I felt about that, but Aphrodite was right about one thing. It was a primal need, even I felt that. I wondered if that would be such a bad thing. Obviously we would wait and enjoy each other first. My thoughts went to the other deities.

  Would they have a problem with a child of a Greek demigod and an Egyptian God? That child would be something fierce. Deciding it wasn’t something I needed to think about now, I pushed it from my mind. We had plenty to worry about now, there was no need to worry about that.

  My mind drifted off to sleep with my girl once again my arms. Right where she belonged.

  I dreamt of Thalia. She pressed kisses to my bare skin, her hot mouth on my abs and moving down. Dreams like this were always wanted. I groaned as her hand moved under the waistband of my boxers. My hips flexed as her hand gripped my hard cock. Slowly she stroked her hand up and down. Driving me fucking crazy.

  Warm breath danced across the sensitive skin, then her sweet fucking mouth was on me.

  NOT A DREAM!

  My eyes flew open to see my beautiful Thalia with her lips wrapped around my dick. My hands clenched the sheets as she moved quicker, sucking me hard. My hips moved in rhythm with every twirl of her tongue over the tip. I felt my balls start to tingle, and all of the blood in my body rush towards her mouth. Her fingers wrapped around my balls, fondling them and I was a goner. My body shook from the force of my release. Thalia just kept going, swallowing my seed with ease. I lay there satisfied. I could practically purr like a fucking kitten. She slowly took her mouth off me and crawled up my body giving her name on my chest a kiss before settling into my chest.

  “Good morning,” she whispered with a hint of amusement.

  “It is, isn’t it?” I started moving to take care of her when her arms wrapped around me tigh
ter.

  “No, let me have this one. I wanted to take care of you. You’ve done so much for me,” she whispered against me. I sagged back down into the bed. I would let her have this one for now. But I would get her later, no doubt about that. I craved her constantly.

  “What time is it?” I requested.

  She rolled over a bit to see her clock, then rolled back to me.

  “Seven A.M. I was kinda thinking we could start training this morning. I’m actually really excited to give it a try,” she exclaimed, her excitement barely contained. She was cute.

  “Anything you want love. We can practice this morning.” As soon as the last word came out of my mouth she was up and in her closet pulling out her workout clothing. Moments later she was completely ready to start training. I chuckled and rolled out of bed, dressing myself in workout clothing as well.

  “No fair! I can’t just shimmer on clothes. God, you always looked so hot in running shorts and cut off sleeveless shirts,” she groaned. My lips turned up into a smirk at her admiration for my choice of clothing. Once, I had come to her house while I was on a run after her texts and we made out on her couch like fools. She stared at me then the same way she was now, licking her lips like I was a tasty piece of chocolate. I shook my head.

  “Come on, my little fighter. Let’s start your training.” She looked up from my legs and nodded in agreement, a look of determination settling on her face. She was definitely ready to do this.

  Chapter 17

  We walked out into her still semi-dark apartment, no one else was awake. I felt giddy excitement coming from Thalia’s soul. I turned to look at her and she was staring at Leander’s door. Before I knew it she was running into his room and flying through the air onto his bed. I laughed at what all I heard next.

  “Ah Boobies! Ew, Leander put that away! Gross.” Thalia ran out of that room as quickly as she entered. I tried to contain my laughter, but I did not succeed. Leander stepped out of the room in his boxers a few moments later with a big shit-eating grin on his face.

  “Still can’t surprise me, dove.” He looked at me and winked, then whispered,

  “We like to sleep in the buff.”

  I laughed even harder and I fell to the floor. Thalia had just gotten an eye full of a naked Leander and Lacy. My guess is she launched herself on them, so she had a nice handful as well.

  “Ha ha,” she mocked us from the kitchen. Her cheeks were flushed with red. I transported to right behind her and wrapped my arms around her. She shouldn’t be embarrassed.

  “Are we going to start training this morning?” Lacey came out of the room in some of Leander’s clothes.

  “Yes! Where are we going to train, by the way? I know our apartment gym doesn’t have all the stuff we need.” Thalia voiced a good question but I already knew the answer, and so did Leander.

  “We are going to go to my training gym,” Leander answered her. A few years ago Leander had started up a gym for demigods to train. Everyone could go and practice their powers and skills. Some of the older members had decided to stay on and become trainers so Leander was able to take a step back. Thalia didn’t know about it because it revolved around demigods and she was not able to know about them yet. I felt her confusion before she asked. When he replied, I felt the hurt in his soul that he had kept a big secret from her. But I knew she would understand.

  “Sorry, Dove. I would have told you if I could.” He looked like a kicked puppy, he really did care about how Thalia felt about him. If she was mad at him, he was really effected.

  “It’s ok. I know. It’s just a lot to still take in you know,” she murmured. We did know. She just found out that I was a god and her friends were demigods when she was taken and then forced to remember everything. Then she was put back into the present with new memories. It must have been very confusing. My arms tightened around her, showing support. Her head leaned against me, hugging me back.

