Another Taste of Her

NERO’S POV

I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw her. A sense of relief flowed through my body and I could feel my tensed muscles relax and my worry gone.

She’s alive. She’s fucking alive. I could hug her right now, that’s what I thought before snapping myself out of it.

But she stared at me with such contempt in her eyes and I never thought a day would come where Athena’s eyes would hold a single trace of grudge for me. And I didn’t know why it hurt hearing her say that she hated me with the most poisonous venom her voice could carry.

Did I finally push her to that point?

I watched as she left in a hurry, I wanted to know if she was okay and how she made it home alive. Did she make a different kind of deal with the Rogue leader?

I stood outside her door and from here, I could hear soft sobs and I knew she was crying. The sound could barely be heard but my wolf was sure she was in tears. I felt somewhat guilty knowing I was the reason she was in tears but I needed to know what happene