  “Ok, we’ll go get dressed then we can go,” Leander stated as he scooped Lacy up and walked into their room. We heard a giggle, then it turned into something a little more guttural.

  “There goes leaving quickly,” Thalia commented. I just shook my head and we waited for the two lovers to finish their activities.

  Once they were done and dressed, we left for the gym. Leander did mention he didn’t want everyone to know that I was the God Anubis, because it would cause a stir and we would never get anything done, so transporting them to the gym was a no go. We all piled into Leander’s SUV and drove to the gym.

  I had visited the gym before out of curiosity. I had to check Leander out when they first became roommates. It was a large warehouse in downtown Boston. It had a cloak of magic over it so it just looked like an abandoned building.

  Only demigods and gods could see the difference. I watched as Thalia’s eyes widened as she took it all in. Leander had done a good job. The warehouse was really big and there were about ten demigods working on different skills.

  Two were grappling on the ground. One little female was playing with water, creating water balls in the air. There were two men and one woman fighting with swords against each other. It was rather impressive. The others were practicing their archery skills at the indoor range.

  “Wow,” both Thalia and Lacey said together in awe. Rightful pride was flowing off of Leander. This was his baby, and now he could share it with the two most important people in his life.

  Everyone looked at us for a moment then went back to their training. Leander said he wanted to test Lacey and Thalia’s physical skills first. So I just sat back and watched them. Lacey was no fighter, but she had a few moves and she was willing to learn more. She would catch on quickly. She shrieked when she landed a punch on Leander’s side. It was the only time she actually touched him. He gave her a kiss and she stepped to the side, letting Thalia take the mat.

  We were all waiting to see what was going to happen. Would she remember her training from Egypt? Or would she be defenseless? Leander started giving her directions and told her what he was going to do. He didn’t hold back. He moved like the professional fighter he was, and I could tell Thalia was afraid. My legs started to move, to protect her, when it was like a light switched on and Thalia moved with a force. She fought him one on one. Matching his skill. My warrior was back.

  He dropped to the ground trying to kick her legs out from under and failed. She jumped and rolled to the ground and twisted so her legs were wrapped around his neck. My mouth dropped at what she had just accomplished. He disentangled himself and they sparred on the ground.

  After a few minutes, Leander finally pinned her to the ground.

  “Holy shit, dove! You’re a fucking beast!” he smiled and stood up, helping Thalia up in the process. The smile on her face was amazing. Happiness filled me as I took in how her soul felt.

  “You’re amazing, love. My warrior,” I told her. She ran to me and jumped into my arms, wrapping her legs around my waist. I spun her for fun.

  “I did it! It just came out and I remembered what to do!” she exclaimed, then gave me a big kiss before running off to celebrate with Lacey.

  Days passed much like that one, the girls practiced and even started working on their powers. It was impressive the way Thalia was learning to control hers. In only a few days she had learned to change her appearance at will and change back. She was still having trouble with influencing people’s emotions but we continued to work on it.

  We spent our days training, and I even joined in and helped Thalia learn some new moves. She and Lacey even begged for Leander and I to spar. We obliged them, but Leander was no match for me. I will give him some props though, he held his own for a few minutes, but like the duel against Orion, he was not a God, and I would always win.

  As for Orion, we still hadn’t heard from him. We figured he was planning something strategic. It’s what he did. Plus his mother had things for him to do at her bidding. His life was not purely his own, but we were preparing for whenever he would come
at us.

  The days were enjoyable but the nights were the best. We would all have dinner, watch a movie, or play Dance Central again. Simple nights in we thought were best. If we were out in the bars or clubs we were vulnerable. Anyone could be working with Orion. Leander and Lacey were taking a leave of absence from work, and Lacey had used some excuse for Thalia at the museum so she could take time off. I wasn’t sure if she would go back to work there or what was ahead for our future. Things were still up in the air.

  We were all resting on the couch watching a movie when the sound of someone knocking came from the door. Thalia looked up at me with confusion. I kissed her forehead and went to the door. I knew who was on the other side before I opened it. Reining in my rage, I twisted the knob and opened the door.

  Chapter 18

  Orion was standing there looking comfortable. I saw he had no weapons on him, he was here with nothing. I stood there just looking at him, daring him to speak first.

  “We need to talk.” He spoke with utter confidence. Something was not right here. I stepped back and let him in. Since he was accompanied by no weapons, I was not concerned.

  My eyes sought out Thalia’s as she watched Orion walk in. Her eyes glossed over and past Thalia broke through. She was up and trying to attack Orion with everything she had.

  “You killed me! You should have just let Anubis and I be!” she screamed while Leander grabbed her and held her back. Orion stood there with a tight jaw, not trying to defend himself against her accusations. She was fighting against Leander’s hold with hate in her eyes, staring at Orion.

  “Say what you need to or we will let her go,” I hissed.